Difference between revisions of "RMS Mongolia"
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| shipname = RMS Mongolia | | shipname = RMS Mongolia | ||
| − | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
| − | | shipbuilder = | + | | shipbuilder = Caird & Company, Greenock |
| − | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 302 |
| − | | shiplaunched = 13 | + | | shiplaunched = 13 Aug 1903 |
| − | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = |
| − | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1904 |
| − | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1917 |
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| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
| − | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = mined 24 Jun 1917 |
| − | | shiptype = Passenger / cargo | + | | shiptype = Passenger / cargo |
| − | | shiptonnage = | + | | shiptonnage = 9,505 tons |
| − | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 520.9 ft (158.73m) |
| − | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 58.3 ft (17.75m) |
| − | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 24.8 ft (7.52m) |
| − | | shippropulsion = | + | | shippropulsion = twin screw |
| − | | shipspeed = | + | | shipspeed = |
| − | | shipcapacity = | + | | shipcapacity = |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty, and operated by Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., Bombay | + | In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty, and operated by Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., Bombay. |
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| + | On 24 Jun 1917 when 50 nautical miles south by west of Bombay, inward from London with passengers an mail, she struck a mine laid by ''SMS Wolf''. | ||
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 10 November 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | RMS Mongolia |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 302 |
| Launched | 13 Aug 1903 |
| In service | 1904 |
| Out of service | 1917 |
| Fate | mined 24 Jun 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 9,505 tons |
| Length | 520.9 ft (158.73m) |
| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.75m) |
| Depth | 24.8 ft (7.52m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
Contents
Remarks
In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty, and operated by Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., Bombay.
On 24 Jun 1917 when 50 nautical miles south by west of Bombay, inward from London with passengers an mail, she struck a mine laid by SMS Wolf.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915
- Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett
- Frank Orlando Dawson
- † Frank William Dowell
- † Rudolf Eberhardt
- Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann
- John Francis Grabham MM
- Edward Henry Hanrahan
- William Joseph Hayden
- Herbert George Lewis
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM
- † George Scrivener
- Amos Roy (Roy) Smith
- Edward Harris (Ted) Smith
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier
- William Charles Woodland