Oroya
Ship Number
506
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
6
Launch Date
December 16, 1920
Delivered
March 22, 1923
Owner
Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
12257 grt
BP Length
525 feet
Breadth
62-6 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
14 knots
Propulsion
Official No.
147202
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Oroya

[Postcard of Oroya at La Rochelle.]
Although launched on 16th December 1920 she was immediately laid up in an incomplete state due to a lack of South American passenger traffic. She eventually commenced her maiden voyage on 22nd March 1923 from Liverpool to Valparaiso via the Panama Canal.
 
On 8th September 1931 she was laid up at Dartmouth and remained there until December 1938 when she was sold for breaking up.
 
She left Dartmouth on 1st February 1939 under tow of Smit's tug Rode See bound for La Spezia in Italy where she was scrapped.