Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Swansea |
25-Nov |
|
De-arming for conversion to troop transport |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Swansea |
|
25-Feb |
|
New York |
09-Mar |
15-Oct |
Conversion to troop transport Drydocking fitting tail shafts, anchor and cables |
Southampton |
25-Oct |
28-Oct |
|
Greenock |
30-Oct |
06-Nov |
Voyage repairs |
New York |
16-Nov |
23-Nov |
|
Southampton |
04-Dec |
07-Dec |
|
Liverpool |
08-Dec |
|
Voyage repairs Fitting bulwarks on fore well-deck |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Liverpool |
|
05-Jan |
|
Gibraltar |
11-Jan |
12-Jan |
|
Port Said |
15-Jan |
16-Jan |
|
Suez |
17-Jan |
21-Jan |
|
Aden |
25-Jan |
25-Jan |
|
Bombay |
30-Jan |
09-Feb |
|
Suez |
16-Feb |
22-Feb |
|
Port Said |
22-Feb |
25-Feb |
|
Algiers |
01-Mar |
03-Mar |
|
Gibraltar |
05-Mar |
06-Mar |
|
Liverpool |
12-Mar |
30-Mar |
Voyage repairs Troop accommodation repairs |
Taranto |
11-Apr |
11-Apr |
|
Port Said |
14-Apr |
15-Apr |
|
Suez |
15-Apr |
16-Apr |
|
Aden |
19-Apr |
21-Apr |
Engine repairs |
Kilindini |
25-Apr |
29-Apr |
|
Berbera |
03-May |
04-May |
|
Suez |
07-May |
07-May |
|
Port Said |
08-May |
11-May |
|
Gibraltar |
16-May |
17-May |
|
Greenock |
22-May |
28-May |
|
Glasgow |
28-May |
07-Jun |
Voyage repairs, repairs to generator and boat winches |
Greenock |
07-Jun |
09-Jun |
|
Naples |
15-Jun |
20-Jun |
|
Southampton |
25-Jun |
29-Jun |
|
Gibraltar |
02-Jul |
02-Jul |
|
Taranto |
07-Jul |
06-Jul |
|
Alexandria |
09-Jul |
12-Jul |
|
Malta |
14-Jul |
14-Jul |
|
Southampton |
21-Jul |
30-Jul |
Engine repairs and drydocking |
Taranto |
10-Sep |
11-Sep |
|
Alexandria |
13-Sep |
14-Sep |
|
Port Said |
15-Sep |
16-Sep |
|
Suez |
16-Sep |
18-Sep |
|
Kilindini |
25-Sep |
26-Sep |
|
Durban |
01-Oct |
10-Oct |
Voyage repairs |
Kilindini |
14-Oct |
15-Oct |
|
Suez |
26-Oct |
26-Oct |
|
Durban |
06-Nov |
16-Nov |
|
Kilindini |
21-Nov |
22-Nov |
|
Aden |
26-Nov |
26-Nov |
|
Suez |
29-Nov |
03-Dec |
|
Kilindini |
11-Dec |
11-Dec |
|
Durban |
17-Dec |
29-Dec |
Voyage repairs |
Cape Town |
31-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Cape Town |
|
02-Jan |
|
Southampton |
20-Jan |
22-Jan |
Engine repairs |
Plymouth |
24-Jan |
26-Jan |
Generator repairs |
Freetown |
05-Mar |
05-Mar |
|
Cape Town |
14-Mar |
21-Mar |
|
Southampton |
05-Apr |
04-May |
Voyage repairs and generator repairs |
Port Said |
12-May |
17-May |
|
Malta |
19-May |
19-May |
|
Southampton |
24-May |
07-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Cape Town |
22-Jun |
30-Jun |
|
Southampton |
14-Jul |
01-Aug |
Voyage repairs |
Cape Town |
16-Aug |
24-Aug |
|
Southampton |
07-Sep |
27-Sep |
Engine and general voyage repairs |
Cape Town |
12-Oct |
17-Oct |
|
Southampton |
02-Nov |
18-Nov |
Voyage repairs |
Cape Town |
04-Dec |
07-Dec |
|
Las Palmas |
18-Dec |
18-Dec |
|
Southampton |
22-Dec |
|
Voyage repairs and overhaul Drydocked |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
|
10-Jan |
|
|
Carnarvon Castle Left Southampton 19 April For South Africa |
Master |
W Byles |
Chief Officer |
W J Howson |
First Officer |
R D Lofts |
Second Officer |
P D Jordan |
Jnr Second Officer |
A T Millns |
Third Officer |
N F Combes |
Fourth Officer |
H A Pearson |
Jnr Fourth Officer |
A V Hague |
Surgeon |
T C Stamp |
Purser |
G Cookman |
Asst Pursers |
J Thompson G Finch |
Purser’s Clerks |
R Elliott Miss S G Dove |
First Radio Officer |
J Eager |
Second Radio Officer |
H McColl |
Third Radio Officer |
P Grimshaw |
Nursing Sister |
Miss E A Bean |
Children’s Hostess |
Miss C Hutchinson |
Band Leader |
W Beswick |
Carpenter |
A Wheeler |
Bosun |
G Browne |
Master-at-Arms |
R Willcox C W Roe |
Chief Engineer |
F Benham |
First Engineer |
T Drysdale |
Second Engineer |
L Butcher |
Int Second Engineer |
W Deacon |
Jnr Second Engineer |
G Pringle R Simmons D Clarke |
Snr Third Engineer |
W Smith |
Int Third Engineer |
J Smith |
Jnr Third Engineer |
I Nicholson |
Snr Fourth Engineer |
W Hartshorne |
Jnr Fourth Engineer |
A Sibbald |
Junior Engineer |
L Coles J Schaefer B Cole A Rutland R Terry L C Druce |
First Electrician |
A Hicks |
Second Electrician |
P Mullane |
ER Storekeeper |
G Hamson |
ER Leading Hand |
R Wiltshire |
Chief Catering Officer |
E Cole |
Second Cat Officer |
W Brown |
Third Cat Officer |
F Gregory |
Chief Barman |
P Spanner |
Storekeeper |
J W Milligan |
Head Waiter (1st Class) |
J Semple |
First Tourist Steward |
C Williamson |
Head Waiter (Tourist Class) |
J Russell |
Laundryman |
R Humphries |
Chef |
L L Lloyd |
Baker |
T Gray |
Butcher |
R Wateridge |