Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Liverpool |
|
24-Aug |
|
Freetown |
07-Sep |
09-Sep |
|
Cape Town |
20-Sep |
21-Sep |
|
Durban |
24-Sep |
27-Sep |
|
Mombasa |
03-Oct |
06-Oct |
|
Durban |
12-Oct |
15-Oct |
|
Mombasa |
21-Oct |
22-Oct |
|
Durban |
29-Oct |
04-Nov |
|
Mombasa |
11-Nov |
12-Nov |
|
Durban |
18-Nov |
22-Nov |
|
Mombasa |
27-Nov |
28-Nov |
|
Durban |
04-Dec |
07-Dec |
|
Beira |
13-Dec |
14-Dec |
|
Lourenco Marques |
16-Dec |
17-Dec |
|
Cape Town |
20-Dec |
23-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Freetown |
05-Jan |
07-Jan |
|
Clyde |
26-Jan |
17-Feb |
Engine and deck repairs |
Freetown |
05-Mar |
08-Mar |
|
Durban |
26-Mar |
31-Mar |
|
Suez |
20-Apr |
05-May |
|
Durban |
20-May |
27-May |
|
Cape Town |
31-May |
04-Jun |
|
Freetown |
|
27-Jun |
|
Greenock |
22-Jul |
02-Aug |
|
Liverpool |
02-Aug |
12-Aug |
Drydocking |
Scapa |
15-Aug |
|
|
Archangel |
03-Sep |
27-Sep |
|
Scapa |
11-Oct |
11-Oct |
|
Greenock |
13-Oct |
15-Oct |
|
Glasgow |
15-Oct |
19-Nov |
|
Greenock |
20-Nov |
|
Voyage repairs |
On Operations |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Greenock |
16-Feb |
25-Feb |
|
Halifax |
08-Mar |
15-Mar |
|
Greenock |
26-Mar |
27-Mar |
|
Glasgow |
27-Mar |
20-Apr |
DEMS and voyage repairs |
Clyde |
20-Apr |
24-Apr |
|
Gibraltar |
30-Apr |
04-May |
|
Clyde |
11-May |
16-May |
|
Iceland |
20-May |
26-May |
|
Clyde |
29-May |
30-May |
Voyage repairs |
Glasgow |
30-May |
24-Jun |
|
Iceland |
27-Jun |
28-Jun |
|
Clyde |
01-Jul |
05-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
12-Jul |
24-Jul |
|
Clyde |
30-Jul |
19-Aug |
|
Gibraltar |
26-Aug |
29-Aug |
|
Clyde |
08-Sep |
16-Sep |
|
Iceland |
19-Sep |
20-Sep |
|
Clyde |
23-Sep |
25-Sep |
|
Glasgow |
25-Sep |
16-Oct |
Drydocking and voyage repairs |
Clyde |
16-Oct |
19-Oct |
|
Gibraltar |
25-Oct |
12-Nov |
|
Clyde |
19-Nov |
21-Nov |
|
Glasgow |
21-Nov |
26-Nov |
Drydocking |
Clyde |
26-Nov |
28-Nov |
|
Gibraltar |
05-Dec |
07-Dec |
|
Bone |
|
11-Dec |
|
Algiers |
|
12-Dec |
|
Gibraltar |
14-Dec |
16-Dec |
|
Clyde |
23-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Clyde |
|
22-Jan |
|
Glasgow |
22-Jan |
17-Mar |
General oevrhaul Drydocking Fumigation |
Clyde |
17-Mar |
26-Mar |
|
Freetown |
14-Apr |
29-Apr |
|
Takoradi |
04-May |
05-May |
|
Lagos |
06-May |
07-May |
|
Walvis Bay |
14-May |
14-May |
|
Cape Town |
17-May |
22-May |
|
Durban |
26-May |
30-May |
|
Mombasa |
10-Jun |
15-jun |
|
Colombo |
|
28-Jun |
|
Bombay |
02-Jul |
|
Overhaul and Drydocking carried out while vessel was employed as an Indian Navy Training Ship |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Bombay |
|
04-Mar |
|
Colombo |
08-Mar |
22-Mar |
|
Bombay |
25-Mar |
28-Mar |
|
Colombo |
02-Apr |
08-Apr |
|
Bombay |
13-Apr |
25-Apr |
Voyage repairs |
Aden |
02-May |
03-May |
|
Suez |
08-May |
11-May |
|
Aden |
16-May |
19-May |
|
Bombay |
23-May |
20-Jun |
Drydock and voyage repairs |
Kilindini |
29-Jun |
11-Jul |
|
Colombo |
22-Jul |
28-Jul |
|
Bombay |
02-Aug |
12-Aug |
|
Kilindini |
21-Aug |
23-Sep |
|
Aden |
29-Sep |
29-Sep |
Minor repairs |
Suez |
04-Oct |
08-Oct |
|
Aden |
13-Oct |
14-Oct |
|
Kilindini |
21-Oct |
22-Oct |
|
Dar-es-Salaam |
23-Oct |
24-Oct |
|
Diego Suarez |
27-Oct |
|
|
Kilindini |
30-Oct |
31-Oct |
|
Mogadishu |
|
|
|
Kilindini |
05-Nov |
09-Nov |
|
Colombo |
19-Nov |
24-Nov |
|
Calcutta |
30-Nov |
|
Repairs and refitting for Naval Service |
Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Llanstephan Castle |
1914 |
1914 Deployed to The Royal East African Service 1914 Transferred to The Cape Mail Service 1917 Requisitioned for Trooping duties 1918 Returned to The Cape Mail Service 1920 Returned to East African Service 1922 Transferred to The Round Africa Service 1940 Chartered by Ministry of Transport 1941 Requisitioned as Transport and Supply ship 1944 Transferred to The Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Llanstephan Castle 1947 Returned to The Round Africa Service 1952 Scrapped at Newport having served the company for just over 38 years |
11423 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
135315 |
Fairfield Glasgow |
Fairfield Glasgow |
2 x Quadruple Expansion Steam |
5800 IHP |
2 |
Master |
From |
To |
W F Stanley |
2/1914 |
|
T Chope |
2/1914 |
8/1918 |
H Strong |
8/1918 |
12/1918 |
G W Armstrong |
12/1918 |
6/1919 |
J George |
6/1919 |
7/1920 |
L A Millard |
7/1920 |
6/1921 |
W F Stanley |
6/1921 |
2/1922 |
A S Knight |
3/1922 |
6/1922 |
T M Lang |
10/1922 |
11/1922 |
D Samuel |
11/1922 |
8/1923 |
T H Wilford |
9/1923 |
4/1924 |
E F Gilbert |
5/1924 |
8/1924 |
S H Owen |
9/1924 |
12/1924 |
G F Gardner |
10/1926 |
5/1927 |
J Attwood |
6/1927 |
9/1927 |
E F Gilbert |
10/1927 |
1/1928 |
C E Stuart |
1/1928 |
4/1928 |
H B Harvey |
4/1928 |
7/1928 |
G J Whitfield |
8/1928 |
10/1929 |
D Nicoll |
10/1929 |
12/1929 |
Laid up |
||
C R Jackson |
4/1930 |
10/1930 |
B Ray |
10/1930 |
11/1930 |
C R Bickford |
11/1930 |
6/1932 |
J McMahon |
1/1932 |
|
C E Aylen |
7/1932 |
9/1932 |
C R Bickford |
10/1932 |
4/1933 |
J McMahon |
5/1933 |
8/1933 |
W Weller |
8/1933 |
9/1935 |
E H Thornton |
9/1934 |
|
B Ray |
10/1935 |
11/1937 |
C F Marriner |
11/1936 |
|
E E Spradbrow |
12/1937 |
5/1938 |
R C Harris |
6/1938 |
2/1939 |
Refit |
||
J C Brown |
7/1939 |
8/1940 |
W Pace |
10/1939 |
12/1939 |
T W McAllen |
8/1940 |
8/1941 |
W D Roach |
8/1941 |
10/1941 |
M H Williams |
11/1941 |
9/1942 |
C Gorringe |
9/1942 |
4/1945 |
J F Oakley |
19/1942 |
|
Royal Indian Navy |
||
Refit |
||
J A Sowden |
8/1947 |
12/1947 |
J F Oakley |
12/1947 |
3/1948 |
|
5/1949 |
7/1949 |
J E Wilford |
3/1950 |
3/1952 |