Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Drakensburg Castle |
1945 |
1946 Purchased from MOWT renamed Drakensburg Castle 1946 Deployed to the USA to South Africa Service 1947 Transferred to S African registry 1959 Scrapped at Hong Kong |
9905 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
180157 |
J L Thompson & Sons Sunderland |
Charles Parsons Newcastle |
2 x Steam turbines Parsons |
6800 SHP |
1 |
Master |
From |
To |
W J Knight |
3/1946 |
7/1946 |
J H Trayner |
8/1946 |
5/1947 |
G W Lloyd |
5/1947 |
5/1948 |
D D MacKenzie |
6/1948 |
8/1948 |
A J Bidwell |
1948 |
1950 |
D W Sowden |
9/1952 |
11/1952 |
H L Holland |
3/1953 |
7/1953 |
D W Sowden |
7/1953 |
8/1953 |
|
8/1956 |
9/1956 |
A T Underdown |
12/1956 |
3/1958 |
A E Payne |
7/1958 |
12/1958 |
N M Lloyd |
2/1959 |
4/1959 |
R H Pape |
5/1959 |
8/1959 |