SS Orsova was an ocean liner owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company. She was built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Scotland in 1909 to operate a passenger service between London and Australia (via Suez Canal). Tonnage: 12,026 tons. Length: 163 metres (535 ft). Breadth: 19 metres (62 ft). Maximum speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Passengers: 1310 (consisting of 280 first class, 130 second class, 900 third class). Maiden voyage: 25 June 1909. Commandeered as a troopship in 1915.