Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Clyde |
|
17-Jun |
|
Lock Ewe |
18-Jun |
|
|
Sheerness |
23-Jun |
|
|
London |
24-Jun |
17-Oct |
Converting for use as a troop ship |
Clyde |
20-Oct |
22-Oct |
|
Liverpool |
23-Oct |
25-Oct |
|
Clyde |
26-Oct |
01-Nov |
|
Algiers |
08-Nov |
15-Nov |
|
Oran |
15-Nov |
16-Nov |
|
Clyde |
23-Nov |
27-Nov |
|
Glasgow |
27-Nov |
08-Dec |
Engine repairs |
Clyde |
08-Dec |
12-Dec |
|
Bone |
20-Dec |
20-Dec |
|
Algiers |
21-Dec |
24-Dec |
|
Clyde |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Clyde |
|
10-Jan |
|
Glasgow |
10-Jan |
22-Jan |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
23-Jan |
24-Jan |
|
Algiers |
01-Feb |
02-Feb |
|
Clyde |
09-Feb |
20-Feb |
|
Glasgow |
20-Feb |
28-Feb |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
28-Feb |
01-Mar |
|
Algiers |
09-Mar |
11-Mar |
|
Clyde |
18-Mar |
20-Mar |
|
Glasgow |
20-Mar |
14-Apr |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
14-Apr |
16-Apr |
|
Gibraltar |
22-Apr |
25-Apr |
|
Clyde |
02-May |
16-May |
|
Glasgow |
16-May |
03-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
03-Jun |
01-Jul |
|
Sicily |
13-Jul |
|
|
Malta |
|
14-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
19-Jul |
23-Jul |
|
Greenock |
30-Jul |
02-Aug |
|
Glasgow |
02-Aug |
05-Sep |
Engine repairs, lay shaft |
Greenock |
05-Sep |
10-Sep |
|
Liverpool |
11-Sep |
15-Sep |
|
Gibraltar |
22-Sep |
22-Sep |
|
Port Said |
28-Sep |
04-Oct |
|
Alexandria |
04-Oct |
07-Oct |
|
Taranto |
09-Oct |
09-Oct |
|
Augusta |
10-Oct |
23-Oct |
|
Algiers |
25-Oct |
27-Oct |
|
Greenock |
05-Nov |
08-Nov |
|
Glasgow |
09-Nov |
14-Nov |
Air compressor repairs |
Clyde |
15-Nov |
15-Nov |
|
Gibraltar |
24-Nov |
25-Nov |
|
Freetown |
02-Dec |
03-Dec |
|
Takoradi |
05-Dec |
06-Dec |
|
Lagos |
07-Dec |
10-Dec |
|
Freetown |
14-Dec |
14-Dec |
|
Gibraltar |
21-Dec |
25-Dec |
|
Port Said |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Port Said |
|
01-Jan |
|
Aden |
06-Jan |
08-Jan |
|
Bombay |
14-Jan |
29-Jan |
Engine repairs Drydocked |
Aden |
04-Feb |
04-Feb |
|
Suez |
08-Feb |
27-Feb |
|
Port Said |
27-Feb |
02-Mar |
|
Gibraltar |
11-Mar |
13-Mar |
Repairs to layshaft General engine repairs Drydocked |
Greenock |
22-Mar |
15-Jun |
|
Lagos |
01-Jul |
03-Jul |
|
Takoradi |
04-Jul |
06-Jul |
|
Lagos |
07-Jul |
10-Jul |
|
Freetown |
14-Jul |
17-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
24-Jul |
26-Jul |
Engine repairs |
Port Said |
01-Aug |
01-Aug |
|
Suez |
01-Aug |
04-Aug |
|
Aden |
08-Aug |
09-Aug |
|
Bombay |
14-Aug |
21-Aug |
Adjustment to engines |
Colombo |
24-Aug |
25-Aug |
|
Melbourne |
10-Sep |
13-Sep |
|
Wellington |
17-Sep |
30-Sep |
Repairs to port engine |
Fremantle |
09-Oct |
16-Oct |
Main engine repairs |
Seychelles |
26-Oct |
26-Oct |
|
Aden |
31-Oct |
31-Oct |
|
Suez |
04-Nov |
06-Nov |
|
Port Said |
06-Nov |
16-Nov |
|
Gibraltar |
22-Nov |
26-Nov |
|
Greenock |
04-Dec |
12-Dec |
|
Belfast |
13-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Belfast |
|
18-Mar |
Extensive engine overhaul Drydocked |
Liverpool |
18-Mar |
24-Mar |
|
Southampton |
31-Mar |
25-Jun |
Fractured piston rod Engine repairs Another fractured piston rod Further engine repairs |
Naples |
05-Jul |
08-Jul |
|
Liverpool |
15-Jul |
21-Jul |
|
Malta |
28-Jul |
28-Jul |
|
Taranto |
29-Jul |
30-Jul |
|
Alexandria |
02-Aug |
06-Aug |
|
Liverpool |
15-Aug |
22-Aug |
Repairs in troop accommodation |
Bergen |
25-Aug |
26-Aug |
|
Southampton |
30-Aug |
23-Sep |
Voyage repairs Drydocked |
Haifa |
03-Oct |
04-Oct |
|
Port Said |
04-Oct |
08-Oct |
|
Taranto |
15-Oct |
16-Oct |
|
Port Said |
19-Oct |
22-Oct |
|
Toulon |
27-Oct |
29-Oct |
|
Southampton |
04-Nov |
06-Nov |
|
Belfast |
08-Nov |
19-Dec |
Considerable engine repairs due to piston rod fractures and crankshaft damage |
Southampton |
21-Dec |
22-Dec |
|
Taranto |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Taranto |
|
09-Jan |
Repairs to port stern gland |
Piraeus |
|
|
|
Taranto |
14-Jan |
15-Jan |
|
Piraeus |
|
|
|
Taranto |
21-Jan |
22-Jan |
|
Port Said |
26-Jan |
31-Jan |
|
Malta |
03-Feb |
04-Feb |
Minor repairs |
Naples |
05-Feb |
06-Feb |
|
Southampton |
15-Feb |
02-Mar |
Drydocked for inspection and repair of stern gland. Normal voyage repairs |
Naples |
09-Mar |
10-Mar |
|
Port Said |
14-Mar |
20-Mar |
|
Toulon |
22-Mar |
23-Mar |
|
Port Said |
28-Mar |
30-Mar |
|
Malta |
02-Apr |
02-Apr |
|
Toulon |
04-Apr |
06-Apr |
|
Port Said |
11-Apr |
13-Apr |
|
Malta |
16-Apr |
17-Apr |
|
Toulon |
19-Apr |
20-Apr |
|
Port Said |
26-Apr |
30-Apr |
Examination and survey of port engine |
Malta |
03-May |
03-May |
|
Toulon |
06-May |
06-May |
|
Alexandria |
11-May |
11-May |
|
Malta |
17-May |
17-May |
|
Toulon |
19-May |
20-May |
|
Port Said |
25-May |
28-May |
|
Toulon |
02-Jun |
03-Jun |
|
Alexandria |
08-Jun |
14-Jun |
|
Toulon |
18-Jun |
19-Jun |
|
Alexandria |
24-Jun |
29-Jun |
|
Toulon |
04-Jul |
05-Jul |
|
Port Said |
10-Jul |
13-Jul |
|
Toulon |
18-Jul |
19-Jul |
|
Port Said |
24-Jul |
29-Jul |
|
Malta |
01-Aug |
02-Aug |
|
Toulon |
04-Aug |
05-Aug |
|
Alexandria |
09-Aug |
13-Aug |
|
Toulon |
18-Aug |
20-Aug |
|
Port Said |
25-Aug |
28-Aug |
|
Malta |
31-Aug |
01-Sep |
|
Toulon |
03-Sep |
04-Sep |
|
Port Said |
09-Sep |
12-Sep |
|
Naples |
16-Sep |
16-Sep |
|
Southampton |
23-Sep |
19-Oct |
Both tailshafts drawn for survey Engine, hull and accommodation repairs Drydocked |
Gibraltar |
23-Oct |
23-Oct |
|
Malta |
26-Oct |
27-Oct |
|
Haifa |
31-Oct |
31-Oct |
|
Port Said |
01-Nov |
11-Nov |
Compressor repairs |
Toulon |
15-Nov |
16-Nov |
|
Port Said |
21-Nov |
30-Nov |
|
Toulon |
06-Dec |
07-Dec |
|
Port Said |
13-Dec |
14-Dec |
|
Toulon |
21-Dec |
23-Dec |
|
Malta |
26-Dec |
26-Dec |
|
Port Said |
29-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Port Said |
|
04-Jan |
Engine repairs |
Malta |
07-Jan |
09-Jan |
|
Toulon |
11-Jan |
13-Jan |
|
Port Said |
18-Jan |
20-Jan |
|
Toulon |
26-Jan |
28-Jan |
|
Port Said |
01-Feb |
08-Feb |
|
Piraeus |
10-Feb |
11-Feb |
|
Liverpool |
20-Feb |
21-Feb |
|
Belfast |
22-Feb |
29-Mar |
General machinery overhaul |
Liverpool |
30-Mar |
30-Mar |
|
Malta |
06-Apr |
06-Apr |
|
Port Said |
09-Apr |
10-Apr |
|
Malta |
13-Apr |
13-Apr |
|
Gibraltar |
16-Apr |
16-Apr |
|
Southampton |
20-Apr |
29-Apr |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
05-May |
05-May |
|
Port Said |
08-May |
10-May |
|
Gibraltar |
16-May |
16-May |
|
Southampton |
20-May |
29-May |
General voyage repairs |
Malta |
04-Jun |
04-Jun |
|
Port Said |
07-Jun |
09-Jun |
|
Gibraltar |
15-Jun |
15-Jun |
|
Southampton |
18-Jun |
28-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
04-Jul |
04-Jul |
|
Port Said |
07-Jul |
09-Jul |
|
Malta |
12-Jul |
12-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
15-Jul |
15-Jul |
|
Southampton |
18-Jul |
29-Jul |
Voyage repairs |
Gibraltar |
01-Aug |
01-Aug |
|
Malta |
04-Aug |
04-Aug |
|
Port Said |
07-Aug |
09-Aug |
|
Malta |
12-Aug |
12-Aug |
|
Gibraltar |
|
|
|
Southampton |
19-Aug |
28-Aug |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
03-Sep |
03-Sep |
|
Port Said |
06-Sep |
06-Sep |
|
Malta |
11-Sep |
11-Sep |
|
Gibraltar |
14-Sep |
|
|
Southampton |
18-Sep |
26-Sep |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
02-Oct |
02-Oct |
|
Port Said |
05-Oct |
08-Oct |
|
Malta |
10-Oct |
10-Oct |
|
Southampton |
17-Oct |
26-Oct |
Voyage repairs Drydocking for cleaning and painting |
Malta |
01-Nov |
01-Nov |
|
Port Said |
04-Nov |
06-Nov |
|
Malta |
09-Nov |
09-Nov |
|
Gibraltar |
12-Nov |
12-Nov |
|
Southampton |
15-Nov |
29-Nov |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
05-Dec |
05-Dec |
|
Port Said |
08-Dec |
10-Dec |
|
Tobruk |
12-Dec |
12-Dec |
|
Malta |
14-Dec |
14-Dec |
|
Southampton |
20-Dec |
|
Voyage repairs |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
|
08-Jan |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
15-Jan |
16-Jan |
Engine defects |
Port Said |
21-Jan |
24-Jan |
Minor repairs |
Malta |
29-Jan |
09-Mar |
Engine repairs Broken layshafts on both main engines |
Port Said |
12-Mar |
15-Mar |
|
Haifa |
16-Mar |
16-Mar |
|
Malta |
20-Mar |
20-Mar |
|
Bone |
21-Mar |
21-Mar |
|
Gibraltar |
23-Mar |
23-Mar |
|
Southampton |
27-Mar |
|
|
Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Dunnottar Castle |
1936 |
1936 Deployed to The Round Africa Intermediate Service 1936 Transferred to The Cape Mail Service 1938 Returned to Round Africa Service 1939 Requisitioned for Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Dunnottar Castle 1942 Decommissioned and converted for Trooping duties 1949 Returned to The Round Africa Service 1958 Sold to Incres SS Co |
15002 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
164637 |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
2 x Motor 9 Cyl Burmeister & Wain |
9500 BHP |
2 |
Master |
From |
To |
A H Blackman |
7/1936 |
10/1937 |
R W Goodacre |
10/1937 |
10/1938 |
H Maxwell-Hart |
11/1938 |
2/1939 |
R C Harris |
2/1939 |
8/1939 |
Royal Navy |
||
M H Williams |
9/1942 |
1/1943 |
L P Wilkie |
1/1943 |
5/1945 |
T W McAllen |
5/1945 |
8/1945 |
C Gorringe |
9/1945 |
9/1946 |
R Wren |
9/1946 |
2/1947 |
C Gorringe |
3/1947 |
5/1947 |
J H Trayner |
5/1947 |
3/1948 |
Refit |
||
G H Mayhew |
3/1950 |
5/1950 |
W S Byles |
5/1950 |
7/1950 |
D D MacKenzie |
1/1951 |
12/1951 |
J P Smythe |
1/1952 |
9/1954 |
A J Hort |
4/1956 |
3/1957 |
N M Lloyd |
4/1957 |
10/1957 |
L H Farrow |
11/1957 |
7/1958 |