RMS Orizaba
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| Black and white photograph of the ship in an unidentified harbour. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Orizaba |
| Owner | Pacific Steam Navigation Company[1] |
| Operator | Orient Steam Navigation Company[2] |
| Builder | Barrow Ship Building Co, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Yard number | 138 |
| Launched | 6 May[1] 1886 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Royal Mail Ship |
| Tonnage | 6,298[2] |
| Length | 148 metres (486 ft)[2] |
| Draft | 7.3 metres (24 ft) |
RMS Orizaba was a Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Rockingham, Western Australia on 16 February 1905. On her approach to Fremantle, a smog of bushfire smoke was obscuring the coast and the captain lost his bearings. The ship went aground in 6.1 metres (20 ft) of water on Five Fathom Bank, west of Garden Island.[3]
All 160 people on board were evacuated safely. It is one of the largest ships ever to be wrecked in Australian waters.[2]
In 2014 the wreck was still in use as a dive site.[4]
The ship was celebrated in music by Australian composer Auguste Wiegand, in his gavotte of the same name.[5]
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The wreck, c. 1910
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Fremantle Port information plaque
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Further reading
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External links
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