RMS Leinster
Torpedoed mailboat (1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Postcard image of the RMS Leinster | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RMS 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 |
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The exact number of dead is unknown but researchers from the National Maritime Museum believe it was at least 564, which would make it the largest single loss of life in the Irish Sea.[1] [2]