RMS Windsor Castle (1921)
Windsor Castle at Cape Town, South Africa. | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Windsor Castle |
| Namesake | Windsor Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Line |
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| Port of registry | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 1916 |
| Launched | 9 March 1921 |
| Maiden voyage | April 1922 |
| Fate | Sunk on 23 March 1943 by a German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria |
| Notes | Sister ship to RMS Arundel Castle |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 18,967 GRT, 19,141 GRT after 1937 refit. |
| Length | 661 ft (201 m), lengthened to 686 ft (209 m) during 1937 refit. |
| Beam | 72 ft 6 in (22.10 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines turning two propellers. |
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| Capacity | As built 234 first class, 362 second class, and 274 third class (later reduced in 1937) |
RMS Windsor Castle, along with her sister, RMS Arundel Castle, was an ocean liner laid down by the Union-Castle Line for service from the United Kingdom to South Africa. During the Second World War the Windsor Castle was requisitioned as a troopship and on 23 March 1943 was sunk by an aerial torpedo off the coast of Algeria.