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Name: ORELAND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/04/1911
Completed: 06/1911
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 181
Dimensions: 4190grt, 2709nrt, 370.2 x 51.0 x 26.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132550
History:
06/1911 The Noreuro Traders Ltd (JF Drughorn), London
1915 Palace Shipping Co Ltd (Macvicar, Marshall & Co), Liverpool
1915 Hazelwood Shipping Co Ltd (Hopkins, Jones & Co Ltd), Cardiff
1917 Managers became Humphries (Cardiff) Ltd
1931 Slobodna Plovidba Topic dd, Susak; renamed ANTE TOPIC
1939 Shipping Feric (Marin Feric), Split; renamed VICKO FERIC
1942 US War Shipping Administration, Panama; renamed FLIGHT COMMAND
08/06/1944 Scuttled
Comments: 08/06/1944: Scuttled as part of Gooseberry No2 Harbour, Normandy


Above photo as ANTE TOPIC copyright of Vedran Mlacic

Above photo as ANTE TOPIC copyright of Vedran Mlacic