RMS Orizaba
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other uses". Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Infobox ship". RMS Orizaba was a Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Rockingham, Western Australia on 16 February 1905. On her approach to Fremantle, a smog of bushfire smoke was obscuring the coast and the captain lost his bearings. The ship went aground in 6.1 metres (20 ft) of water on Five Fathom Bank, west of Garden Island.[1]
All 160 people on board were evacuated safely. It is one of the largest ships to be wrecked in Australian waters.[2]
In 2014 the wreck was still in use as a dive site.[3]
The ship was celebrated in music by Australian composers Alberto Zelman and Auguste Wiegand, in their gavotte of the same name.[4][5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Plain text' not found.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Marine Disaster". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 17 February 1905. p. 7. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via Trove.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wiegand, Auguste (1898), Orizaba gavotte, Rene Desjardins Conservatoire of Music, retrieved 28 September 2019
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nicholson & Co. (contributor.); W. H. Paling & Co. (contributor.); J. Albert and Son. (contributor.); W. H. Glen & Co. (contributor.) (1850), Collection of Australian popular and patriotic music of the 19th century Volume 1, retrieved 30 January 2026
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Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCarthy, M. (1980). SS Orizaba, unpublished Wreck Inspection Report (Report). Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wolfe, A. (1986). SS Orizaba, Graduate Diploma Course in Maritime Archaeology Report (Report). Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum.
External links
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