R.M.S. "KILDONAN CASTLE"
1899 - 1931
Builder: Faurfield S.B. & E., Co., Ltd. Glasgow
Yard No. 408
Official No. 112615
Tonnage: 9,652 gross, 5,105 net.
Dimensions: 515.3ft x 59.2ft
Engines: Quadruple expansion, 1,663 h.p., 9,800 i.h.p. = 17.5 knots
Passengers: 266 1st., 171 2nd., 198 3rd. class
Reefer space: 7,636 cu.ft. (1913: 21,970 cu.ft.)
Launched: August 22nd 1899
Completed: October 1899 as Troopship No.44 (outbreak of Boer War)
Refit: December 1901 by builders as mailship.
War service: 1915 - 1916 as hospital ship H.M.H.S. "Kildonan Castle"
1916, March 25th - January 16th 1919 armed merchant cruiser, H.M.S. "Kildonan Castle"
1919, January - December 1921, employed as troopship.
Refit: Returned to owners.
1926 - laid up in reserve.
1927 - employed as troopship
1929 - voyage as cargo ship only.
1930 - one voyage on Intermediate Service.
Sold: 1931 for demolition in Norway
(information from Union-Castle, A Fleet History by Peter Newall)