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C1889
S.S. “Oruba” & “Orotava”.
Artist:
Anrew MacLure
Colonial lithograph of the Orient Line steamships, Orotava and Oruba designed by the PSNC as smaller versions of Orizaba with funnels placed closer together. They were built for the Valparaiso trade and re-allocated to the Australian run in in mid-1890. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
S.S. “Oruba” & “Orotava”.
Date:
C1889
Artist:
Anrew MacLure
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with one tint
Image Size:
170mm
x 130mm
Paper Size:
203mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1889
Description:
Colonial lithograph of the Orient Line steamships, Orotava and Oruba designed by the PSNC as smaller versions of Orizaba with funnels placed closer together. They were built for the Valparaiso trade and re-allocated to the Australian run in in mid-1890. They were 5850 gross tons, 430 feet long
Orotava became an armed merchant cruiser in WW1, and was scrapped afterwards in 1919. Oruba was taken over by the Admiralty for conversion as a dummy replica of the battleship Orion, and was later scuttled to form a breakwater in the Aegean.
