THE SS "ORAMA", A 19,000 TON PASSENGER VESSEL OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENT LINE, ON CHARTER TO THE ...

THE SS "ORAMA", A 19,000 TON PASSENGER VESSEL OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENT LINE, ON CHARTER TO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A TROOPSHIP, BEING SHELLED BY THE GERMAN 10,000 TON CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER". THE FIRST TORPEDO FROM THE "ADMIRAL HIPPER" MISSED THE TARGET, THE SECOND, BECAUSE OF FAULTY ELEVATOR MECHANISM FOLLOWED A TRAJECTORY, OVER INSTEAD OF UNDER THE WATER, RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE OF THE "ORAMA'S" LIFEBOATS AND KILLING ALL THE PASSENGERS. THE SS "ORAMA" WAS RETURNING TO ENGLAND, EMPTY AND UNESCORTED, ACCOMPANIED BY THE HOSPITAL SHIP "ATLANTIS". ALTHOUGH THE GERMAN CRUISER SANK THE "ORAMA" THE IMMUNITY OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP "ATLANTIS" WAS RESPECTED.