WELCOME TO SHIPSPOTTING.COM
Description:
OORAMA
Australian - Adelaide Steamship Company
Oorama 1921-1956.
ON: 137226
IDNo: 1137226
Year: 1921
Name: OORAMA
Type: Cargo ship
Flag: AUS
Launch Date: 17.11.21
Date of completion: 12.21
Owner: The Adelaide SS Co Ltd., AUS Port Adelaide.
Builder: Fullerton, Paisley.
Link: 1582
Yard No: 269
V1921 #788
GRT: 1,053
LPP: 64.1
Beam: 10.1
1T-10 knots.
1949 sold to Wallarah Coal Co Ltd., AUS Sydney, r/n TUGGERAH
1956 sold to Cambay Prince SS Co Ltd., GBR Hong Kong. Same name.
1956 BU Hong Kong 2q.56
Added Information from Flotilla Australia
OORAMA 1,051 gross tons, 589 net. Lbd: 210'4" x 33'2" x 12'9". Cargo vessel built 1921 by John Fullerton & Co., Paisley as a steel hulled steamship for the Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Adelaide . Propulsion: T3cy 156nhp. Employed transporting gypsum from South Australia to Sydney Cement and plaster manufacturers, returning with coal. Sold June 1949 renamed Tuggerah by Wallarah Coal Co. Sold January 1956 to Cambray Prince S S Co Hong Kong renamed Brenda. Scrapped Hong Kong August 1956. (Oorama is aboriginal word for 'Tomorrow').
Details: Miramar Ship Index/John E. Hoskin, Flotilla Australia.
Photo Credits: With many thanks to the late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia
There is no Ship Data available for this photo!
Would you like to suggest new Ship Data?
This ship is not assigned to any other category.
COMMENT THIS PHOTO(0)