Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Clyde |
|
12-Jan |
|
Freetown |
25-Jan |
29-Jan |
|
Durban |
10-Feb |
12-Feb |
|
Suez |
03-Mar |
18-Mar |
|
Aden |
22-Mar |
22-Mar |
|
Mombasa |
30-Mar |
05-Apr |
|
Dar es Salaam |
06-Apr |
07-Apr |
|
Durban |
12-Apr |
19-Apr |
Voyage repairs |
Cape Town |
23-Apr |
02-May |
Voyage repairs and drydock |
St Helena |
05-May |
07-May |
|
Freetown |
12-May |
14-May |
|
Freetown |
16-May |
16-May |
|
Gibraltar |
22-May |
22-May |
|
Avonmouth |
01-Jun |
15-Jun |
Voyage repairs and fumigation |
Newport |
15-Jun |
26-Jun |
|
Freetown |
13-Jul |
16-Jul |
|
Durban |
29-Jul |
03-Aug |
|
Aden |
18-Aug |
18-Aug |
|
Suez |
22-Aug |
30-Aug |
|
Durban |
10-Sep |
21-Sep |
|
Port Elizabeth |
22-Sep |
24-Sep |
|
Cape Town |
25-Sep |
28-Sep |
|
Trinidad |
12-Oct |
13-Oct |
|
Clyde |
23-Oct |
12-Nov |
Voyage repairs |
Freetown |
25-Nov |
28-Nov |
|
Durban |
18-Dec |
31-Dec |
Voyage repairs |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Port Elizabeth |
01-Jan |
03-Jan |
|
Cape Town |
04-Jan |
14-Jan |
|
Freetown |
22-Jan |
23-Jan |
|
Clyde |
03-Feb |
17-Feb |
|
Liverpool |
18-Feb |
23-Mar |
Engine & boiler repairs, fumigation and drydocking |
Freetown |
06-Apr |
11-Apr |
|
Cape Town |
23-Apr |
02-May |
|
Stranraer |
22-May |
22-May |
|
Newport |
27-May |
02-Jun |
|
Avonmouth |
02-Jun |
17-Jun |
Voyage repairs and drydock |
Clyde |
20-Jun |
21-Jun |
|
Freetown |
02-Jul |
06-Jul |
|
Durban |
20-Jul |
26-Jul |
|
Aden |
07-Aug |
08-Aug |
|
Suez |
12-Aug |
14-Aug |
|
Diego Suarez |
22-Aug |
03-Sep |
|
Durban |
07-Sep |
08-Sep |
|
Port Elizabeth |
09-Sep |
14-Sep |
|
Cape Town |
16-Sep |
20-Sep |
|
Clyde |
08-Oct |
10-Oct |
|
Glasgow |
10-Oct |
31-Oct |
Boiler cleaning, ballasting and fumigation |
Clyde |
31-Oct |
01-Nov |
|
Algiers |
09-Nov |
15-Nov |
|
Clyde |
23-Nov |
12-Dec |
|
Algiers |
21-Dec |
24-Dec |
|
Clyde |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Clyde |
|
07-Jan |
|
Glasgow |
07-Jan |
17-Jan |
Repairs to machinery and heavy weather damage |
Clyde |
17-Jan |
24-Jan |
|
Freetown |
06-Feb |
09-Feb |
|
Cape Town |
22-Feb |
26-Feb |
|
Aden |
15-Mar |
16-Mar |
|
Suez |
20-Mar |
24-Mar |
|
Aden |
27-Mar |
30-Mar |
|
Mombasa |
05-Apr |
06-Apr |
|
Durban |
13-Apr |
27-Apr |
|
Cape Town |
29-Apr |
29-Apr |
|
Liverpool |
20-May |
17-Jun |
Voyage repairs and drydocking |
Clyde |
18-Jun |
25-Jun |
|
Glasgow |
25-Jun |
01-Jul |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
10-Jul |
14-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
21-Jul |
21-Jul |
|
Avonmouth |
01-Aug |
14-Aug |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
14-Aug |
16-Aug |
|
Port Said |
29-Aug |
16-Sep |
Voyage repairs |
Alexandria |
17-Sep |
21-Sep |
|
Taranto |
24-Sep |
24-Sep |
|
Augusta |
25-Sep |
28-Sep |
|
Greenock |
07-Oct |
15-Nov |
Voyage repairs |
Port Said |
02-Dec |
02-Dec |
|
Suez |
03-Dec |
04-Dec |
|
Aden |
07-Dec |
13-Dec |
|
Mombasa |
19-Dec |
20-Dec |
|
Durban |
24 Dec |
|
Voyage repairs |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Durban |
|
07-Jan |
|
Mombasa |
12-Jan |
12-Jan |
|
Aden |
17-Jan |
18-Jan |
|
Suez |
21-Jan |
01-Feb |
|
Port Said |
02-Feb |
03-Feb |
|
Augusta |
07-Feb |
08-Feb |
|
Algiers |
11-Feb |
12-Feb |
|
Liverpool |
20-Feb |
14-Mar |
Voyage repairs and drydocking |
New York |
23-Mar |
06-Apr |
|
Greenock |
16-Apr |
16-Apr |
|
Glasgow |
16-Apr |
03-May |
Voyage repairs |
Greenock |
03-May |
05-May |
|
Algiers |
14-May |
26-May |
|
Greenock |
29-May |
11-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Algiers |
20-Jun |
01-Jul |
|
Naples |
03-Jul |
04-Jul |
|
Algiers |
05-Jul |
07-Jul |
|
Naples |
08-Jul |
09-Jul |
|
Algiers |
11-Jul |
13-Jul |
|
Naples |
15-Jul |
17-Jul |
|
Algiers |
19-Jul |
21-Jul |
|
Naples |
23-Jul |
24-Jul |
|
Greenock |
10-Aug |
28-Aug |
Voyage repairs and fumigation |
Liverpool |
29-Aug |
02-Sep |
|
Gothenburg |
08-Sep |
10-Sep |
POW exchange & repatriation |
Liverpool |
15-Sep |
16-Sep |
|
Greenock |
17-Sep |
23-Sep |
|
Glasgow |
23-Sep |
28-Sep |
Voyage repairs |
Greenock |
28-Sep |
30-Sep |
|
Malta |
09-Oct |
09-Oct |
|
Naples |
10-Oct |
13-Oct |
|
Algiers |
15-Oct |
19-Oct |
|
Naples |
20-Oct |
21-Oct |
|
Oran |
22-Oct |
25-Oct |
|
Algiers |
26-Oct |
29-Oct |
|
Naples |
30-Oct |
31-Oct |
|
Oran |
02-Nov |
03-Nov |
|
Naples |
05-Nov |
08-Nov |
|
Algiers |
09-Nov |
09-Nov |
|
Bone |
10-Nov |
10-Nov |
|
Naples |
11-Nov |
12-Nov |
|
Algiers |
14-Nov |
19-Nov |
|
Taranto |
19-Nov |
19-Nov |
|
Oran |
22-Nov |
23-Nov |
|
Naples |
25-Nov |
27-Nov |
|
Taranto |
28-Nov |
29-Nov |
|
Algiers |
01-Dec |
04-Dec |
|
Gibraltar |
11-Dec |
12-Dec |
|
Oran |
16-Dec |
17-Dec |
|
Naples |
19-Dec |
|
|
Algiers |
22-Dec |
24-Dec |
|
Naples |
26-Dec |
26-Dec |
|
Gibraltar |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Gibraltar |
|
01-Jan |
|
Greenock |
06-Jan |
07-Jan |
|
Faslane |
07-Jan |
12-Jan |
Fumigation |
Greenock |
12-Jan |
12-Jan |
|
Liverpool |
13-Jan |
15-Jan |
|
Gibraltar |
18-Jan |
20-Jan |
|
Marseilles |
21-Jan |
30-Jan |
|
Gibraltar |
31-Jan |
31-Jan |
|
Liverpool |
05-Feb |
10-Mar |
Voyage repairs and drydock |
Gibraltar |
16-Mar |
17-Mar |
|
Port Said |
21-Mar |
21-Mar |
|
Suez |
21-Mar |
23-Mar |
|
Bombay |
31-Mar |
14-Apr |
|
Suez |
22-Apr |
22-Apr |
|
Port Said |
23-Apr |
23-Apr |
|
Gibraltar |
30-Apr |
30-Apr |
|
Greenock |
05-May |
05-May |
|
Glasgow |
05-May |
23-May |
Engine repairs |
Greenock |
23-May |
27-May |
|
Liverpool |
28-May |
30-May |
|
Cristobal |
|
16-Jun |
|
Wellington |
03-Jul |
04-Jul |
|
Sydney |
06-Jul |
15-Jul |
|
Fremantle |
22-Jul |
22-Jul |
|
Bombay |
31-Jul |
04-Aug |
|
Aden |
08-Aug |
09-Aug |
|
Suez |
13-Aug |
13-Aug |
|
Port Said |
13-Aug |
14-Aug |
|
Liverpool |
23-Aug |
16-Sep |
Voyage repairs and fumigation |
Haifa |
24-Sep |
25-Sep |
|
Port Said |
26-Sep |
27-Sep |
|
Malta |
30-Sep |
30-Sep |
|
Toulon |
02-Oct |
03-Oct |
|
Malta |
06-Oct |
06-Oct |
|
Taranto |
06-Oct |
06-Oct |
|
Port Said |
09-Oct |
11-Oct |
|
Taranto |
14-Oct |
16-Oct |
|
Port Said |
18-Oct |
19-Oct |
|
Bombay |
27-Oct |
04-Nov |
|
Suez |
11-Nov |
12-Nov |
|
Port Said |
12-Nov |
13-Nov |
|
Southampton |
20-Nov |
06-Dec |
Voyage repairs and drydocking |
Marseilles |
11-Dec |
15-Dec |
|
Port Said |
19-Dec |
20-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Saigon |
04-Jan |
|
|
Singapore |
12-Jan |
14-Jan |
|
Bombay |
20-Jan |
24-Jan |
|
Port Said |
01-Feb |
03-Feb |
|
Takoradi |
13-Feb |
14-Feb |
|
Freetown |
17-Feb |
18-Feb |
|
Port Said |
01-Mar |
02-Mar |
|
Suez |
02-Mar |
04-Mar |
|
Bombay |
11-Mar |
17-Mar |
Voyage repairs |
Colombo |
19-Mar |
19-Mar |
|
Singapore |
23-Mar |
25-Mar |
|
Kure |
01-Apr |
07-Apr |
|
Singapore |
11-Apr |
16-Apr |
|
Port Swettenham |
17-Apr |
19-Apr |
|
Colombo |
22-Apr |
25-Apr |
|
Bombay |
27-Apr |
29-Apr |
|
Suez |
06-May |
07-May |
|
Port Said |
08-May |
08-May |
|
Southampton |
16-May |
14-Jun |
Drydocked for drawing of tailshaft for survey. Deck, engine and accommodation repairs, including boiler survey |
Port Said |
21-Jun |
22-Jun |
|
Suez |
22-Jun |
23-Jun |
|
Aden |
26-Jun |
27-Jun |
|
Mombasa |
01-Jul |
02-Jul |
|
Durban |
06-Jul |
15-Jul |
|
Kilindini |
19-Jul |
20-Jul |
|
Aden |
24-Jul |
24-Jul |
|
Port Said |
28-Jul |
29-Jul |
|
Naples |
01-Aug |
01-Aug |
|
Southampton |
06-Aug |
26-Aug |
Deck, engine and accommodation repairs |
Port Said |
03-Sep |
04-Sep |
|
Aden |
06-Sep |
08-Sep |
|
Singapore |
18-Sep |
19-Sep |
|
Colombo |
23-Sep |
24-Sep |
|
Bombay |
26-Sep |
29-Sep |
|
Aden |
03-Oct |
03-Oct |
|
Suez |
06-Oct |
06-Oct |
|
Port Said |
07-Oct |
08-Oct |
|
Southampton |
15-Oct |
07-Nov |
Deck, engine and accommodation repairs |
Gibraltar |
10-Nov |
11-Nov |
|
Port Said |
16-Nov |
16-Nov |
|
Aden |
20-Nov |
20-Nov |
|
Singapore |
29-Nov |
04-Dec |
|
Hong Kong |
08-Dec |
09-Dec |
|
Shanghai |
12-Dec |
12-Dec |
|
Kure |
15-Dec |
19-Dec |
|
Hong Kong |
25-Dec |
27-Dec |
|
Singapore |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Singapore |
|
01-Jan |
|
Aden |
09-Jan |
09-Jan |
|
Suez |
12-Jan |
12-Jan |
|
Port Said |
13-Jan |
13-Jan |
|
Southampton |
21-Jan |
07-Feb |
Voyage repairs, drydocked for cleaning and painting |
Port Said |
15-Feb |
15-Feb |
|
Aden |
19-Feb |
20-Feb |
|
Colombo |
25-Feb |
25-Feb |
|
Singapore |
01-Mar |
04-Mar |
|
Bombay |
10-Mar |
13-Mar |
|
Suez |
20-Mar |
20-Mar |
|
Port Said |
20-Mar |
21-Mar |
|
Southampton |
28-Mar |
17-Apr |
Voyage repairs |
Port Said |
24-Apr |
25-Apr |
|
Aden |
29-Apr |
30-Apr |
|
Bombay |
04-May |
09-May |
|
Suez |
16-May |
16-May |
|
Port Said |
17-May |
17-May |
|
Southampton |
24-May |
17-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Gibraltar |
20-Jun |
20-Jun |
|
Port Said |
24-Jun |
24-Jun |
|
Port Sudan |
27-Jun |
27-Jun |
|
Aden |
29-Jun |
29-Jun |
|
Bombay |
03-Jul |
09-Jul |
|
Aden |
13-Jul |
13-Jul |
|
Suez |
16-Jul |
16-Jul |
|
Port Said |
17-Jul |
18-Jul |
|
Southampton |
25-Jul |
12-Aug |
Voyage repairs, drydocked for cleaning and painting |
Malta |
17-Aug |
17-Aug |
|
Port Said |
19-Aug |
22-Aug |
|
Malta |
25-Aug |
25-Aug |
|
Gibraltar |
|
|
|
Southampton |
31-Aug |
11-Sep |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
17-Sep |
17-Sep |
|
Port Said |
20-Sep |
21-Sep |
|
Salonika |
|
24-Sep |
|
Piraeus |
|
25-Sep |
|
Malta |
27-Sep |
27-Sep |
|
Gibraltar |
|
29-Sep |
|
Southampton |
03-Oct |
16-Oct |
Voyage repairs |
Port Said |
23-Oct |
25-Oct |
|
Aden |
28-Oct |
29-Oct |
|
Kilinidini |
02-Nov |
03-Nov |
|
Bombay |
09-Nov |
14-Nov |
|
Aden |
18-Nov |
19-Nov |
|
Massawah |
20-Nov |
21-Nov |
|
Suez |
23-Nov |
|
|
Port Said |
|
24-Nov |
|
Southampton |
02-Dec |
12-Dec |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
17-Dec |
17-Dec |
|
Port Said |
19-Dec |
21-Dec |
|
Salonika |
|
23-Dec |
|
Piraeus |
|
24-Dec |
|
Malta |
26-Dec |
26-Sep |
|
Gibraltar |
27-Dec |
29-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
01-Jan |
13-Jan |
Voyage repairs |
Gibraltar |
16-Jan |
16-Jan |
|
Malta |
19-Jan |
19-Jan |
|
Port Said |
21-Jan |
23-Jan |
|
Piraeus |
26-Jan |
26-Jan |
|
Malta |
28-Jan |
28-Jan |
|
Southampton |
02-Feb |
12-Feb |
Voyage repairs |
Malta |
16-Feb |
16-Feb |
|
Port Said |
20-Feb |
22-Feb |
|
Cyprus |
23-Feb |
|
|
Salonika |
|
25-Feb |
|
Piraeus |
|
26-Feb |
|
Malta |
01-Mar |
02-Mar |
|
Gibraltar |
04-Mar |
04-Mar |
|
Southampton |
07-Mar |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
|
16-Jun |
|
Malta |
21-Jun |
21-Jun |
|
Port Said |
24-Jun |
26-Jun |
|
Malta |
28-Jun |
28-Jun |
|
Southampton |
03-Jul |
14-Jul |
|
Malta |
19-Jul |
19-Jul |
|
Port Said |
21-Jul |
23-Jul |
|
Malta |
25-Jul |
25-Jul |
|
Southampton |
30-Jul |
11-Aug |
|
Gibraltar |
14-Aug |
14-Aug |
|
Malta |
16-Aug |
16-Aug |
|
Port Said |
19-Aug |
21-Aug |
|
Malta |
23-Aug |
23-Aug |
|
Gibraltar |
25-Aug |
26-Aug |
|
Southampton |
29-Aug |
09-Sep |
|
Malta |
14-Sep |
14-Sep |
|
Port Said |
16-Sep |
18-Sep |
|
Southampton |
25-Sep |
|
Handed back to owners |
Arundel Castle Left Southampton 6 November For South Africa |
|
Master |
D MacKenzie |
Chief Officer |
A Freer |
First Officer |
B Mitton |
Second Officer |
P Truman |
Third Officer |
K Bennet |
Fourth Officer |
J Gamble |
Ex Fourth Officer |
C Jewell |
Jnr Fourth Officer |
I Gordon |
Surgeon |
S Caller |
Purser |
A Stevens |
Asst Pursers |
R Campbell |
Purser’s Clerks |
C MacRae R Fiddes |
First Radio Officer |
G Kilmister |
Second Radio Officer |
W Eckersley |
Third Radio Officer |
J Ward |
Nursing Sister |
Miss M Dowling |
Children’s Hostess |
Miss E Vecqueray |
Band Leader |
G Jones |
Carpenter |
R Williams |
Bosun |
C Thomas |
Chief Engineer |
P McTaggart |
First Engineer |
P Nicholls |
Second Engineer |
W Irvine |
Int Second Engineer |
J Bray |
Jnr Second Engineer |
L Dean |
Snr Third Engineer |
E Sartori |
Int Third Engineer |
F McIntosh |
Jnr Third Engineer |
P McDaid |
Snr Fourth Engineer |
F Lawrence |
Int Fourth Engineer |
W Newton |
Jnr Fourth Engineer |
F Venter |
Snr Fifth Engineer |
I Jenkins |
Int Fifth Engineer |
J Thom |
Jnr Fifth Engineer |
C Meek |
Snr Sixth Engineer |
T Puleston |
Int Sixth Engineer |
J Kennedy |
Jnr Sixth Engineer |
J Lyle |
Seventh Engineer |
R Hughes |
First Electrician |
E Wilson |
Second Electrician |
A Ricketts |
ER Storekeeper |
T Allen |
ER Leading Hand |
F Williams |
Chief Steward |
A Turpin |
Second Steward |
F Headland |
Chief Barman |
C Gilmour |
Storekeeper |
H Moss |
Head Waiter (1st Class) |
S Sullivan |
First Tourist Steward |
N Bottoms |
Head Waiter (Tourist Class) |
C Williamson |
Laundryman |
G Higgins |
Chef |
F Hopper |
Baker |
H Hainsworth |
Butcher |
S Grove |
Arundel Castle Left Southampton 30 December For Hong Kong |
|
Master |
D MacKenzie |
Chief Officer |
A Freer |
Second Officer |
P Truman |
Third Officer |
K Bennett |
Fourth Officer |
J Gamble |
First Radio Officer |
T Peake |
Carpenter |
R Williams |
Bosun |
C Thomas |
Chief Engineer |
W Purse |
Second Engineer |
P Nicholls |
Int Second Engineer |
J Bray |
Jnr Second Engineer |
L Dean |
Snr Third Engineer |
F McIntosh |
Int Third Engineer |
P McDaid |
Jnr Third Engineer |
F Lawrance |
Snr Fourth Engineer |
W Newton |
Int Fourth Engineer |
I Jenkins |
Jnr Fourth Engineer |
W Thom |
Junior Engineer |
C Meek |
First Electrician |
A Ricketts |
ER Storekeeper |
F Williams |
Chief Steward |
A Turpin |
Head Waiter |
S Sullivan |
Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Arundel Castle (4) |
1921 |
1921 Deployed to The Cape Mail Service 1937 Refitted and re-engined 1940 Requisitioned as a Troop Ship 1950 Returned to The Cape Mail Service 1949 Scrapped at Hong Kong |
19023 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
145175 |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
6 x Steam turbines |
15000 |
2 |
Master |
From |
To |
T J Bremner |
4/1921 |
12/1922 |
D H Hoskins |
1/1922 |
3/1922 |
L A Millard |
1/1923 |
3/1923 |
J W Hague |
3/1923 |
4/1926 |
J George |
4/1926 |
9/1927 |
A S Knight |
9/1927 |
5/1928 |
C E Stuart |
5/1928 |
7/1928 |
W Morton-Betts |
8/1928 |
9/1928 |
S H Owen |
10/1928 |
12/1929 |
G F Gardner |
12/1929 |
3/1930 |
W Morton-Betts |
8/1930 |
5/1931 |
C Le Brocq |
5/1931 |
7/1931 |
C E Stuart |
7/1931 |
3/1933 |
G J Whitfield |
4/1933 |
8/1935 |
A O Morgan |
9/1935 |
12/1935 |
C Le Brocq |
1/1936 |
1/1937 |
S F Newdigate |
1/1937 |
10/1937 |
Refit |
||
W Weller |
10/1937 |
12/1937 |
C E Aylen |
12/1937 |
6/1939 |
E E Spradbrow |
6/1939 |
7/1939 |
F A Smyth |
7/1939 |
6/1940 |
R C Harris |
9/1939 |
11/1939 |
A C Blackman |
11/1939 |
12/1939 |
R T Smailes |
6/1940 |
8/1943 |
L P Wilkie |
1/1943 |
1/1943 |
J C Brown |
8/1943 |
2/1945 |
L P Wilkie |
5/1945 |
12/1947 |
H A Deller |
2/1948 |
5/1949 |
C Gorringe |
9/1950 |
11/1950 |
J H Trayner |
1/1951 |
1/1952 |
W S Byles |
8/1953 |
10/1953 |
D D MacKenzie |
10/1953 |
2/1959 |
A G Patey |
7/1956 |
9/1956 |
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6/1957 |
8/1957 |
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9/1958 |
10/1958 |