Edinburgh Castle (1910 ship)

Edinburgh Castle was a Union-Castle Line steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship that was launched in 1910 and sunk in 1945. In peacetime she was in liner service between Great Britain and South Africa.

Edinburgh Castle
History
United Kingdom
NameEdinburgh Castle
NamesakeEdinburgh Castle
OwnerUnion-Castle Line
Operator
  • Union-Castle 1910–14, 1919–39
  • Royal Navy 1914–18, 1939–45
Port of registry London
RouteEngland – South Africa
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number410
Launched27 January 1910
CompletedApril 1910
Maiden voyage21 May 1910
Identification
  • UK official number 129088
  • code letters HQSW (until 1933)
  • call sign GLVR (from 1934)
FateSunk 25 September 1945
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage13,326 GRT, 7,364 NRT
Length570.2 ft (173.8 m)
Beam64.7 ft (19.7 m)
Depth38.7 ft (11.8 m)
Decks4
Installed power2,174 NHP
Propulsion
  • 2 × quadruple-expansion engines
  • 2 × screws
Speed16 knots (30 km/h) service speed
Capacity
  • 810 passengers
  • 155,736 cu ft (4,410 m3) refrigerated cargo
Armament8 × QF 6-inch naval guns
Notessister ship: Balmoral Castle

Edinburgh Castle was an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) in the First World War and an accommodation ship in the Second World War.

She was the first of two Union-Castle liners called Edinburgh Castle. The second was launched in 1948 and scrapped in 1976.

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