SS Egypt

History
Name	Egypt
Namesake	Egypt
Owner	P&O Steam Navigation Co
Operator	P&O Steam Navigation Co
Port of registry	London
Route	Tilbury – Bombay
Builder	Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number	285
Launched	15 May 1897
Identification	UK official number 105581 code letters PTGD
Fate	Sunk in collision 20 May 1922
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,912 GRT 4,179 NRT
Length	499.9 ft (152.4 m)
Beam	54.3 feet (16.6 m)
Draught	26 feet 9 inches (8.15 m)
Depth	24.5 feet (7.5 m)
Installed power	11,000 ihp
Propulsion	triple-expansion steam engine single screw
Speed	service: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph). Max: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	Passengers: 301 1st class, 208 2nd class Cargo: 171,303 cubic feet (4,851 m3)
Crew	283 (116 Europeans and 167 Lascars)
Notes	Sister ships: Arabia, China, India, Persia

SS Egypt was a P&O ocean liner. She sank after a collision with Seine on 20 May 1922 in the Celtic Sea. 252 people were rescued from the 338 passengers and crew aboard at the time.^[1] A subsequent salvage operation recovered most of the cargo of gold and silver.