SS Oceana (1887)
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SS Oceana was a P&O passenger liner and cargo vessel, launched in 1887 by Harland and Wolff of Belfast and completed in 1888. Originally assigned to carry passengers and mail between London and Australia, she was later assigned to routes between London and British India. On 16 March 1912 the ship collided in the Strait of Dover with the Pisagua, a 2,850 GRT German-registered four-masted steel-hulled barque. As a result Oceana sank off Beachy Head on the East Sussex coast, with the loss of 17 lives.
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Oceana | |
History | |
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Name | Oceana |
Owner | P&O |
Operator | P&O |
Port of registry | Belfast |
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Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 201 |
Launched | 17 September 1887 |
Completed | 26 February 1888 |
Maiden voyage | 19 March 1888 |
In service | 19 March 1888 – 16 March 1912 |
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Fate | Sunk in collision with Pisagua on 16 March 1912 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger liner/cargo vessel |
Tonnage | |
Length | 468.4 ft (142.8 m) |
Beam | 52.0 ft (15.8 m) |
Draught | 26 ft 6+1⁄2 in (8.090 m) |
Depth | 26.8 ft (8.2 m) |
Installed power | three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) |
Propulsion | single screw |
Sail plan | four masts |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
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Notes | sister ship: Arcadia |
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