RMS Arundel Castle
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RMS Arundel Castle was a British ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship which entered service in 1921 for the Union-Castle Line. A previous vessel of the same name was built in 1864 by Donald Currie & Co. (a predecessor to Union-Castle) and sold in 1883, whereupon it was renamed Chittagong.[2] Originally laid down as the Amroth Castle in 1915, building was delayed by the First World War. She was eventually launched on 11 September 1919.[3] She was completed on 8 April 1921 and in 22 April 1921 the ship departed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to Cape Town. During World War 2 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as a troopship. After the war she resumed passenger service, eventually being scrapped in 1959.
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RMS Arundel Castle at Cape Town, South Africa. | |
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Namesake | Arundel Castle |
Owner | Union-Castle Line |
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Port of registry | Southampton |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 455 |
Launched | 11 September 1919 |
Completed | 8 April 1921 |
Maiden voyage | 22 April 1921 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1959 |
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Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 19,023 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 661 ft (201 m), lengthened to 686 ft (209 m) during 1937 refit. |
Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
Propulsion | Steam turbines powering two propellers. |
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