RMS King Orry
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History | |
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Name | King Orry |
Owner | 1913–1940: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
Operator | 1913–1940: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Builder | Cammell Laird |
Cost | £96,000 |
Yard number | 789[1] |
Launched | 11 March 1913 |
In service | 1913 |
Out of service | 1940 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk at Dunkirk 30 May 1940. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger Steamer |
Tonnage | 1,877 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 313 feet (95 m) |
Beam | 43 feet (13 m) |
Depth | 16 ft 11 in (5.16 m) |
Ice class | N/A |
Installed power | 9,400 shp (7,000 kW) |
Propulsion | Marine geared turbines developing 9,400 shp (7,000 kW) |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,600 passengers |
Crew | 59 |
TSS (RMS) King Orry (III) – the third ship in the history of the Company to bear the name – was a passenger steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, until she was sunk in the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.
Yard no. 789