MORE LINERS LOST.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 215, 13 August 1918, Page 3

MORE LINERS LOST.

MARMORA AND AUSTRALIEN

News received by the mail from Sydney states that the P. and O. liner Marmora lias been sunk. One. of the original “Al” class, the Marmora became a firm favourite from the first trip she made to Australia, and. until the outbreak of the war. maintained a regular time table. When histilit-ies began, the Marmora, did her full share in carrying on the all important, work of the navy. The Marmora, which was an up-to-date 5.»14 in every respect, was built in 11903 by Messrs liarland and Wolff j (Ltd.), Belfast. She was a twin : screw steamer, registering 10,509 tons gross, and 5241 net. Her dimensions were: Length 530 ft. 4 in., breadth 60ft. 3in.. and depth 25ft. sin. Perhaps no company trading to Australia has suffered more • through war losses than the P. and O .Company. Of their famous Australian fleet the following have been lost: —Maloja, Medina. Mooltan, i Moldavia, Mongolia, Arabia, Persia, * and India, while many of the company’s vessels trading to other ports have also been sent to the bottom. i The Marmora was not one of those I steamers which called at Auckland. I Another loss recorded is that of I the Australien, one of the Message ( ries Maritimes Comjiany’s most I ropaular passenger steamers, which hbas also been torpedoed and sunk. The Australien was a three-masted ■ double-funnelled steamer of 6377 1 tons gross and 3549 net. She was built at La Ciotat in 1889, and had ’ the following dimensions : Length 485 ft. 3in., beam 49ft. 2in., and depth 34ft. Jin, Her port of registry was ■ Marseilles.