R.M.S. "NORMAN"
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard No. 280
Official No. 104042
Tonnage: 7,537 gross, 4,005 net
Dimensions: length 490.8 ft x beam 53.2 ft.
Engines: 2 x triple expansion by builder. Twin screw 1,293 h.p., 9,000 i.h.p. = 17 kts.
Passengers: 190 first, 114 second, 138 third.
Reefer space: 9,885 cu ft.
Launched: July 18th 1894.
Completed: October 1894.
Refit: Jan - April 1904
July 1895 ran aground off Port Shepstone, slight damage and vessel refloated. Commodore Bainbridge relieved of command.
1908 carried the first large citrus consignment from South Africa.
1911 Replaced by "Edinburgh Castle" (2) and laid up off Netley in reserve.
1914 Trooping then returned to Cape mail run.
1917 Taken over by Shipping Controller under Liner Requisition Scheme.
1918 Trooping in Mediterranean
1919 One voyage to Australia on P&O charter. returned to Mail Service.
1923 Transferred to round Africa service.
1925 Replaced by S.S. "Llandovery Castle" and laid up.
1926 Broken up by T.W. Ward, Morecombe.
(From Union-Castle, A Fleet History by Peter Newall)