SS Oria (1920)

History

Norway
Name	SS Oria
Owner	Fearnley & Eger, Oslo
Builder	Osbourne, Graham & Co., Ltd., Sunderland
Yard number	222
Launched	17 June 1920
Identification	Code letters: LCUS
Fate	Sank, 12 February 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,127 GRT 3,540 DWT
Length	86.9 m (285 ft 1 in)
Beam	13.3 m (43 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	1 × triple expansion steam engine
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

SS Oria was a Norwegian steamer that sank on 12 February 1944, causing the death of some 4,095 Italian prisoners of war, 21 Greeks and 15 Germans. It was one of the worst maritime disasters in history, and the worst maritime disaster caused by the sinking of a single ship in the Mediterranean Sea.^[1]

Ship

The Oria was built in 1920 by Osbourne, Graham & Co in Sunderland. It had a tonnage of 2,127 GRT, and was the property of the Norwegian company Fearnley & Eger of Oslo.^[2] At the beginning of World War II, it was part of a convoy sent to North Africa, and was in Casablanca when interned in June 1940, shortly after the German occupation of Norway. One year later the ship was requisitioned by the Vichy French, renamed Sainte Julienne, and used in the Mediterranean. In November 1942 it was formally returned to its former owner and therefore renamed Oria, but soon after it was assigned to the German company Mittelmeer-Reederei GmbH [de] of Hamburg.^{[citation needed]}

Sinking

In the fall of 1943, after the German invasion of the Dodecanese, the Germans transferred tens of thousands of Italian prisoners to mainland Greece. These transfers were made often using unseaworthy vessels, cramming prisoners onboard without any safety standard. Several ships were sunk, either by Allied attack or by accident, causing the death of thousands of prisoners.

Oria was one of the vessels used to carry Italian prisoners. On 11 February 1944, it sailed from Rhodes bound for Piraeus, carrying 4,116 Italian prisoners (43 officers, 118 non-commissioned officers and 3,955 enlisted men),^[3]^[4] 21 German soldiers (part of whom were tasked with guarding the prisoners, while others were on passage to Greece),^[2] and a crew of 22 Greeks. The next day the ship was caught by a storm and sank off Cape Sounion on the South East rocks of Patroklos island. Some tugs, arriving the next day on the scene, could only save 21 Italians, 6 Germans, the Norwegian captain and one Greek. The remains of the wreck were discovered in 1999 by Greek pro diver Aristotelis Zervoudis.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "SS Oria (II) (+1944)". wrecksite.eu. 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Lawson, Siri. "D/S Oria". warsailors.com. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
^ Chronik des Seekrieges 1939-1945, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, entry on February 1944
^ "IL NAUFRAGIO DELL'ORIA" [THE WRECK OF ORIA]. dodecaneso.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

37°39′N 23°59′E / 37.650°N 23.983°E / 37.650; 23.983

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1944
Shipwrecks	1 Feb: I-171, Ro-39, Umikaze 3 Feb: Monte Pascoal, Nichiai Maru 4 Feb: U-854, Vautour 6 Feb: U-177 8 Feb: Petrella, U-762, Lima Maru 9 Feb: U-238, U-734 10 Feb: El Grillo, Minekaze, U-545, U-666 11 Feb: Ro-110, U-283, U-424 12 Feb: I-27, Khedive Ismail, Oria 13 Feb: Henry, Irma, USS Macaw 14 Feb: U-738, UIT-23 15 Feb: I-43 16 Feb: Ro-40 17 Feb: Agano, Aikoku Maru, CH-24, Fumizuki, I-11, Katori, Maikaze, Naka, Tachikaze, Tonan Maru No. 3, W-26 18 Feb: Heian Maru, Oite, HMS Penelope, U-7, U-406 19 Feb: CH-22, U-264, U-386 20 Feb: Hydro, HMS Warwick 21 Feb: Kokai Maru 22 Feb: British Chivalry 24 Feb: U-257, U-761 25 Feb: HMS Inglefield, HMS Mahratta, Ryūsei Maru, Tango Maru, U-601 26 Feb: USS Ailanthus, U-91 27 Feb: USS Grayback, HMS Woodpecker 29 Feb: USS Trout Unknown date: Cymric, USS Thompson
Other incidents	15 Feb: Agano 16 Feb: LST-418 20 Feb: HMS Woodpecker 25 Feb: HMCS Columbia Unknown date: USS Onyx
1943 1944 1945 January 1944 March 1944

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