HMT Royal Edward

RMS Royal Edward was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company that was sunk during the First World War with a large loss of life while transporting Commonwealth troops. She was launched in 1907 as RMS Cairo for a British mail service to Egypt.

Cairo and sister ship Heliopolis were built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland. Cairo was launched in July 1907 and entered service in January 1908. As built, she was 160.3 metres long and 18.4 metres abeam. She was powered by three steam turbines that drove three propeller shafts, at up to 19 knots . She could accommodate up to 1,114 passengers in three classes: 344 in first class, 210 in second class, and 560 in third.

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