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From: "Ted Finch" <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] ROYAL EDWARD
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:26:43 +0100
References: <BAY1-F120sTOMtiQgqI0004e08a@hotmail.com>


Hello Irene,

You are right - she was used as a troopship.

ROYAL EDWARD / CAIRO 1907
The ROYAL EDWARD was a 11,117 gross ton ship, length 526.1ft x beam 60.2ft,
two funnels, two masts, three screws, speed 19 knots, accommodation for
344-1st, 210-2nd and 560-3rd class passengers.
Built by Fairfield & Co, Glasgow, she was launched in Jul.1907 as the CAIRO
for the short lived, British owned Egyptian Mail Line. Sold to the Canadian
Northern S.S.Co in 1910, she was renamed ROYAL EDWARD and from May 1910 to
Sep.1914 was used on the Avonmouth - Quebec / Montreal route in summer and
Halifax in winter. Taken over as a troopship in 1914, she was torpedoed and
sunk in the Aegean Sea on 13th Aug.1915 while 6 miles west from Kandeliusa
at position 36.31N 25.51E by the German Submarine UB.14. She had been
sailing from Avonmouth and Alexandria to Mudros with a cargo of government
stores. There were 132 lives lost including the Master. [North Atlantic
Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1433] [British Merchant Vessels sunk by
U-Boats in the 1914-1918 War by A. J. Tennent]

regards
Ted
----- Original Message -----
From: Irene Coutts <>
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Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 6:45 AM
Subject: [TSL] ROYAL EDWARD


>
> I wonder if anyone is able to give me information about this vessel.
> I have a postcard of this ship in my possession (probably belonged to
> an aunt of mine). I know of no-one who was on board, there is
> nothing written on the back either. Maybe she was used as a
> troopship.
> Regards, Irene
>
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