Orion 1919

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Name:	ORION
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	07/1919
Completed:	10/10/1919
Builder:	Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard:	Bill Quay
Yard Number:	216
Dimensions:	2422grt, 1475nrt, 303.0 x 43.0 x 20.8ft
Engines:	T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 263nhp
Engines by:	North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
10/10/1919	A/S D/S Orion (CP Jensen), Copenhagen
1957	Cia de Nav Financera Navicox SA, Panama; renamed ARIKA
02/1965	Broken up

Comments:	1919: Laid down as WAR LOGAN, a standard ‘H’ type cargo ship
	06/02/1965: Arrived at La Spezia to be broken up