SS Orizaba (1939)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Nazi Germany | |
| Name: | ES Orizaba |
| Namesake: | Orizaba, Mexico |
| Owner: | Hamburg America Line |
| Operator: | Hamburg America Line |
| Port of registry: |
 Hamburg
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| Route: | Hamburg – Caribbean |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
| Completed: | 1939 |
| In service: | 1939 |
| Out of service: | 26 February 1940 |
| Homeport: | Hamburg |
| Fate: | ran aground |
| Status: | wreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 4,354 GRT |
| Length: | 398.3 ft (121.4 m) |
| Beam: | 55.7 ft (17.0 m) |
| Depth: | 22.8 ft (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Notes: | |
SS Orizaba (or "ES Orizaba", with "ES" standing for "Electroschiff" German: electric ship) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was built in Hamburg 1939 and wrecked off northern Norway in 1940.
Orizaba was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Orizaba is a city in the Mexican province of Veracruz, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Orizaba was built in Hamburg and completed in 1939. She was one of three sister ships launched in 1939 for HAPAG. She and her sister Antilla were built by Deutsche Werft in Finkenwerder, Hamburg, while their sister Arauca was built by Bremer Vulkan in Bremen-Vegesack.
Orizaba and her sisters had turbo-electric transmission. Each ship had two oil-fired high pressure boilers that fed a single AEG turbo generator. This produced current for an AEG electric propulsion motor that drove a single propeller shaft. This was a sophisticated propulsion system that required skilled operation. Both Antilla and Arauca suffered technical failures on their maiden voyages to the Caribbean.
Orizaba and her sisters each had direction finding equipment and an echo sounding device.
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