Arundel Castle |
Owner: |
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
(Union-Castle Line) Southampton, England |
Builder: |
Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast, Ireland |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
November 6, 1915 |
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Year Built: |
1921 |
Launched: |
September 11, 1919 |
Sister Ships: |
Windsor Castle |
Maiden Voyage: |
April 22 - May 9, 1921 |
Fate: |
1959 Scrapped at Chiap Hua Mfg. Co. Hong Kong. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
661' (a) |
Engines: |
2 geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
72' 5" |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
N/A |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons: |
19,023 (b) |
HP: |
15,000 |
Displacement: |
N/A |
Speed: |
17 (c) |
Crew: |
440 |
Funnels: |
4 (d) |
Passengers: |
1,170 |
Masts: |
2 |
Construction notes: |
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(a): |
686' after 1939 refit. |
(b): |
19,118 after 1937 refit. |
(c): |
20 after 1937 refit. |
(d): |
2 after 1937 refit. |
History: |
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Apr. 22, 1921: |
Maiden voyage Southampton - Cape Town, arriving May 9, 1921. |
1922-1937: |
Southampton - Cape Town route. |
1937-1938: |
Refit at Harland & Wolff, converted to oil burning, 2 funnels removed, new raked bow installed, lengthened 25". |
1938-1939: |
Southampton - Cape Town route. |
Sept. 1939: |
Requisitioned as troopship. |
Sept. 1944: |
Began six POW exchange trips Liverpool - Gothenburg. |
Jan. 1945: |
POW exchange via Marseilles and Lisbon. |
June 1947- May 1949: |
Immigration voyages for South African Government. |
May 1949- Sept. 1949: |
Additional trooping duty UK to Middle East. |
Sept. 1949- Aug. 1950: |
Refit at Harland & Wolff. |
Sept. 21, 1950: |
First post war sailing Southampton - Cape Town. |
Dec. 30, 1958: |
Departed Southampton for the breakers yard. |
Notes: |
Laid down as Amroth Castle but name was changed before launch. |
Sailed a total of 3,475,565 miles. |
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Sold to the scrappers for £245,000. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 23, 2007 |