Three steamships have borne the name ''Oria'':
* was a 2,167-ton cargo ship launched on 20 March 1890, by Thompson, R.,
Southwick, Sunderland, England. Renamed ''Thordal'' in 1906, torpedoed and sunk by a submarine on 24 July 1917.
* was a 1,845-ton cargo ship launched on 12 September 1913 in
Fevig, Norway. Struck a mine and sank off
Cape Penas
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck.
History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. The ...
on 23 March 1917.
* was a 2,127-ton cargo ship launched on 17 June 1920, by Osbourne Graham of
North Hylton
North Hylton is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in northeast England. It is on the north bank of River Wear opposite South Hylton.
Hylton Castle
Hylton Castle ( ) is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne an ...
, United Kingdom. Seized by
Vichy France
Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its ter ...
in 1941 renamed ''Sainte Julienne''. Returned to owners in 1943. Wrecked off
Cape Sounion
Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο ''Akrotírio Soúnio'' ; grc, Ἄκρον Σούνιον ''Άkron Soúnion'', latinized ''Sunium''; Venetian: ''Capo Colonne'' "Cape of Columns") is the promontory at the southernmost ...
on 13 February 1944, killing about 4,100 people.
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Ship names