RMS Rhone information

	The wreck of RMS Rhone
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Rhone
Namesake	River Rhone
Owner	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Operator	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Port of registry	Southampton
Route	1865–67: Southampton – Rio de Janeiro; 1867: Southampton – Caribbean;
Ordered	June 1863
Builder	Millwall Iron Works
Launched	11 February 1865
Maiden voyage	9 October 1865
Out of service	29 October 1867
Fate	Sunk by Hurricane
General characteristics
Type	passenger liner
Tonnage	2,738 GRT
Length	310 ft (94 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Installed power	500 NHP
Propulsion	compound steam engine; screw
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers: 253 1st class, 30 2nd class, 30 3rd class
Notes	sister ship: Douro

RMS Rhone was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands on 29 October 1867 in a hurricane, killing 123 people. She is now a popular Caribbean wreck dive site.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Lettens, Jan; Allen, Tony (1 April 2010). "RMS Rhone [+1867]". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nicol 2001b, p. 58.
^ Nicol 2001a, p. 226.
^ Waters, Owen (2 July 2009). "The Rhone". British Virgin Islands Property and Yacht.

[Wreck-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Lettens, Jan; Allen, Tony (1 April 2010). "RMS Rhone [+1867]". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[FOOTNOTENicol2001b58-2] Nicol 2001b, p. 58.

[FOOTNOTENicol2001a226-3] Nicol 2001a, p. 226.

[Rhone-4] Waters, Owen (2 July 2009). "The Rhone". British Virgin Islands Property and Yacht.

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History
The wreck of RMS Rhone
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Rhone
Namesake	River Rhone
Owner	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co^[1]
Operator	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co^[1]
Port of registry	Southampton
Route	1865–67: Southampton – Rio de Janeiro 1867: Southampton – Caribbean
Ordered	June 1863
Builder	Millwall Iron Works^[1]
Launched	11 February 1865^[1]
Maiden voyage	9 October 1865
Out of service	29 October 1867^[1]
Fate	Sunk by Hurricane^[1]
General characteristics
Type	passenger liner^[1]
Tonnage	2,738 GRT^[3]
Length	310 ft (94 m)^[2]
Beam	40 ft (12 m)^[2]
Installed power	500 NHP^[1]
Propulsion	compound steam engine;^[1] screw
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers: 253 1st class, 30 2nd class, 30 3rd class^[2]
Notes	sister ship: Douro