Dunvegan Castle
Ship Number
960
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Yard
East Yard
Slip Number
14
Launch Date
March 26, 1936
Launched By
Mrs R A Murray/capt Stewart
Delivered
August 27, 1936
Owner
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
Weight
15007 grt
BP Length
530 feet
Breadth
71-6 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
16 knots
Propulsion
2 x Direct Acting (D.A.) Diesel 1931 n.h.p.
Official No.
164702
Registered
London
Fate
Torpedoed
Dunvegan Castle

[Harland and Wolff Collection]
Sister of the Dunnottar Castle she was initially deployed on the mail run while other ships were being rebuilt.
 
In September 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an Armed Merchant Merchant cruiser as HMS Dunvegan Castle
 
On 27th August 1940 at 21.47 hrs she was torpedoed by U-46 off western Ireland while escorting a convoy to Freetown with the loss of 27 lives. She sank early on the following morning and the 250 survivors were taken to Scotland.