Garth Castle (1)

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GARTH CASTLE was built in 1880 by John Elder & Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 3537grt, a length of 365ft, a beam of 43ft 6in and a service speed of 12 knots.

The first of two near sisters of the Kinfauns Castle she was named after Sir Donald Currie's estate in Scotland.

On 23rd July 1881 she hosted a dinner for leading personalities after a fleet review in Leith Roads.

Transferred to the Intermediate service in 1890 she became surplus to requirements when the companies merged in March 1900.

She was sold to Elder Dempster & Co. in 1901 for their Bristol to Jamaica service and in the July was chartered to Franco-Canadian Steam Navigation Co. for their Dunkirk - Bordeaux - Quebec run.

In 1902 she was sold to Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Co. of London and renamed Ismailia.

She was sold on to Soc. Armatrice Radivo-Frausin of Trieste, renamed Brunette and broken up in Italy in 1923.

Service in The Boer War - 1900

Regiment	Sailed	Arrived
City Imperial Volunteers	16 January	21-Jan

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Garth Castle (1)

1880

1880 Deployed to The Cape Mail Service

1890 Transferred to The Intermediate Service

1900 Requsitioned for Trooping Duties

1901 Sold to Elder Dempster

3537

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

82849

John Elder

Glasgow

John Elder

Glasgow

Compound Steam

500 NHP

Master	From	To
M P Webster	1880	1883
R Duncan	1883	1887
J D Jeffries	1887	1891
H H Broadfoot	1891	1891
J B Harrison	9/1891	6/1892
B A Bryan	10/1893	4/1894
R Rendall	4/1894	8/1896
S C Brown	10/1896	1897
W Warden	2/1898	6/1899
R Walls	6/1899	6/1901
J Rose	10/1898	11/1898
R Knudsen	7/1900
F P Whitehead	9/1900	1901