Name: | ORISKANY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/02/1924 |
Completed: | 03/1924 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1227 |
Dimensions: | 1644grt, 839nrt, 254.9 x 35.6 x 21.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 56 x 39ins), 305nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 148054 |
History: | |
03/1924 | Ronde Steamship Co Ltd, Montreal |
1927 | Managers The Oriental Navigation Company |
1931 | Guaranty SS Co Ltd (Dawnic SS Co), Montreal |
1934 | Managers JH Winchester & Co |
1935 | Standard Fruit & SS Co Ltd, Ceiba |
1941 | Wallem & Co, Panama |
1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Lambert Bros Ltd|), London |
24/02/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/02/1945: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U480, 4 miles S x E of Penzance, |
in position 50.05N - 05.51W. On a voyage from Newport to London |