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and drove twin screws, giving her a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h). She had accommodation for 258 first class and 250 tourist class passengers. Except for her after hold, her cargo holds were refrigerated.
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559:. She was completed on 18 August 1936. She was the scene of an attempted murder in August 1937, when Antonio Mifsud, a Maltese kitchen porter, stabbed the former cricketer
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s final voyage was with Convoy SL 43, which left
Freetown on 11 August 1940. It included 45 merchant ships, but for its first fortnight at sea it had only three escorts:
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detached to return independently to Dakar. The ship next escorted Convoy SL 22, which left
Freetown on 27 February and joined SL 22F on 11 March. Again
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was escorting Convoy SL 36 to
Liverpool, so when she returned to West Africa she went straight to Freetown to await Convoy SL 39.
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Union-Castle policy was to name its ships after
British castles. Hull 959 was launched on 25 January 1936, taking its name from
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was an escort all the way to UK home waters. She was an escort of Convoy SL 26, which left
Freetown on 30 March and reached
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in South Africa. The
Admiralty requisitioned her there and sent her to the UK to be converted into an AMC. She called at
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began her maiden voyage on 18 September 1936. It was a circuit of Africa including passage through the
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left
Belfast on Christmas Day 1939. In January 1940 she briefly visited the Royal Navy bases at
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in southwest
Ireland when the first torpedo struck her aft of her bridge at 2147 hrs.
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s final visit to Dakar was on 8–10 June, between escorting convoys SL 32 and SL 36.
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on 15 April. Then she was in
Belfast from 14 April to 2 May. From May to July 1940
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torpedoed her again, hitting her in the engine room. At 2231 hrs a second u-boat,
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and South Africa. Harland and Wolff laid down the two ships with the consecutive
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The Real Cruel Sea: The
Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic 1939–1943
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was back in Belfast from 16 to 25 December to be converted into an AMC.
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were fitted as her primary armament. Her secondary armament included
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escorted convoys SL 32, SL 36 and SL 39 from Freetown to Liverpool.
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On 3 September 1939, the day the UK entered the Second World War,
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until 1939. When war broke out she was requisitioned by the
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532:"intermediate" passenger liners for its service between
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258 1st class and 250 tourist class passengers (1936–39)
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a third time, hitting her just forward of her bridge.
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caught fire and stopped. By now she was northwest of
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In 1935 Union-Castle ordered a pair of 15,000
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1759:World War II Auxiliary cruisers of the Royal Navy
1375:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1940
1789:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
879:in the west of Ireland. Three officers and 24
1360:
678:detached to patrol and then return to Dakar.
8:
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890:and one of the convoy escorts, the corvette
824:kept under way, steaming north. At 2212 hrs
504:to Britain from January 1940. In August 1940
984:"Requisitioned Auxiliary – Dunvegan Castle"
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1184:"BR 3in 45cal 12pdr 20cwt QF Mk I To IV"
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20:
1774:Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
43:
7:
1289:, Marston & Co Ltd. p. 943.
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771:, which had been converted into an
782:SL 43 was reinforced by the sloop
580:. They developed a total of 1,931
306:28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
14:
1769:Maritime incidents in August 1940
901:s commander and 249 of his crew.
500:She escorted Allied convoys from
1784:Ships built by Harland and Wolff
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795:on 26 August, and the destroyer
733:that had been converted into an
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627:to be escorted to home waters.
1794:Ships of the Union-Castle Line
1270:All About Ships & Shipping
508:she was torpedoed and sunk by
481:on scheduled services between
382:submarine signalling equipment
1:
1764:Maritime incidents in Ireland
704:France capitulated on 22 June
524:Building and civilian service
516:, a German submarine, in the
1047:Lloyd's Register of Shipping
662:. On 17 January she reached
290:540.0 ft (164.6 m)
1298:. Barnsley: Pen and Sword.
1019:. 23 August 1937. p. 7
883:were killed. The destroyer
856:rescued 250 survivors from
635:BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns
446:that was converted into an
399:BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns
1815:
1754:1940s disasters in Ireland
1285:(Third ed.). London:
1268:Harnack, Edwin P (1938) .
852:, which with the corvette
681:For subsequent SL convoys
520:, killing 27 of her crew.
314:37.8 ft (11.5 m)
298:71.9 ft (21.9 m)
1684:
1294:Woodman, Richard (2011).
1281:Talbot-Booth, EC (1936).
1029:British Newspaper Archive
274:tonnage under deck 11,585
257:
38:
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16:Cruiser of the Royal Navy
1749:1940 disasters in Europe
1272:(7th ed.). London:
1220:. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb
1158:"BR 6in 45cal BL Mk XII"
1107:. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb
1105:Port Arrivals/Departures
664:Autonomous Port of Dakar
493:and commissioned as HMS
1016:Portsmouth Evening News
349:16 knots (30 km/h)
258:General characteristics
1779:Ships built in Belfast
860:
737:
599:Armed merchant cruiser
448:armed merchant cruiser
1799:Shipwrecks of Ireland
1239:Helgason, Guðmundur.
1133:"HMS Dunvegan Castle"
1131:Helgason, Guðmundur.
905:sank the next day at
844:
773:ocean boarding vessel
735:ocean boarding vessel
721:
714:Final voyage and loss
578:marine diesel engines
1421:Mohamed Ali El-Kebir
1218:SL/MKS Convoy Series
1190:. Flixco Pty Limited
1164:. Flixco Pty Limited
1327: /
920: /
33:in civilian service
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780:Western Approaches
738:
518:Western Approaches
458:built her and her
364:processing systems
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1331:55.083°N 11.000°W
1283:Ships and the Sea
964:Talbot-Booth 1936
924:55.083°N 11.000°W
818:Cape Clear Island
623:where she joined
475:Union-Castle Line
456:Harland and Wolff
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173:18 September 1936
140:Harland and Wolff
93:Union-Castle Line
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404:QF 3 inch 20 cwt
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1336:55.083; -11.000
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869:Dunvegan Castle
822:Dunvegan Castle
814:Dunvegan Castle
748:Dunvegan Castle
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741:Dunvegan Castle
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708:Dunvegan Castle
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697:Dunvegan Castle
691:Dunvegan Castle
683:Dunvegan Castle
676:Dunvegan Castle
672:Dunvegan Castle
648:Dunvegan Castle
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605:Dunvegan Castle
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589:Dunvegan Castle
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341:2-stroke diesel
327:Installed power
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491:Admiralty
477:operated
471:in 1936.
207:Call sign
162:Completed
131:(1936–39)
106:(1939–40)
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303:Draught
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287:Length
203:164702
116:London
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1657:I-58
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