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OROPESA

OROPESA WAS BUILT IN 1920 BY CAMMEL LAIRD AT BIRKENHEAD FOR PSNC. SHE WAS A PASSENGER  VESSEL OF 14000 TONS. SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE ROYAL MAIL LINE IN 1921. IN 1939 SHE WAS CONVERTED FOR USE AS A TROOPSHIP. IN 1941 WHEN ON VOYAGE FROM SOUTH-EAST AFRICA TO THE U.K, AND A 100 MILES OF THE COAST OF COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND SHE WAS STRUCK BY THREE TORPEDOED FROM THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-96 AND SANK.OUT OF THE 250 PASSENGERS AND CREW, 113 LOST THEIR LIVES.THE U-96 WAS HERSELF TO BE SUNK IN THE VICINITY OF WILHELMSHAVEN IN 1945.