Dundrum Castle
Ship Number
572
Vessel Type
B Type Cargo Ship
Built
Greenock Yard
Launch Date
October 23, 1919
Delivered
December 31, 1919
Owner
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
Weight
5242 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
52 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
11.5 knots
Propulsion
T3Cyl. (27, 44 & 73 - 48)in. 180lb. 517NHP by J G Kincaid & Co Ltd
Official No.
144297
Registered
London
Fate
Sank
Dundrum Castle

Sister of the Dromore Castle she was to be named War Oak
 
On 16th - 17th June 1940 she was one of the thirteen ships which embarked 98,000 troops and refugees at St. Nazaire just before the fall of France. On 17th June she recovered 650 men including some from the sunken Lancastria and landed them at Plymouth after a voyage without food except hot soup.
 
During a voyage from Liverpool to South Africa via the Suez Canal she caught fire on 2nd April 1943 while in the Red Sea, was abandoned and sank.