SS Balmoral Castle
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Balmoral Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Co. Ltd., London |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
| Yard number | 468 |
| Launched | 13 Nov 1909 |
| Completed | 17 Feb 1910 |
| In service | 1910 |
| Out of service | 1939 |
| Fate | broken up 19 Jun 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 13,361 tons |
| Length | 570.0 ft |
| Beam | 64.5 ft |
| Depth | 38.9 ft |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.5 km/h) |
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Remarks
Owned by Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company and used on the South African Mail Service run. In October 1910 she was temporarily commissioned into the Royal Navy and manned by navy personnel to carry members of the Royal Family to South Africa. In Durban at the outbreak of WW1, she was chartered as a troopship, later carrying U Stroops and followinh th cesation of hostilities Australian troops home to Australia.
Also served during WW2 as a troop transport, until scraped in 1939.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 1 February - 18 March 1918
- Albert Edgar Bishop
- Albert Edward Victor Byfield
- Benjamin Jones
- Edward Joseph King
- Benjamin Arthur McEvoy
- William Edward McKenna
- Alfred Slee
- Frederick White