SS Camorta
British steamship that sank in the Bay of Bengal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Camorta was an iron-hulled passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1880, and lost with all hands in the Irrawaddy Delta in 1902. The disaster killed more than 700 people.
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A painting of Camorta by Tom Robinson | |
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Name | Camorta |
Namesake | Kamorta Island |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow |
Yard number | 160 |
Launched | 16 November 1880 |
Completed | 25 January 1881 |
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Fate | sank in cyclone, 6 May 1902 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo liner |
Tonnage | 2,094 GRT, 1,352 NRT, 2,790 DWT |
Length | 285.2 ft (86.9 m) |
Beam | 35.2 ft (10.7 m) |
Depth | 24.1 ft (7.3 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 200 NHP |
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Sail plan | 2-masted brigantine |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Capacity | at least 650 passengers: 20 × 1st class, 10 × 2nd class, & the rest deck class |
Crew | 89 |
Notes | sister ship: Compta |
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In her 21-year career Camorta had a succession of different owners. However, all of her owners and operators were owned or controlled by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI).