SMS Olga was the second member of the Carola class of steam corvettes built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1880s. Intended for service in the German colonial empire, the ship was designed with a combination of steam and sail power for extended range, and was equipped with a battery of ten 15-centimeter (5.9 in) guns.

Aug 9, 2013 · The steam ship Olga was under the command of Captain William Dewey Graham with a crew of 32 other officers and men when attacked by U-126 under Ernst Bauer in the early morning hours of 12th March 1942, shortly after Bauer dispatched the Texan nearby.

At 06.11 hours on 12 March 1942 the unarmed and unescorted Olga (Master William Dewey Graham) was hit by one torpedo from U-126 about 20 miles north of Nuevitas Light, Cuba in the Old Bahama Channel, while steaming on a nonevasive course at 10.5 knots.

Captain Booth commanded Olga. On 14 October 1877 the Cleopatra was in danger of sinking off France in the Bay of Biscay. The steam-ship towing her, the Olga, sent six volunteers in a boat to take off the Cleopatra ' s crew, but the boat swamped and the volunteers drowned.

SMS Olga was a member of the Carola class of steam corvettes built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1880s. The six ships of the Carola class were ordered in the late 1870s...

The Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia (Greek: Βασιλικόν Οἰκογενειακόν Τάγμα Ἁγίων Ὂλγας καὶ Σοφίας, romanized: Vasilikon Oikogeneiakon Tagma Agion Olgas kai Sofias) is an order of the Greek royal family.

Le SMS Olga est une corvette de la Marine impériale allemande qui a été lancée à Stettin le 11 décembre 1880. Ses sister-ships sont les corvettes SMS Carola (en), SMS Marie et SMS Sophie. Elle a été baptisée du nom de la reine de Wurtemberg, née Olga Nikolaïevna de Russie (1822-1892), fille de l'empereur Nicolas I er.

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SS Olga, built by Short Bros., Sunderland in 1880 and owned at the time of her loss by Helmsing & Grimm, Riga, was a Russian steamer of 1.672 tons.

On 6 April 1941 she rescued 29 survivors of SS Olga S. which had been sunk by an air attack. Chelsea joined Arbutus 6 February 1942 to hunt for a submarine sighted from their convoy. Two hours...