History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RMS Medina |
Owner | P&O Steam Navigation Co |
Port of registry | London |
Route | London – Australia mail route |
Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
Cost | £332,377 |
Yard number | 317 |
Launched | 14 March 1911 |
Completed | 10 October 1911 (commissioned) |
Maiden voyage | 11 November 1911 |
Identification | Official number 131849 |
Fate | Torpedoed off Start Point, Devon on 28 April 1917 by SM UB-31 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | P&O M-Class[1] |
Tonnage | 12,358 tons |
Length | 550 ft (170 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Depth | 34 ft 4 in (10.46 m) |
Installed power | Coal fired quadruple-expansion steam engines rated at 1,400 ihp |
Propulsion | twin screw |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Capacity |
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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.