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SS Armadale Castle

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RMS Armadale Castle around 1904
History
United Kingdom
NameArmadale Castle
Owner Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan
Yard number424
Launched11 August 1903
Completed1903
FateArrived for scrapping 12 June 1936
General characteristics
TypePassenger vessel
Tonnage12973 grt
Length570 ft 1 in (173.76 m)
Beam64 ft 3 in (19.58 m)
Propulsionsteam, twin screw, two shaft quadruple expansion
Notesrole: UK - Africa Royal Mail Steamer

SS Armadale Castle was a passenger steamship built in 1903 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan, Scotland, for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London, the first ship ordered for the newly formed company.

Armadale Castle was requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser in the Royal Navy 2 August 1914. She was returned to commercial service in 1919. She was laid up at Netley in 1935, reprieved for one voyage, then scrapped in 1936 at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow Ltd.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Clydebuilt Database - Shipping Times, Stuart Cameron
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  • Shipping Times: Clydebuilt Database
  • "Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era - HMS Armadale Castle". Retrieved 22 January 2012. Transcribed logbooks August 1914 to April 1918