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RMS Mongolia

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RMS Mongolia
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Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia (2) seen in Port Said, Egypt
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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.