Egypt

Owner:
Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Co.
Registration Number:
105581
Call Sign:
N/A
Sister Ships:
Arabia, China, India, Persia
Builder:
Caird & Co.
Greenock, Scotland
Year Built:
1897
Keel Laid Down:
N/A
Launched:
N/A
Maiden Voyage:
N/A
Commissioned:
(War Service)
1915
Decommissioned:
(War Service)
N/A
Length:
599' 8"
Beam:
54' 3"
Draft:
N/A
Tons:
7,912 GRT
Engines:
Triple expansion
Boilers:
N/A
Screws:
1
Funnels:
2
Masts:
2
Hull:
Steel
Speed:
18 knots
Crew:
N/A
Passenger Capacity:
526
First:
314
Second:
212
Fate:
Sunk May 20, 1922 after being rammed by SS Seine, 25 miles off Ushant in the
English Channel at 48.06N-05.29W.
15 passengers and 71 crew were killed.
162 survived.
Career Details
1897-1915:
UK - Bombay route. (Occasionally to Australia)
1915:
Requisitioned by the Admiralty as HMHS #52
Notes:

Captain at time of loss was Andrew Collyer.

 

SS Egypt