Category:Guildford Castle (ship, 1911)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger / cargo steamship
• Built by: Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Clydeholm Yard
• Yard No: 488
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1911.08.11
• Completed: 1911.10
• Length over all: 452.1 ft
• Beam: 56.2 ft
• GT: 8036
• DWT: 365
• Sister ships: Galway Castle, Gloucester Castle
• www.clydeships.co.uk
• www.bandcstaffregister.com

History[edit]

• 1911 Named Guildford Castle; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 132611
  • Call sign: HTMN
  • Port: London
  • Owner: The Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Co. Ltd, London
• 1914 Requisitioned by government; became hospital ship
• 1918 Returned to owners
• 1933.05.31 Collided with Stentor in River Elbe; beached and sank