RMS Mongolia
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | RMS Mongolia |
| Owner | Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Builder | D & W Henderson, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 350 |
| Launched | 13 Nov 1890 |
| Completed | 1891 |
| In service | 6 Feb 1891 |
| Out of service | 1918 |
| Fate | torpedoed and sunk 21 Jul 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo steamer |
| Tonnage | 4,838 tons |
| Length | 400.0 ft (121.92m) |
| Beam | 45.2 ft (13.77m) |
| Depth | 30.6 ft (9.30m); Draft 23.3 ft (7.09m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 12 knots (22.22 km/h) |
| Capacity | 1,180 passngers |
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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 21st Jul 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC.70 while 5 miles off Filey Brig on a voyage from Middlesbrough to London, with the loss of 36 lives.
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