HMHS Llanstephan Castle
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| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Llanstephan Castle |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Glasgow |
| Launched | 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 11,293 tons |
| Length | 500 ft 5 in (152.52m) |
| Beam | 63 ft 3 in (19.28m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (25.93 km/h) |
Remarks
She was, in 1914, the only company ship to remain in commercial service although under government control. In April 1915, inbound at Zanzibar she was ordered back to Durban because the German light cruiser Koenigsberg was operating in the area. In 1917 she was eventually requisitioned for work on the transatlantic service.
In civilian service between the wars, She reverted to the Round Africa service in 1920 Hher ownership changed several times as companies adjusted to changing world trade.
The Llanstephan Castle also served during WW2 as a troopship. n August 1940 she evacuated 200 children to South Africa. During the Second World War, in 1941, she was commodore ship for the first Allied convoy to Russia from Liverpool to Archangel after Germany's attack on Russia on 22nd June. Scrapped in March 1952 at Newport, Monmouthshire in Wales.