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RMS Leinster : ウィキペディア英語版 | RMS Leinster
RMS ''Leinster'' was a vessel operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, served as the Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire)-Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She went down just outside Dublin Bay at a point east of the Kish light. Over 500 people perished in the sinking – the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea. The official death toll was 501. However, research by Roy Stokes, author of ''Death in the Irish Sea: The Sinking of RMS Leinster'' and fellow writer Philip Lecane, author of ''Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster'', suggests the actual total was higher. ==Design== In 1895, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company ordered four steamers for Royal Mail service, named for four provinces of Ireland, RMS ''Leinster'', , and ; these four were commonly referred to as "The Provinces". The ''Leinster'' was a 2,640-ton packet steamship with a service speed of . The vessel, which was built at Laird's in Birkenhead, England, was driven by a single eight-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine. During the First World War, the twin-propellered ship was armed with one 12 pounder and two signal guns.
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