Riebeeck Castle

RIEBEECK CASTLE was built in 1946 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast with a tonnage of 8322grt, a length of 474ft 2in, a beam of 63ft 4in and a service speed of 16 knots.

She was delivered on 11th March 1945 to carry fruit from South Africa on the northbound voyage and general cargo on the southbound voyage.

After a career which lasted 26 years she arrived at Kaohsiung on 2nd September 1971 where she was broken up.

Master	Date	Left	Destination
A G Patey	3/1946 - 6/1946
J E Wilford	6/1946 - 2/1948
N M Lloyd	1951 -
J M Lycett	12/1953 - 6/1954
A A Freer	1955 - 3/1955
R G Stephenson	3/1955 - 7/1955
J B James	7/1955 - 9/1955
C W Armstrong	1/1956 - 8/1956
G W Laurenson	10/1956 - 11/1956
R G Stephenson	11/1956 - 4/1957
R M Wright	5/1957 - 2/1958
N M Lloyd	5/1958 - 9/1958
W C Swift	9/1958 - 2/1959
	12/1958	London	S & E Africa
G D Fowler	3/1959	Southampton	Oslo S Africa
R H Pape	9/1959	London	S Africa
W R Carr	4/1960	Southampton	Continent S Africa
	6/1960	London	E Africa
	8/1960	Hamburg	S Africa
	10/1960	London	Dakar
G E Matthews	5/1961	Southend	East London
G D Fowler	6/1961	Hull	Las Palmas
	9/1961	London	S & E Africa
	3/1962	Clyde	Cape Town
	4/1962	Southampton	Lourenco Marques
R M Wright	6/1962	London	Port Elizabeth
J M Lycett	2/1963	North Shields	Cape Town
H N Dryden	5/1963	Southampton	Port Elizabeth
D A Rees	7/1963	Southend	E Africa
G E Matthews	12/1963	London	E Africa
	3/1964	Southampton	S Africa
	5/1964	Southampton	S Africa
	6/1964	Hamburg	S Africa
	9/1964	Hull	S & E Africa
	1/1965	Genoa	S & E Africa
R Harber	3/1965	Southampton	S Africa
	5/1965	Southampton	S Africa
	9/1965	Le Havre	S & E Africa
W J Howson	12/1965	London	S Africa
R Harber	3/1966	Southampton	S Africa
E E Everitt	5/1966	London	S Africa
	7/1966	Bremen	S Africa
W Keith	2/1967	Tyne	S Africa
	4/1967	Southampton	S Africa
	6/1967	Liverpool	S Africa
	8/1967	Rotterdam	S Africa
N E Upham	11/1967	Southampton	Mauritius
	6/1968	Cardiff	S Africa
G S Gann	1/1970	London	E Africa
N F Wray-Cook	6/1970	Southampton	S Africa
N E Upham	2/1971	London	Beira
	4/1971	Southampton	S Africa