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RMS Magdalena (1889)
RMS ''Magdalena'' was a UK steamship that was built in 1889 as a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In the First World War she served as the troop ship HMT ''Magdalena''. After a long and successful civilian and military career she was scrapped in 1923.
==Building==
In the 1880s RMSP introduced a series of larger new ships to improve its scheduled services between Southampton, South America and the Caribbean. The first was the , built by Caird and Company and . She was RMSP's first new ship to have a hull of steel rather than iron. After her success RMSP ordered two more ships to an improved and enlarged version of the design from Robert Napier & Sons of Govan. was , followed by ''Magdalena'' . Before these were completed RMSP ordered two more from Napier: the slightly larger in 1889 and .
''Orinoco'' had only a small amount of deck housing and was the last square-rigged sail-steamer to be built for RMSP. The Napier ships were more modern, each with a full superstructure deck and rigged as a three-masted schooner. The smaller sail plan was based on the increasing economy and reliability of their engines.
''Magdalena'' had a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine that drove a single screw, giving her a top speed of .
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