KINFAUNS CASTLE (1) .was built in 1879 by John Elder & Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 3507grt, a length of 360ft 4in, a beam of 43ft and a service speed of 12 knots.

A wood engraving from Illustrated London News

June 1880

Kinfauns Castle - Art Gallery

A Coloured Lithograph by T G Dutton

Master

From

To

J Winchester

1880

1883

She was delivered to D. Currie & Co., which was still the registered name of the company, was the first steel hulled ship ordered by the company and constructed for potential conversion into an Armed Merchant Cruiser.

In 1883 she was sold to the Russian Volunteer Fleet at Odessa and renamed Moscva (Moskva) and in 1895 became the Russian training ship Proot (Prut), also based in Odessa.

In 1909 she was converted into an operational minelaying training ship. On 29th October 1914 she was hit by gunfire from the German battlecruiser Goeben which had been temporarily renamed Sultan Selim off Cape Fiolen, Sevastopol and was scuttled to avoid capture.

Ten days later the Sultan Selim was badly damaged by two mines laid by her victim

Career Summary

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Kinfauns Castle (1)

1879

3507

81599

John Elder

Glasgow

John Elder

Glasgow

Compound Steam

500 NHP

1

Kinfauns Castle (1)

SWKC

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