Tweet
A fine vessel with an early and tragic end.
1908, 10864grt
Fairfield, Glasgow (450) as CAIRO for the Egyptian Mail Line
710 1st. and 290 2nd. class passengers
Unsuccessful in a service Marseille - Alexandria
Sold 1910 to Canadian Northern Steamships, Toronto as ROYAL EDWARD
Avonmouth - Montreal service
Troop ship from 1914
Torpedoed by UB.14 on 14/8/1915, 6 miles west of Kandeliusa, Dodecanese Islands while on a trooping voyage Avonmouth via Alexandria to Mudros.
Sank with the loss of 935 lives
(coll. R.Cox)
1908, 10864grt
Fairfield, Glasgow (450) as CAIRO for the Egyptian Mail Line
710 1st. and 290 2nd. class passengers
Unsuccessful in a service Marseille - Alexandria
Sold 1910 to Canadian Northern Steamships, Toronto as ROYAL EDWARD
Avonmouth - Montreal service
Troop ship from 1914
Torpedoed by UB.14 on 14/8/1915, 6 miles west of Kandeliusa, Dodecanese Islands while on a trooping voyage Avonmouth via Alexandria to Mudros.
Sank with the loss of 935 lives
(coll. R.Cox)