SS Royal Standard was an auxiliary steamship of the White Star Line, built in 1863 by Palmer Brothers & Company in Tyneside with an iron hull. She was launched on 1 August 1863, and completed with a screw steam engine by JP Balmer and Company of Jarrow.
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She was fitted with 3 cylindrical boilers, providing 60 lbs pressure to her high pressure inverted steam engine. The small machinery allowed her to carry a greater quantity of cargo, though meant her steam propulsion was slower to other steamships of the time. Her saloon and sleeping berths for saloon class, and second cabin were well ventilated, and lit by oil lamps. Her accommodation was described as 'magnificent' and 'fitted in such a style' that there is 'nothing further to be desired'. She had a single deckhouse running the majority of the ships length, which contained second cabin forward, saloon class aft and also housed the saloon class dining saloon.[1][2] The iron ship also contained 4 iron bulkheads, which increased the safety of her.[3]