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| name          = RMS Mongolia
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| image          = [[File:RMS_Mongolia_4.jpg]]
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| caption        = Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia (2) seen in Port Said, Egypt
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| image2        = [[File:RMS_Mongolia_3.jpg]]
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| caption2      = S.S. Mongolia is seen here in Melbourne Australia
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| shipname = RMS Mongolia
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| shipowner = Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock
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| shipbuilder = Caird & Company, Greenock
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| shipyardnumber = 302
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| shiplaunched = 13 Aug 1903
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| shipinservice = 1904
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| shipoutofservice = 1917
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| shipfate = mined 24 Jun 1917
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| shiptype = Passenger / cargo
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| shiptonnage = 9,505 tons
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| shiplength = 520.9 ft  (158.73m)
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| shipbeam = 58.3 ft  (17.75m)
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| shipdepth = 24.8 ft (7.52m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 19 knots (35.19 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 1,180 passengers
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==Remarks==
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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 and mail, she struck a mine laid by ''SMS Wolf''. Many of the survivors made it by lifeboat to a nearby island from which they were later rescued.
 
 
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|  data3  = 1891 D & W Henderson, Glasgow
 
 
 
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|  data4  = Passenger / cargo steamer (Single screw)
 
 
 
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|  data5  = 4,838 tons
 
 
 
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|  data6  = 13 knots
 
 
 
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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. 
 
Operated by Indian & Peninsular S.N. Co., Bombay.
 
On 21st Jul.1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC.70 while 5 miles off Filey Brig on voyage Middlesbrough to London, with the loss of 36 lives.
 
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915==
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915===
*[[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
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* [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
*[[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
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* [[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
*[[Frank William Dowell]]
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* [[Frank William Dowell]]
*[[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
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* [[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
*[[John Francis Grabham MM]]
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* [[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
*[[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
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* [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
*[[William Joseph Hayden]]
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* [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
*[[Herbert George Lewis]]
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* [[William Joseph Hayden]]
*[[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
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* [[Herbert George Lewis]]
*[[Lawrence Adrian Renou]]
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* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
*[[George Scrivener]]
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* [[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
*[[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
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* [[George Scrivener]]
*[[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
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* [[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
*[[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
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* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
*[[William Charles Woodland]]
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* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
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* [[William Charles Woodland]]
  
==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916==
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916===
*[[Edward Henson Broadhurst]]
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* [[Edward Henson Broadhurst]]
*[[Walter Cattach]]
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* [[Walter Cattach]]
  
==Egypt to Fremantle 31 March - 24 May 1919==
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==Notes==
*[[Herbert Sherwood Marsh]]
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There is considerable confusion on a number of internet sites between the ''Mongolia'' built in 1903 by Caird & Co which struck a mine and sank in 1917 with the ''Mongolian'' built by William Denny & Bros that was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918. On the casis of probability I have provided details of the 1903 version which was sailing from Australian ports during 1916.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 10 October 2023

RMS Mongolia
RMS Mongolia 4.jpg
Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia (2) seen in Port Said, Egypt
RMS Mongolia 3.jpg
S.S. Mongolia is seen here in Melbourne Australia
History
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
Speed 19 knots (35.19 km/h)
Capacity 1,180 passengers


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 and mail, she struck a mine laid by SMS Wolf. Many of the survivors made it by lifeboat to a nearby island from which they were later rescued.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915

Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916

Notes

There is considerable confusion on a number of internet sites between the Mongolia built in 1903 by Caird & Co which struck a mine and sank in 1917 with the Mongolian built by William Denny & Bros that was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918. On the casis of probability I have provided details of the 1903 version which was sailing from Australian ports during 1916.