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- RMMV_Capetown_Castle abstract "RMMV Capetown Castle was a British passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast for the Union-Castle Line's mail service from Southampton to South Africa.The ship was launched on 23 September 1937 and was a slightly enlarged version of the Stirling Castle and Athlone Castle of 1936. After the outbreak of World War II, in January 1940, the government introduced the Liner Requisition Scheme and Capetown Castle was taken up for conversion into a troop ship. In 1943 she took part in Operation Bolero, the build-up of troops in preparation for D-Day, and was eventually returned to her owners in 1946, having sailed 484,000 miles and carried over 164,000 troops. The ship was refurbished at Belfast and returned to commercial service on 9 January 1947.On 17 October 1960 the ship was arriving at Las Palmas when an explosion occurred in the engine room killing seven crewmen.In July 1965 a long planned acceleration of the Cape mail service was introduced, reducing the passage time by two days. The new schedule required only seven ships rather than eight and Capetown Castle, like her near sisters Athlone Castle and Stirling Castle did not have enough speed to maintain it. The three were replaced by two fast cargo liners (Southampton Castle and Good Hope Castle) and the earlier two ships were sold for breaking up. The Good Hope Castle was late being delivered and Capetown Castle was kept on in the mail service until the new ship arrived in January 1966. She was then put on an "extra" service from Southampton to Cape Town via Flushing(Vlissingen), Madeira, Ascension, St. Helena and Walvis Bay. This continued for almost two years until she made her final arrival at Southampton on September 9th 1967 where she was withdrawn from service. She was sold for scrap and left Southampton on September 19th for La Spezia, arriving on September 26th for breaking up by Terrestre Marittima.".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle activeYearsEndDate "1967-09-09".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle builder Harland_and_Wolff.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle completionDate "1938-03-31".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle maidenVoyage "1938-04-29".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipLaunch "1937-09-23".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle status "Scrapped, 1967".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle thumbnail Postcard_RMMV_Capetown_Castle.jpg?width=300.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle type Passenger_ship.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle wikiPageExternalLink LifeAtSea.htm.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle wikiPageExternalLink U-C_CapetownCastle.html.
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- RMMV_Capetown_Castle wikiPageRevisionID "633537262".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle hasPhotoCollection RMMV_Capetown_Castle.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipBuilder "Harland & Wolff, Belfast".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipCapacity "19462431".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipCapacity "As built, 292 1st class, 499 cabin class.".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipCompleted "1938-03-31".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipFate "Scrapped, 1967".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipLaunched "1937-09-23".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipMaidenVoyage "1938-04-29".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipName "RMMV Capetown Castle".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipOutOfService "1967-09-09".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipOwner "Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Company".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipPower "28000.0".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipPropulsion "2".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipPropulsion "twin screw".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipRegistry "London,".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipRoute "Southampton-Las Palmas-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth-East London-Durban".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipType Passenger_ship.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle shipYardNumber "986".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle subject Category:1937_ships.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle subject Category:Ships_built_by_Harland_and_Wolff.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle subject Category:Ships_built_in_Belfast.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle subject Category:Ships_of_the_Union-Castle_Line.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle subject Category:Troop_ships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle type 1937Ships.
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- RMMV_Capetown_Castle type ShipsOfTheUnion-CastleLine.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle type TroopShipsOfTheUnitedKingdom.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle type Vehicle104524313.
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- RMMV_Capetown_Castle comment "RMMV Capetown Castle was a British passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast for the Union-Castle Line's mail service from Southampton to South Africa.The ship was launched on 23 September 1937 and was a slightly enlarged version of the Stirling Castle and Athlone Castle of 1936. After the outbreak of World War II, in January 1940, the government introduced the Liner Requisition Scheme and Capetown Castle was taken up for conversion into a troop ship.".
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle label "Capetown Castle".
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- RMMV_Capetown_Castle wasDerivedFrom RMMV_Capetown_Castle?oldid=633537262.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle depiction Postcard_RMMV_Capetown_Castle.jpg.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle isPrimaryTopicOf RMMV_Capetown_Castle.
- RMMV_Capetown_Castle name "RMMV Capetown Castle".