Orissa
Ship Number
286
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
15 December 1894
Delivered
30 March 1895
Owner
Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
5317 grt
BP Length
420 feet
Breadth
48-6 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
15 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion
Official No.
102200
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
Orissa

[Official PSNCo art postcard of Orissa.]
One funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 15 knots, accommodation for 70-1st, 104-2nd and 456-3rd class passengers she made her  maiden Voyage to Valparaiso  on April 11 1895.
 
1899 - 1904 she became the  Boer War Transport No. 18. Brought home Lord Kitchener, Sir John French and Sir Ian Hamilton from Cape Town at the end of the war.
 
August 1906, was berthed at Valparaiso during an earthquake and was used as a refugee accommodation ship.
 
June 25th June 1918  she was torpedoed and sunk  by UB.73 while on voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia and 21 miles southwest of Skerryvore, with the loss of six lives.
 
[Merchant Fleets vol.8 by Duncan Haws]