Rowallan Castle (2)

ROWALLAN CASTLE (2) was built in 1942 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast with a tonnage of 7950grt, a length of 474ft 2in, a beam of 63ft 3in and a service speed of 16 knots.

She was finally delivered on 24th April 1943 after waiting for engines to be installed.

Being a relatively fast ship she was deployed on the refrigerated food run between South Africa and the UK, operating independently of convoys.

She was heavily armed, especially against air attack and fitted with paravanes on forward booms as a defence against mines.

In 1945, after the war she made several fruit runs to the USA.

After a further twenty six years service she was sold to Sheyh Sheng Steel & Iron Works of Taiwan in 1971 and arrived at Kaohsiung on 2nd September of that year for breaking up.

Master	Date	Left	Destination
J F Oakley	4/1943 - 9/1944
H A Deller	9/1944 - 4/1945
A A Freer	4/1945 - 4/1945
J D Fisher	4/1945 - 10/1945
J B McReynolds	10/1945 - 5/1946
J F Oakley	5/1946 - 4/1947
A C Black	4/1947 - 1/1948
G F Pettit	1948
R A Cambridge	10/1948 - 9/1950
A J Bidwell	1/1955
G D Fowler	8/1956- 10/1956
C E Lorains	11/1956 - 5/1957
W R Carr	9/1957 - 4/1958
C W Armstrong	6/1958 - 12/1958
A T Underdown	1/1959	Hull	Bremen S Africa
	4/1959	Hamburg	S Africa
N E Upham	10/1959	London	E Africa
W Anson	1/1960	London	E Africa
	4/1960	Southampton	E Africa
	6/1960	Hamburg	S Africa
G E Matthews	8/1960	London	S Africa
R M Wright	11/1960	Southampton	S Africa
	4/1961	Southend	Lourence Marques
	6/1961	London	Lourenco Marques
	9/1961	Hamburg	S & E Africa
	12/1962	Genoa	S & E Africa
A A Freer	3/1962	Gothenburg	Cape Town
	5/1962	Southampton	Cape Town
W C Swift	11/1962	Gothenburg	Lourenco Marques
R M Wright	12/1962	London	S & E Africa
	3/1963	Genoa	S & E Africa
C E Lorains	5/1963	London	East London
	7/1963	London	Durban
R M Wright	1/1964	Liverpool	E Africa
J M Lycett	3/1964	Southampton	E Africa
	5/1964	Southampton	S Africa
	7/1964	Glasgow	S Africa
H N Dryden	2/1965	London	SW Africa
	4/1965	Southampton	E Africa
	6/1965	Cardiff	S Africa
	8/1965	London	S Africa
G B Craig	12/1965	Liverpool	Ceylon
	4/1966	Southampton	S Africa
E C Martyn	7/1966	Southampton	S Africa
B S Biggs	4/1967	Southampton	S Africa
W Anson	1/1968	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	3/1968	Southampton	S Africa
E E Everitt	5/1968	Southampton	S Africa
	7/1968	Rotterdam	S Africa
	6/1969	Cardiff	S Africa
	5/1970	London	S Africa
M Turner	7/1970	Bordeaux	S Africa
R McIntyre	12/1970	Southampton	S Africa
P J Rose	4/1971	Southampton	S Africa