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'''SS ''Oceania''''' was an Austro-Hungarian [[hospital ship]] that ran aground off [[Cape Rodoni]], [[Albania]] on 4 October 1918 after |
'''SS ''Oceania''''' was an Austro-Hungarian [[hospital ship]] that ran aground off [[Cape Rodoni]], [[Albania]] on 4 October 1918 after striking a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]].<ref name=ASM>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/OCEANIA_423.html |title=ss OCEANIA |publisher=clydeships.co.uk |year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315055637/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/OCEANIA_423.html |access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=2015-03-15 }}</ref> |
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== Construction == |
== Construction == |
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''Oceania'' was built at the [[Alexander Stephen and Sons|Alexander Stephen & Sons]] shipyard in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] in 1907. She was launched on 10 September 1907, and completed that same year. The ship was {{convert|119.2|m|ftin}} long and had a beam of {{convert|15.2|m|ftin}}. She was assessed at {{GRT|5,368}} and had two triple expansion engines driving double screw propellers. The ship could reach a maximum speed of {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=NHE>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?248924 |title=SS Oceania (+1918) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=28 December 2009 |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> |
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== Early career == |
== Early career == |
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== World War I and sinking== |
== World War I and sinking== |
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After the start of World War I, ''Oceania'' was requisitioned by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in October 1915 for service as a [[hospital ship]]. All hospital ships were distinctively painted in white with a green stripe down the side and three red crosses on each side as well, this was done to differentiate these "non-combatant" vessels from other shipping. But sometimes even these non-combatants became targets of enemy submarines. ''Oceania'' was given the prefix HS, which stands for Hospital Ship.<ref name=ASM/> |
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''Oceania'' struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] and subsequently beached herself off [[Cape Rodoni]], [[Albania]] before being abandoned on 4 October 1918. The wreck of ''Oceania'' was thereafter torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat [[SMS Cobra|''Tb 16'']] on 15 October 1918, to avoid her falling into Italian hands. No lives are reported to have been lost during these events.<ref name=ASM/> |
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== Wreck == |
== Wreck == |
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Name |
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Owner | Unione Austriaca di Navigazione |
Port of registry | Austria-Hungary, Trieste |
Builder | Alexander Stephen & Sons |
Yard number | 423 |
Laid down | 1907 |
Launched | 10 September 1907 |
Completed | 1907 |
Maiden voyage | 26 September 1908 |
In service | 26 September 1908 |
Fate | Ran aground after stricking a mine on 4 October 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ship/Hospital ship |
Tonnage | 5,368 GRT |
Length | 119.2 metres (391 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 15.2 metres (49 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 2 triple expansion engines |
Propulsion | 2 screw propellers |
Sail plan | Trieste - Patras - Palermo - New York |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
SS Oceania was an Austro-Hungarian hospital ship that ran aground off Cape Rodoni, Albania on 4 October 1918 after striking a mine in the Adriatic Sea.[1]
Construction
[edit]Oceania was built at the Alexander Stephen & Sons shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland in 1907. She was launched on 10 September 1907, and completed that same year. The ship was 119.2 metres (391 ft 1 in) long and had a beam of 15.2 metres (49 ft 10 in). She was assessed at 5,368 GRT and had two triple expansion engines driving double screw propellers. The ship could reach a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[2]
Early career
[edit]Oceania made her maiden voyage from Trieste to New York on 26 September 1908, and kept sailing on that line until the outbreak of the First World War.[1]
World War I and sinking
[edit]After the start of World War I, Oceania was requisitioned by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in October 1915 for service as a hospital ship. All hospital ships were distinctively painted in white with a green stripe down the side and three red crosses on each side as well, this was done to differentiate these "non-combatant" vessels from other shipping. But sometimes even these non-combatants became targets of enemy submarines. Oceania was given the prefix HS, which stands for Hospital Ship.[1]
Oceania struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea and subsequently beached herself off Cape Rodoni, Albania before being abandoned on 4 October 1918. The wreck of Oceania was thereafter torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat Tb 16 on 15 October 1918, to avoid her falling into Italian hands. No lives are reported to have been lost during these events.[1]
Wreck
[edit]The current condition of the wreck is unknown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "ss OCEANIA". clydeships.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b "SS Oceania (+1918)". wrecksite.eu. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2023.