Difference between revisions of "SS Kenilworth Castle"
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| + | | shipname = SS Kenilworth Castle | ||
| + | | shipowner = Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. | ||
| + | | shipbuilder = Harlnd & Wolff, Belfast | ||
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| + | | shiplaunched = 5 Dec 1903 | ||
| + | | shipcompleted = 14 May 1904 | ||
| + | | shipinservice = May 1904 | ||
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| + | | shipfate = scrapped | ||
| + | | shiptype = Passenger Liner | ||
| + | | shiptonnage = 12,974 tons | ||
| + | | shiplength = 570 ft | ||
| + | | shipbeam = 64 ft 3 in | ||
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| + | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
| + | | shipspeed = 16.5 knots (30.56 km/h) | ||
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| − | + | Built to carry 255 first class passengers, 269 second class, and 270 third class. Upon delivery to Union-Castle in May 1904 she was placed on the line's mail service between Southampton and Cape Town. Requisitioned in 1914 as a troop ship, sometimes used as a hospital ship. | |
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| − | + | On 4 Jun 1918 off Plymouth she collided with a British destroyer ''HMS Rival'' while zig-zagging. In that collision, live depth charges released from H.M.S. Rival exploded under Kenilworth Castle's stern. 15 crew members were drowned and the ship was badly damaged. She safely made it into Plymouth where she then sank on a mud bank. | |
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| − | + | In 1919 she returned to the mail service to Africa. In 1919 she was quarantined at Table Bay for three weeks during an influenza epidemic which was raging through South Africa. In 1934 her Second Class accommodation was removed and two years later she was sold for scrap. | |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
===Southampton to Durban 12 March - 23 April 1918=== | ===Southampton to Durban 12 March - 23 April 1918=== | ||
| − | Sailed on 18 March 1918. In Durban the returning soldiers transferred to the SS Field Marshall for the voyage to Fremantle. | + | Sailed on 18 March 1918. In Durban the returning soldiers transferred to the ''SS Field Marshall'' for the voyage to Fremantle. |
| − | + | * [[Thomas Henry William Denny]] | |
| − | *[[Thomas Henry William Denny]] | + | * [[Terry de Bohun Helm]] |
| − | *[[Terry de Bohun Helm]] | + | * [[Leslie Hetherington]] |
| − | *[[Leslie Hetherington]] | + | * [[Alfred John Mitchell]] |
| − | *[[Alfred John Mitchell]] | + | * [[Thomas Allan O'Dea]] |
| − | *[[Thomas Allan O'Dea]] | + | * [[Charles Henry Smith]] |
| − | *[[Charles Henry Smith]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 23:21, 2 December 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Kenilworth Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. |
| Builder | Harlnd & Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 5 Dec 1903 |
| Completed | 14 May 1904 |
| In service | May 1904 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Liner |
| Tonnage | 12,974 tons |
| Length | 570 ft |
| Beam | 64 ft 3 in |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.56 km/h) |
Remarks
Built to carry 255 first class passengers, 269 second class, and 270 third class. Upon delivery to Union-Castle in May 1904 she was placed on the line's mail service between Southampton and Cape Town. Requisitioned in 1914 as a troop ship, sometimes used as a hospital ship.
On 4 Jun 1918 off Plymouth she collided with a British destroyer HMS Rival while zig-zagging. In that collision, live depth charges released from H.M.S. Rival exploded under Kenilworth Castle's stern. 15 crew members were drowned and the ship was badly damaged. She safely made it into Plymouth where she then sank on a mud bank.
In 1919 she returned to the mail service to Africa. In 1919 she was quarantined at Table Bay for three weeks during an influenza epidemic which was raging through South Africa. In 1934 her Second Class accommodation was removed and two years later she was sold for scrap.
Soldiers carried
Southampton to Durban 12 March - 23 April 1918
Sailed on 18 March 1918. In Durban the returning soldiers transferred to the SS Field Marshall for the voyage to Fremantle.