Difference between revisions of "SS Dunvegan Castle"
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| shipname = SS Dunvegan Castle | | shipname = SS Dunvegan Castle | ||
| − | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. - D. Currie & Co., London |
| shipbuilder = Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | | shipbuilder = Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | ||
| − | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 389 |
| − | | shiplaunched = 1896 | + | | shiplaunched = 14 Apr 1896 |
| − | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = 1896 |
| − | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1896 |
| − | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1924 |
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| − | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = Broken up 18 Jan 1924 |
| shiptype = passenger liner | | shiptype = passenger liner | ||
| shiptonnage = 5,958 tons | | shiptonnage = 5,958 tons | ||
| − | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 450.0 ft |
| − | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 50.9 ft |
| − | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 31.7 ft draft 23.7 ft |
| shippropulsion = sigle screw | | shippropulsion = sigle screw | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | Built for the Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd, London, became a part of the Union Castle Line. | + | Built for the Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd, London, and later became a part of the Union Castle Line. From 1904 until 1910 she was laid up, making ocassional pleasure voyages to Norway and he Mediterranean as required until a new London to Durban route was oepned up in 1910. |
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| + | Requisitioned two days after war was declared in August 1914, she served as a troopship, and was for a time a makeshift hospital ship in the Dardanelles until August 1916 when she returned to civilian use. Requisitiond under the Liner Requisition Scheme in 1917 | ||
Sold to be broken up in Kiel during 1924. | Sold to be broken up in Kiel during 1924. | ||
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Dunvegan Castle |
| Owner | Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. - D. Currie & Co., London |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd |
| Yard number | 389 |
| Launched | 14 Apr 1896 |
| Completed | 1896 |
| In service | 1896 |
| Out of service | 1924 |
| Fate | Broken up 18 Jan 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger liner |
| Tonnage | 5,958 tons |
| Length | 450.0 ft |
| Beam | 50.9 ft |
| Depth | 31.7 ft draft 23.7 ft |
| Propulsion | sigle screw |
Contents
Remarks
Built for the Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd, London, and later became a part of the Union Castle Line. From 1904 until 1910 she was laid up, making ocassional pleasure voyages to Norway and he Mediterranean as required until a new London to Durban route was oepned up in 1910.
Requisitioned two days after war was declared in August 1914, she served as a troopship, and was for a time a makeshift hospital ship in the Dardanelles until August 1916 when she returned to civilian use. Requisitiond under the Liner Requisition Scheme in 1917
Sold to be broken up in Kiel during 1924.
Soldiers carried
Alexandria to England 13 - 23 Sep 1915
England to Fremantle 4 July - 15 August 1919
- Harry Hodgson
- John Donaldson Patterson and wife Elizabeth from Durban 31 July