Edinburgh Castle (1910 ship)
Edinburgh Castle | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Edinburgh Castle |
| Namesake | Edinburgh Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Line |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | London |
| Route | England – South Africa |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 410 |
| Launched | 27 January 1910 |
| Completed | April 1910 |
| Maiden voyage | 21 May 1910 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk 25 September 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 13,326 GRT, 7,364 NRT |
| Length | 570.2 ft (173.8 m) |
| Beam | 64.7 ft (19.7 m) |
| Depth | 38.7 ft (11.8 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Installed power | 2,174 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) service speed |
| Capacity |
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| Armament | 8 × QF 6-inch naval guns |
| Notes | sister ship: Balmoral Castle |
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Edinburgh Castle was a Union-Castle Line steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship that was launched in 1910 and sunk in 1945. In peacetime she was in liner service between Great Britain and South Africa.
Edinburgh Castle was an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) in the First World War and an accommodation ship in the Second World War.
She was the first of two Union-Castle liners called Edinburgh Castle. The second was launched in 1948 and scrapped in 1976.