RMS Medina (1911)

Painting by Kenneth King
History
United Kingdom
NameRMS Medina
OwnerP&O Steam Navigation Co
Port of registryLondon
RouteLondon – Australia mail route
BuilderCaird & Company, Greenock
Cost£332,377
Yard number317
Launched14 March 1911
Completed10 October 1911 (commissioned)
Maiden voyage11 November 1911
IdentificationOfficial number 131849
FateTorpedoed off Start Point, Devon on 28 April 1917 by SM UB-31
General characteristics
Class and typeP&O M-Class[1]
Tonnage12,358 tons
Length550 ft (170 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Depth34 ft 4 in (10.46 m)
Installed powerCoal fired quadruple-expansion steam engines rated at 1,400 ihp
Propulsiontwin screw
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity
  • 450 first class passengers
  • 220 second class passengers

RMS Medina was an ocean liner built by Caird and Company, Greenock, Scotland, in 1911,[1] for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She was a Royal Mail Ship intended for use on the London to Australia route[1] and was the last of the ten ships in P&O's M-Class.[1] Between November 1911 and February 1912 Medina took King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar. Medina was lost when she was torpedoed on 28 April 1917.

  1. ^ a b c d Padfield, Peter (1981). Beneath the House Flag of the P&O. London: Hutchinson. p. not cited. ISBN 0-09-145760-2.