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Name: ORIANA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/07/1867
Completed: 08/1867
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 220
Dimensions: 779grt, 530nrt, 207.8 x 28.2 x 17.4ft; (1874: 970grt, 751nrt, 237.6ft)
Engines: 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 98hp; (1874: C2cyl (26 & 51 x 30ins), 160hp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow;
(1874: Victoria Dock Engine Works Co Ltd, London)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 56836
History:
09/08/1867 London Steamship Co Ltd, London
26/12/1877 Wrecked
Comments: 1874: Lengthened to 237.6ft
1874: Engine compounded
26/12/1877: Wrecked at Catacola Point, Greece
On a voyage from Catacola to London with a cargo of fruit.


Shields Daily News, Monday, 12/08/1867

Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette, Saturday, 29/12/1877