Durham Castle in Australian waters prior to being requisitioned by the Royal Navy
History
United Kingdom
Name
RMS Durham Castle
Namesake
Durham Castle
Owner
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, London (1904-1939)
Royal Navy (1939-1940)
Builder
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Launched
17 December 1903[1]
Commissioned
1939
Fate
Sunk by a mine on 26 January 1940
General characteristics
Type
Passenger ship
Tonnage
8,217 gross register tons[2]
Length
475.4 feet (144.9 m)
Beam
56.7 feet (17.3 m)
Draught
31.6 feet (9.6 m)
Propulsion
Twin screw
RMS Durham Castle was a passenger ship built for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company in 1904.[3] In 1939, the Admiralty requisitioned her for use as a store ship.[3] She sank on 26 January 1940 after hitting a mine probably laid by the German submarine U-57.[3]
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^"Lloyd's Register 1934-35" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
^ abcWarlow, Ben (2000). Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy. Maritime Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-907771-74-6.
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