:::: Liners
ROYAL EDWARD
Code - NL058
£1.35
Class - 2
Date - 1908
Description - ROYAL EDWARD NL58
Completed 1908 as Cairo for the Egyptian
Mail Steamship Co. Purchased 1910 by
Canada Northern Steamship Co, (and renamed),
with sister Heliopolis (renamed Royal George).
Gross Tonnage 11,140 tons
Dimensions 542’ x 60’ x 25.5’
Speed 19 knots
Both served as troops ships in WW1.
Royal Edward was lost in 1915.
