For other ships with the same name, see Orion (ship).
Prinz Oskar
History
Name
1902: Prinz Oskar
1919: Orion
Namesake
1902: Prince Oskar of Prussia
1917: Orion
Owner
1903: Hamburg America Line
1917: US Shipping Board
Port of registry
1903: Hamburg
1919: New York
Route
1903: Genoa – Hoboken
1906: Genoa – Buenos Aires
1910: Hamburg – Hoboken
1914: Hamburg – Philadelphia
Builder
Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Yard number
451
Launched
15 December 1902
Completed
14 June 1903
Maiden voyage
June 1903: Hamburg – Brazil
Out of service
1914–1917
Identification
1903: code letters RMVL
by 1913: call sign DDO
1919: US official number 202863
1919: code letters LMCW
Fate
scrapped 1930
General characteristics
Type
cargo liner
Tonnage
6,026 GRT, 3,777 NRT, 6,180 DWT
Length
403.4 ft (123.0 m)
Beam
49.2 ft (15.0 m)
Depth
27.1 ft (8.3 m)
Decks
3
Installed power
402 NHP, 3,250 ihp
Propulsion
2 × quadruple-expansion engines
2 × screws
Speed
12+1⁄2 knots (23 km/h)
Capacity
125 × 1st class; 1,035 × steerage
Crew
121
Sensors and processing systems
by 1910: submarine signalling
Notes
sister ship: Prinz Adalbert
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