Difference between revisions of "HMT Cawdor Castle"
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| + | | image = [[File:HMT_Cawdor_Castle.jpg]] | ||
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| + | | shipname = HMT Cawdor Castle | ||
| + | | shipowner = Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, London | ||
| + | | shipbuilder = Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow | ||
| + | | shipyardnumber = 429 | ||
| + | | shiplaunched = 7 Dec 1901 | ||
| + | | shipcompleted = 15 Jan 1902 | ||
| + | | shipinservice = 1902 | ||
| + | | shipoutofservice = 30 Jul 1926 | ||
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| + | | shipfate = wrecked 1926 | ||
| + | | shiptype = Cargo /passenger steamer | ||
| + | | shiptonnage = 6,235 tons | ||
| + | | shiplength = 414.7 ft (126.37) | ||
| + | | shipbeam = 51.2 ft (15.61m) | ||
| + | | shipdepth = 28.0 ft (8.53m) | ||
| + | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
| + | | shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 km/h) | ||
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Built for the Union Castle Line, and used during WW1 as a a trop ship in the Mediterranean. | Built for the Union Castle Line, and used during WW1 as a a trop ship in the Mediterranean. | ||
| − | Went ashore at Conception Bay South West Africa and | + | Went ashore at Conception Bay, south of Walvis Bay, South West Africa (Namibia) and became a total loss, on passage Hamburg and London for Mauritius. |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 26 October 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Cawdor Castle |
| Builder/Built | 1902 Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow |
| Type | Cargo /passenger steamer |
| Displacement | 6,235 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Cawdor Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, London |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 429 |
| Launched | 7 Dec 1901 |
| Completed | 15 Jan 1902 |
| In service | 1902 |
| Out of service | 30 Jul 1926 |
| Fate | wrecked 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo /passenger steamer |
| Tonnage | 6,235 tons |
| Length | 414.7 ft (126.37) |
| Beam | 51.2 ft (15.61m) |
| Depth | 28.0 ft (8.53m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (25.93 km/h) |
Remarks
Built for the Union Castle Line, and used during WW1 as a a trop ship in the Mediterranean.
Went ashore at Conception Bay, south of Walvis Bay, South West Africa (Namibia) and became a total loss, on passage Hamburg and London for Mauritius.