SS Castilian (1890)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Castilian.

SS Castilian was a ship sunk by German submarine SM U-61 off Ireland in 1917.^[1]

History
Name	SS Umbilo (1890- SS Castilian
Operator	Bullard, King & Co., London(1890-1909) Ellerman Lines Ltd., London (1909-1917)
Builder	William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool
Yard number	379
Launched	21 January 1890
Fate	Sunk on 18 April 1917
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	1,923 GRT 1,232 NRT
Length	270.4 ft (82.4 m)
Beam	37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Depth	16.2 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	T3cyl (22.5, 35, 59 x 39in), 232nhp, 1 screw

She was built in 1890 as the Umbilo for the Natal Direct Line that in the 1890s plied the route between Durban in South Africa and London, also calling at St Helena.^[2] Umbilo is a district of Durban, South Africa. It was on the Umbilo that Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, King of the Zulus, and his party returned to Natal in 1898 after seven years exile on St Helena.^[3] The ship featured on a postage stamp of St Helena in 2004.^[4]

References

1. Tennent, A. J. (2006). British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One. Penzance: Periscope Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-904381-36-5.
2. "The Discovery Service". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
3. Murdoch, Lynas (1 May 2010). Four Years on St Helena. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781452000275. Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via Google Books.
4. "WNS: SH017.04 (Merchant Ships - SS Umbilo)". Wnsstamps.post. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

External links

• "NATAL DIRECT LINE". Iancoombe.tripod.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.