OROPESA (II)
Built : 1920 : Cammel Laird, Birkenhead
Tonnage : 14,118g, 8,608n, 14,000 dwt
Dimensions : 530ft (161.54m) x 66ft 4in (20.22m) x 41ft 2in (12.55m); draft 34ft 5in (10.49m)
Passengers : 141 1st, 131 2nd, 360 3rd
1919 Dec 9 : Launched
1920 Sep 4 : Maiden voyage Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Aires.
1921 May 14 : Chartered to Royal Mail for Hamburg - Southampton - New York service
1922 Nov 30 : Reverted to P.S.N.C. and the Valparaiso berth.
1924 Converted to oil fuel; capacity 3,500 tons
1927 Feb : Moved onto the Panama Canal route to Valparaiso
1931 Carried the Prince of Wales and Prince George to South America
Oct : Laid up at Dartmouth for over 6 years
1937 : Back in service
1939 Sep : Taken over for trooping duties
1941 Jan 16 : Torpedoed three times by "U-96" off Ireland ; 113 dead