WINCHESTER CASTLE (2) was built in 1965 by Greenock Dockyard at Greenock with a tonnage of 7952grt, a length of 529ft 4ins, a beam of 68ft 11in and a service speed of 17.5 knots.

Launched as the Clan Ramsay she was delivered to Clan Line with Union-Castle as managers in March 1965.

In 1977 she was renamed Winchester Castle and with that change Clan Line passed into history, owning no further ships.

She became the Winchester Universal under the same ownership in 1979.