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SS Oceana (1888)

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Arcadia, identical sister ship to Oceana
History
United Kingdom
Name: Oceana
Owner: P&O
Operator: P&O
Port of registry: United Kingdom London
Route:
  • London – Australia (1888–1905)
  • London – India (1905–12)
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
Identification:
Fate: Sunk in collision with Pisagua 16 March 1912
Status: Wreck 50°42.32′N 00°25.75′E / 50.70533°N 0.42917°E / 50.70533; 0.42917Coordinates: 50°42.32′N 00°25.75′E / 50.70533°N 0.42917°E / 50.70533; 0.42917
General characteristics
Tonnage:
Length: 468.4 feet (142.8 m)
Beam: 52.0 feet (15.8 m)
Draught: 26 feet 6 1⁄2 inches (8.090 m)
Depth: 26.8 feet (8.2 m)
Installed power: three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 7,000 indicated horsepower (5,200 kW)
Propulsion: single screw
Sail plan: four masts
Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Capacity:
  • passengers: 250 first class, 159 second class
  • cargo: 188,311 cubic feet (5,332 m3)
Notes: sister ship: Arcadia

SS Oceana was a P&O passenger liner and cargo vessel, built in 1888 by Harland and Wolff of Belfast. 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 nine lives.

Commissioned by P&O from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, the 6,610 GRT vessel was floated out on 17 September 1887, and handed over from fitting out 26 February 1888. The 468.4-foot (142.8 m) ship had a beam of 52.0 feet (15.8 m), four masts, two funnels and a single propeller. Her three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine produced 7,000 indicated horsepower (5,200 kW), giving her a top speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h). She had accommodation for 250 first class passengers and 159 second class.

Oceana made her maiden voyage from London on 19 March 1888, sailing to Melbourne and Sydney via Colombo (Ceylon). Her last voyage on this passage started on 12 May 1905, after which she was placed on the London to Bombay route.


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