RMS Arundel Castle
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 SS Arundel Castle at Cape Town, South Africa. |
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | SS Arundel Castle |
| Owner: | Union-Castle Line |
| Port of registry: | Southampton,  United Kingdom |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Launched: | 11 September 1919 |
| Maiden voyage: | 22 April 1921 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 19,023 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 661 ft(201.9 m), lengthened to 686 ft (209.5 m) during 1937 refit. |
| Beam: | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines powering two propellers. |
| Speed: | 17 knots. 20 knots after 1937 refit. |
| Capacity: | 1,170 |
The RMS Arundel Castle was a British ocean liner which entered service in 1921 for the Union-Castle Line. Her sister ship was the SS Windsor Castle; they were the only four-funneled liners not built for transatlantic service. She received a refit in 1937, with her four funnels being reconfigured into two, her hull lengthened, and her bow remolded from a blunt chisel-style into a more modern, angular design. She served in the Second World War as a transport in the Mediterranean.
The Arundel Castle was withdrawn from service in 1958 and taken to the ship breakers in Hong Kong.
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