Roxburgh Castle (2)

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ROXBURGH CASTLE (2) was built in 1945 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast with a tonnage of 8003grt, a length of 474ft 2in, a beam of 63ft 3in and a service speed of 16 knots.

The second sister of the Rowallan Castle she was delivered on 14th February 1945 and operated on the refrigerated fruit run between South African and the United Kingdom.

She was sold to Chinese shipbreakers in 1971 for £146,000 and arrived in Shanghai on 19th July of that year.

Colour photographs taken by Brian Spiller while he was serving as her 3rd Officer

Review - August 1967

A record cargo for Sheerness - June 1967

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Roxburgh Castle (2)

1945

1947 In January was the first post-war sailing of The Cape Mail Service

1971 Scrapped at Shaghai

8003

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

180491

Harland & Wolff

Belfast

Harland & Wolff

Belfast

Motor 8 Cyl

Burmeister & Wain

8000 BHP

Master	From	To
W S Aldous	2/1945	7/1945
G H Mayhew	7/1945	6/1946
G C Cuthbertson	7/1946	10/1946
L H Farrow	10/1946	10/1946
K Grant Ch Officer in Command	11/1946
J M Rayner	4/1947	3/1948
J D Fisher	5/1949	5/1950
A J Bidwell	10/1951	1/1952
F J Pye	3/1952	4/1952
G E Stephenson	4/1952	9/1953
W C Swift	3/1954	4/1955
D W Sowden	5/1955	7/1955
A A Freer	1955
A T Underdown	10/1955	12/1955
C W Armstrong	5/1956	9/1958
A J Hort	10/1957	3/1958
R M Wright	5/1958	2/1959

Master	Date	Left	Destination
R M Wright	11/1958	Bremen	S Africa
C W Armstrong	3/1959	London	E & S Africa
W R Carr	2/1960	Genoa	E Africa
C E Lorains	3/1960	Southampton	Oslo E Africa
A C Black	6/1960	Hamburg	S Africa
	7/1960	London	S Africa
	5/1961	Thames Estuary	E Africa
	10/1961	London	S & E Africa
	1/1962	Genoa	S & E Africa
W C Swift	4/1962	Southampton	Durban
J M Lycett	6/1962	Hull	Durban
R H Pape	8/1962	London	Montreal
D A Rees	12/1962	London	E Africa
	3/1963	Hull	Cape Town
	4/1963	Southampton	Lourenco Marques
J M Lycett	7/1963	London	East London
	9/1963	London	S Africa
H M Walden	2/1964	Greenock	S Africa
	5/1964	Southampton	S Africa
	7/1964	Bordeaux	S Africa
	12/1964	London	S Africa
	4/1965	Hamburg	S Africa
G B Craig	6/1965	Southampton	S Africa
	8/1965	Cardiff	E & S Africa
H J Thorn	11/1965	London	E & S Africa
	2/1966	Liverpool	S Africa
	4/1966	Southampton	S Africa
	7/1966	Southampton	S Africa
A Stacey	2/1967	London	E Africa
	5/1967	Southampton	S & E Africa
I A Williamson	10/1967	Rotterdam	S Africa
T Kirby	3/1968	Antwerp	S Africa
	5/1968	Southampton	S Africa
W S Bosanquet	1/1970	London	E Africa
	6/1970	Cardiff	S Africa
	1/1971	Birkenhead	S Africa & Mauritius