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The unusual name means \"Empress of India\" in Hindu.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFive decks are shown with elegant First Class public rooms up top, Second Class public rooms clustered on the stern, the choicest accommodations on C and D decks, and a warren of tight little cubbyholes down on E Deck. I, of course, would have booked one of the four \"Bedrooms de Luxe\" with private baths. The worst fate fell upon those Second Class denizens housed in the stern on E Deck. Their facilities hung over the stern and would have been intolerable when Cunard leased the liner for one winter season in 1921. I doubt heat ever reached those far corners.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn her maiden voyage in October 1914 the KAISAR-I-HIND broke the speed record from England to Bombay. Due to her speed, she sailed on the Indian and Australia run during the early years of WW1 before becoming a troopship in 1917. She survived four German torpedo attacks, once again due to her swiftness. One torpedo actually hit the ship and bounced off without exploding but denting the hull plating. As a good luck charm, those plates were painted green until replaced years later. The KAISAR-I-HIND went to the breakers 1938. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcellent condition with one little tear in a small fold caused by your humble but clumsy vendor."}