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RMS Orama (1911)
RMS ''Orama'' was a British Steamship, steam ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship. She was launched in 1911 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company. When new, she was the largest liner sailing between Great Britain and Australia. In 1914 the British Admiralty requisitioned her and had her converted into an Armed merchantman#Armed merchant cruisers, armed merchant cruiser (AMC). In 1915 she took part in the brief Battle of Más a Tierra off Chile. In 1917 a U-boat sank her in the Southwest Approaches. She was the first of two Orient Line ships called ''Orama''. The second was a Steam turbine#Marine propulsion, turbine steamship that was launched in 1924 in England, converted into a Troopship, troop ship in the World War II, Second World War and sunk by a German Empire, German cruiser in the Norwegian campaign in 1940. The name ''Orama'' comes from a hill in the County of Lytton (South Australia), County of Lytton, South Australia, which was originally "Oorama" and was shortened to " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established by the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801. It continued in this form until 1927, when it evolved into the United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, after the Irish Free State gained a degree of independence in 1922. It was commonly known as Great Britain, Britain or England. Economic history of the United Kingdom, Rapid industrialisation that began in the decades prior to the state's formation continued up until the mid-19th century. The Great Famine (Ireland), Great Irish Famine, exacerbated by government inaction in the mid-19th century, led to Societal collapse, demographic collapse in much of Ireland and increased calls for Land Acts (Ireland), Irish land reform. The 19th century was an era of Industrial Revolution, and growth of trade and finance, in which Britain largely dominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
