SS Oropesa (1919)

Oropesa
History
United Kingdom
Name	Oropesa
Namesake	Either of two Oropesa Districts in Peru
Owner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Port of registry	Liverpool[1]
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead[1]
Yard number	835
Launched	9 December 1919[2]
Maiden voyage	4 September 1920[2]
Identification	UK official number 32485[1] Code letters KGRJ[1] (1920–33) Call sign GDLP[3] (1934–41)
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 16 January 1941[4]
General characteristics
Tonnage	14,075 GRT[1] tonnage under deck 11,915[1] 8,608 NRT[1]
Length	530 ft (160 m)[1]
Beam	66.3 ft (20.2 m)[1]
Draught	34 ft 3+1⁄2 in (10.45 m)[1]
Depth	41.2 ft (12.6 m)[1]
Installed power	1,647 NHP[1]
Propulsion	6 Steam turbines, twin Propeller[1]
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)[5]
Capacity	141 1st class 131 2nd class 360 3rd class[2]
Sensors and processing systems	Direction finding equipment[1]
Armament	DEMS

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 German submarine U-96 sank her in the Western Approaches, killing 106 people aboard.^[4]