Garth Castle (2)

HQMP

GARTH CASTLE (2) was built in 1910 by Barclay, Curle & Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 7612grt, a length of 452ft 7in, a beam of 54ft 4in and a service speed of 13 knots.

Sister of the Grantully Castle she spent most of her career on the Intermediate service.

In 1915 she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as a supply ship and moving naval personnel to places like Scapa Flow where they would join their ships.

She was later used as a hospital ship and on 24th June 1917, during a fleet inspection, the surgeons and nursing staff were presented to HM King George V.

She was broken up in 1939 .

Service in WW1

Review - October 1967

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Garth Castle (2)

1910

1910 Deployed to The West Coast Intermediate Service

1914 Commissioned as Naval Hospital ship at Scapa Flow

1919 Returned to Union-Castle

1939 Scrapped at Blyth

7610

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

129078

Barclay Curle

Glasgow

Barclay Curle

Glasgow

2 x Quadruple Expansion Steam

647 NHP

3250 IHP

Master	From	To
G K Gandy	4/1910	7/1911
W W Verrall	5/1911	1/1912
H M Cruise	4/1912	11/1913
S H Owen	12/1913	7/1914
L A Millard	7/1914	5/1919
A Barron	12/1916	4/1917
J B Whitton	5/1919	10/1919
W F Stanley	11/1919	2/1920
H B Piers	6/1920	10/1920
E W Day	11/1920	6/1921
C B Imlah	8/1921	12/1921
P G Shilston	2/1922	8/1922
G F Gardner	9/1922	12/1922
G Owens	9/1923	7/1924
E Hughes	8/1924	8/1924
R G Shilston	8/1924	11/1926
A Barron	1/1926	3/1926
J Attwood	2/1926	3/1926
C R Jackson	8/1926	8/1926
C R Jackson	12/1926	6/1927
H B Piers	7/1927	10/1927
A H Hutchings	11/1927	3/1928
H Linklater	3/1928	2/1929
C R Jackson	10/1928	10/1928
Repairs
A O Morgan	5/1929	1/1930
C Le Brocq	1/1930	11/1930
E A Comley	8/1930	8/1930
B Ray	11/1930	12/1930
H Scolfield	12/1930	9/1931
Laid up
J McMahon	2/1932	3/1932
W Weller	3/1932	8/1932
J McMahon	9/1932	11/1932
E S Vincent	12/1932	12/1932
C E Aylen	12/1932	9/1933
A H Blackman	9/1933	7/1934
W S Colbourne	7/1934	10/1935
E H Thornton	10/1935	11/1936
Laid up
E E Spradbrow	3/1937	12/1937
C J Lovegrove	12/1937	10/1938
A Alderson	10/1938	1/1939
R T Smailes	1/1939	4/1939