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ORMUZ / DIVONA 1886 6,031 gross tons, length 482ft x beam 52ft, two funnels, four masts (rigged for sail), single screw and a speed of 18 knots. Accommodation for 106-1st, 170-2nd and 120- steerage class passengers. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding Co, Glasgow, she was launched for the Orient Steam Navigation Co. on 29th Sep.1886. Her maiden voyage started on 3rd Feb.1887 when she left London for Suez, Melbourne and Sydney and she continued the UK to Australia service until Aug.1911. In 1912 she was sold to Cie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, renamed DIVONA and used on the South America service until 1922 when she was scrapped.[Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.1, P&O, Orient and Blue Anchor Lines]

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