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SS ''Orizaba'' (or "ES ''Orizaba''", with "ES" standing for ''"Electroschiff"'' (ドイツ語:electric ship)) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was built in Hamburg 1939〔 and wrecked off northern Norway in 1940. ''Orizaba'' was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Orizaba is a city in the Mexican province of Veracruz, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. ==Building== ''Orizaba'' was built in Hamburg and completed in 1939.〔 She was one of three sister ships launched in 1939 for HAPAG. She and her sister were built by Deutsche Werft in Finkenwerder, Hamburg,〔 while their sister ''Arauca'' was built by Bremer Vulkan in Bremen-Vegesack. ''Orizaba'' and her sisters had turbo-electric transmission.〔〔〔 Each ship had two oil-fired high pressure boilers that fed a single AEG turbo generator.〔〔〔 This produced current for an AEG electric propulsion motor that drove a single propeller shaft.〔〔〔 This was a sophisticated propulsion system that required skilled operation. Both ''Antilla'' and ''Arauca'' suffered technical failures on their maiden voyages to the Caribbean. ''Orizaba'' and her sisters each had direction finding equipment and an echo sounding device.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Orizaba (1939)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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