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SS ''Oropesa'' was a British steam turbine ocean liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company (PSNC). She was built on Merseyside in 1920 and operated between Liverpool and South America. In 1941 the sank her in the Western Approaches, killing 106 people aboard.〔 Several ships have been called ''Oropesa'', and this one was the second of four in the PSNC fleet. PSNC's first ''Oropesa'' was built in 1894 by Harland and Wolff, and served in the First World War as an armed merchant cruiser with the French Navy. The third was a ship transferred from Shaw, Savill & Albion Line to PSNC and renamed ''Oropesa'' in 1968. The fourth was launched in 1978 but transferred from PSNC to Shaw, Savill & Albion in 1982. ==Building and civilian service== Cammell Laird built ''Oropesa'' at Birkenhead, launching her on 9 December 1919〔 and completing her in September 1920. She was built as a coal-burner,〔 with 32 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of that heated four double ended boilers with a combined heating surface of .〔 They supplied steam at 190 lbf/in2 to six turbines with a combined rating of 1,647 NHP.〔 They drove her twin propeller shafts ''via'' single reduction gearing,〔 giving her a cruising speed of . ''Oropesa''s maiden voyage began from Liverpool on 4 September 1920, taking her to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina.〔 In May 1921 PSNC chartered ''Oropesa'' to Royal Mail Lines, for whom she worked the Hamburg – Southampton – New York route. She reverted to her owners in November 1922.〔 In 1924 PSNC had ''Oropesa'' converted to oil fuel, which is a more efficient fuel and takes less bunker space. In 1927 the company transferred her to the route between Liverpool and Valparaíso in Chile.〔 In January 1931 ''Oropesa'' took Edward, Prince of Wales and his brother Prince George to South America. She was then laid up at Dartmouth, Devon from October 1931 until 1937.〔 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 Oropesa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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