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S/S OBERON |
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Passenger steamer, three decks |
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Passengers |
I: 100 |
II: - |
III: 236 |
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Ice class |
1 |
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Tonnages |
3,007 GRT |
1,513 NRT |
1,800 tdw |
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Length over all |
92.33 m - 305' 6" |
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Breadth |
13.40 m - 44' 0" |
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Draught |
6.59 m - 21' 7" |
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Engine |
Triple steam engine 3 cy. by the shipbuilders. |
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Horse powers |
4,500 IHP |
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Speed |
13.5 knots |
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1925 |
Built by S. A. des Chantier & Ateliers de St. Nazaire (Penhoët), St. Nazaire. |
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25.8.1925 |
Completed after fitting out by Earle's Shipbuilding Co., Hull, as S/S Oberon for Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki. Sailed on Finland - Copenhagen - Hull line. |
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19.12.1930 |
Collided in fog SE of Trindelen Lightvessel near Laesø in Northern Kattegatt with S/S Arcturus of Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, while on passage from Finland via Copenhagen to Hull, and sank in three minutes with loss of 25 crew members and 17 passengers. |
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Source: The Ships of Our First Century : The Effoa Fleet 1883-1983. Ed. by Matti Pietikäinen & Bengt Sjöström. Keuruu 1983, 231 p. ISBN 951-99438-5-4. |
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