The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The German destroyer Hans Lody (Z10) stands to pick up survivors of the troopship SS Orama, sinking stern first in the background. SS Orama, a 19,000-ton passenger vessel of the Peninsula and Orient line on charter as a troopship was sunk by gunfire from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, in the course of which she was abandoned by her crew, of whom 19 were killed. Torpedoes fired at her by the accompanying destroyer Hans Lody (Z10) missed, one hitting a lifeboat. There were 112 survivors. Orama was returning to England, empty and unescorted. The hospital ship Atlantis was in the vicinity, but her immunity was respected.
SS Orama a 19,000 ton passenger vessel of the Peninsula and Orient line on charter as a troopship, listing to port and sinking after shelled by the German cruiser Admiral Hipper. She was abandoned by
SS Orama, a 19,000 ton passenger vessel of the Peninsula and Orient line on charter as a troopship, being shelled by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, in the course of which she was abandoned b
A lifeboat loaded with survivors from the SS Orama pulling alongside the German 14,000 ton cruiser Admiral hipper. SS Orama, a 19,000 ton passenger vessel of the Peninsula and Orient line on charter a
The German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody, seen from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, approaching Steinkjer.
A German Type 1934A destroyer, possibly Z10 Hans Lody, escorting the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper (not in view) through rough seas.
The German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody, escorting the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, finds it heavy going in the rough waters off Norway.
