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SS Egypt was on the third day of a voyage that would take her from Tilbury destined for Bombay.
when she was lost in collision.For the 'Egypt' built in 1897 an elegant P&O liner of almost 8000-tons
this was a route she was so familiar with one she had run so many times within her 25-year career.
On the Eastern services 'Egypt' had a reputation for minor collisions and unlucky groundings, in 1910
she had brought the Princess Royal home from Egypt itself. On the turn of the Great war she was
requisitioned as a hospital ship, painted with the traditional red and white colours she had once been
moored along side the 'Britannic'.
Note; Deep Image brought this image from the National Maritime Museum Ref No p17827
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