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M.V. "WALMER CASTLE" (3)

1936-1941

Builder:             Harland & Wolff, Belfast.

Yard No.:          983

Official No.:      165337

Launched:       17th September 1936

Completed:      November 1936

Tonnage:          906 gross,  350 net.

Dimensions:    Length 236.2 ft x Beam 39.3ft

Engine:             Oil 2S DA 8cyl. by builder.  539 h.p., 1,800 b.h.p., single screw, 14kts

A feeder ship built to replace the ancient "Eider" and "Hansa".   She ran between Hamburg and Southampton, one of her 'duties' was to give budding marine superintendents command experience.  (Possibly the Company did not trust them on anything larger!)

Requisitioned as a convoy rescue ship, her duty was to pick up survivors from torpedoed vessels.   She was lost in September 1941.