RMS Lady Nelson
Lady Nelson as hospital ship | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | RMS Lady Nelson |
| Namesake | Frances Nelson, wife of Royal Navy Admiral Horatio Nelson |
| Owner | Canadian National Steamship Co |
| Port of registry | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Route | Halifax-Boston – Bermuda – Caribbean – British Guiana |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Launched | 17 July 1928 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lady-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 419.5 ft (127.9 m) |
| Beam | 59.1 ft (18.0 m) |
| Depth | 28.2 ft (8.6 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines; twin screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Crew | 107 |
| Sensors & processing systems | direction finding equipment |
| Notes | sister ships: Lady Drake, Lady Hawkins, Lady Rodney, Lady Somers |
RMS Lady Nelson was a steam turbine ocean liner which served in passenger service from 1928 to 1968 and operated as wartime hospital ship from 1943 to 1945. One of a class of five sister ships popularly known as "Lady Boats", she was built for the Canadian National Steamship Company (CNS). The five vessels were Royal Mail Ships that CNS operated from Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Caribbean via Bermuda. Lady Nelson was sold to Egyptian owners in 1953 and served as Gumhuryat Misr and Alwadi until she was scrapped in 1968.