HMT Royal Edward
RMS (later HMTHMT stands for Ship prefix#National or military prefixes, hired military transport.) ''Royal Edward'' was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company that was sunk during the First World War with a large loss of life while transporting Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth troops. She was launch (ship), launched in 1907 as RMS ''Cairo'' for a British mail service to Egypt. Design and construction ''Cairo'' and sister ship SS Heliopolis (1907), ''Heliopolis'' were built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland. ''Cairo'' was launch (ship), launched in July 1907 and entered service in January 1908. As built, she was long (length overall, overall) and abeam. She was powered by three steam turbines that drove three propeller shaft (ship), propeller shafts, at up to . She could accommodate up to 1,114 passengers in three classes: 344 in first-class travel, first class, 210 in second class, and 560 in third. ...
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HMT Royal Edward
RMS (later HMTHMT stands for Ship prefix#National or military prefixes, hired military transport.) ''Royal Edward'' was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company that was sunk during the First World War with a large loss of life while transporting Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth troops. She was launch (ship), launched in 1907 as RMS ''Cairo'' for a British mail service to Egypt. Design and construction ''Cairo'' and sister ship SS Heliopolis (1907), ''Heliopolis'' were built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland. ''Cairo'' was launch (ship), launched in July 1907 and entered service in January 1908. As built, she was long (length overall, overall) and abeam. She was powered by three steam turbines that drove three propeller shaft (ship), propeller shafts, at up to . She could accommodate up to 1,114 passengers in three classes: 344 in first-class travel, first class, 210 in second class, and 560 in third. ...
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