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| The Monroe at sea The RMS Monroe at sea.
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| History | |
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| Name | Monroe |
| Owner | White Star Line |
| Port of registry | Belfast, Ireland |
| Route | Belfast to Philadelphia |
| Ordered | 1913 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 1914 |
| Launched | 1915 |
| Completed | 1915 |
| Maiden voyage | February 19 1915 |
| Out of service | 1941 |
| Fate | Torpedoed by U-67 off the coast of Cape Race and was beached. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 27,231 tons gross |
| Length | 590.5 ft (180.0 m) |
| Beam | 48.2 ft (14.7 m) |
| Draught | 29.3 ft (8.9 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 3 double bladed propellers 2 expansion engines 850 nhp |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Notes | Had a swimming pool and a pool table aboard the ship. |
The RMS Monroe was a british passenger ocean liner that was torpedoed by the Luftwaffe in 1941. It sank in 27 minutes 9 lifeboats as they were enough for everyone everyone got off the ship safely but the captain. The u-boat fired at the lifeboats sinking them 5 lifeboats were sunk and they shot the people in the water as well.
The image above is the vessel's last moments. In this picture the ship was refitted to 2 funnels in 1940 the whole ship shot up in smoke and literally blew apart 27 minutes later.
