 Ophir in dry dock in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1901
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ophir |
| Namesake | Ophir |
| Owner | Orient Steam Navigation Company |
| Operator |  Royal Navy (1901, 1915–19) |
| Port of registry |  Glasgow |
| Route | London – Suez Canal – Colombo – Sydney |
| Builder | Robert Napier & Sons, Govan |
| Yard number | 421 |
| Launched | 11 April 1891 |
| Completed | October 1891 |
| Identification |
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| Commissioned | as Royal Yacht, February 1901 |
| Decommissioned | as Royal Yacht, 6 November 1901 |
| Recommissioned | as AMC, 26 January 1915 |
| Decommissioned | as AMC, 29 July 1919 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 6,910 GRT, 3,323 NRT |
| Length | 465.0 ft (141.7 m) |
| Beam | 53.4 ft (16.3 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Depth | 34.1 ft (10.4 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Installed power | 1,398 NHP, 9,500 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Armament | 1915: 6 × 6-inch (150 mm) guns |
RMS Ophir was an Orient Steam Navigation Company (Orient Line) steam ocean liner that was built in 1891 and scrapped in 1922. Her regular route was between London and Sydney via the Suez Canal, Colombo and Melbourne.
In 1901 she was the royal yacht HMS Ophir, taking the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on a tour of the British Empire. From 1915 to 1919 she again served in the Royal Navy, this time as an armed merchant cruiser. After the First World War she was laid up, and in 1922 she was scrapped.