Egypt (1897)

Builder:
Caird & Company
Greenock, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1897
Launched:
May 15, 1897
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
August 27, 1897
Fate:
Sunk May 20, 1922 in collision with SS Seine.

Location: North Atlantic, 26 miles Southwest of Ile d' Ouessant (Ushant), France.
(48.10N - 05.30W)

15 passengers and 71 crewmen killed, about 267 survivors picked up by SS Seine and
landed at Brest, France.
(Roll of Honour)

Note: these figures may not be completely accurate as there are several different accounts
of the number of crewmen on board at the time of the loss.


Owner
Peninsular & Oriental
Steam Navigation Company
London, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
499' 6" (PP)
Engines:
One triple expansion
Beam:
54' 4"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
24' 5" (Depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
7,912
HP:
11,000
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
16.5 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
526
Masts:
2


Captains
From
To
Name
Unknown
May 20, 1922
Andrew Collyer (at time of loss)


Timeline
1897-1915:
London - Bombay, India route. (Occasionally to Australia)
1915:
Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a Hospital ship (HMHS #52).

Oct. 1919:
Refitted as an ambulance ship and also used as a relief ship for people returning
to India following the war.

1921:
Returned to P & O after refit.
May 20, 1922:
Sunk in collision with SS Seine.


Builder's Data
Page published May 11, 2009