 Postcard image of the RMS Leinster
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Leinster |
| Namesake | Leinster |
| Owner | City of Dublin Steam Packet Company |
| Port of registry | Dublin, Ireland |
| Route | Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire)-Holyhead |
| Ordered | 1895 |
| Builder | Laird Brothers of Birkenhead |
| Cost | £95,000 |
| Yard number | 612 |
| Launched | 12 September 1896 |
| Completed | January 1897 |
| Out of service | 10 October 1918 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-123 on 10 October 1918 while bound for Holyhead. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Tonnage | 2,646 GRT |
| Length | 378 ft |
| Beam | 75 ft |
| Height | 42 ft |
| Installed power | Single eight-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine |
| Propulsion | Twin propellers |
| Speed | 24 knots |
| Armament |
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RMS Leinster was an Irish ship operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. She served as the Kingstown-Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-123, which was under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Robert Ramm, on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She sank just outside Dublin Bay at a point 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the Kish light.
The exact number of dead is unknown but researchers from the National Maritime Museum of Ireland believe it was at least 564, which would make it the largest single loss of life in the Irish Sea.[1] [2]
- ^ Donal Byrne (10 October 2018). "Events to mark centenary of RMS Leinster sinking". RTE. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
Today marks the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster, which resulted in the deaths of 564 people in the single-largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.
- ^ Byrne, Donal (10 October 2018). "The Sinking of RMS Leinster and SS Dundalk". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2018.