robbie Posted 6 October , 2004 Share Posted 6 October , 2004 Anyone got a photo of the troop ship/hospital ship SS Osterley, a 12,129 gross ton ship, length 535ft x beam 63.2ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. Built in 1909. Route was Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, London via Suez canal, took 45 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gord97138 Posted 6 October , 2004 Share Posted 6 October , 2004 Robbie: Here's a link to the photo of the SS Osterley. gordon http://www.merchant-navy.net/osterley.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 7 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2004 Terrific thanks Gordon. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 7 October , 2004 Share Posted 7 October , 2004 & another one http://www.greatships.net/osterley.html All the Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 7 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2004 Thanks Chris. It doesn't look big enough to carry over 1,000 passengers, does it? Still much bigger than the convict ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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