1914 - August


Royal Navy

HMS Kinfauns Castle

Left UK

7 August

Trooping Duties

Master

D B Crampton RN

Chief Officer

J Sullivan

Wireless Operator

D Eddington

J Mather

J Starkey

Chief Steward

T D Jones

Cargo Service

Sabine

Left North Shields

16 August

Master

A A King

Chief Officer

W Pace

Second Officer

C H Williams

F P Wyeth

Third Officer

F C O Wilson

Bosun

E Bayson

Second Engineer

D Brown

Third Engineer

W Wallace

Fourth Engineer

T McKinlay

A G Welling

Chief Steward

F Hill

Cargo Service

Clan Gordon

Left Glasgow

5 August

For Cape Town

Clan Sinclair

Left Glasgow

5 August

For Natal

Clan Sutherland

Left Glasgow

8 August

For Natal

Clan Shaw

Left Glasgow

12 August

For Cape Town

Clan Lamont

Left Glasgow

14 August

For Chittagong

Master

T Walker

D S Smith

G F Phillips

C J Higgins

A W Turton

Chief Officer

A W D Gibb

D MacKinnon

H Cater

H J McKenna

R Reid

P V Taylor

Second Officer

E E Rawers

F D Sorby

J Jack

J Baird

J Meredith

W J McCall

Third Officer

J A Mellors

R Douglas

T W Inman

A W Thompson

G R Caws

G B Osborne

Fourth Officer


M G Buxton




Apprentices


P W Coombe

J M Cruikshank




Carpenter

T C Muir

J Turner

E A Brooks

W Peebles

F Quinar

A Lacklace

Carpenter’s Mate

W Williams





Chief Engineer

J A Robertson

L McTaminey

P Crawford

A Dunsmuir

W Callistu

Second Engineer

J Robertson


T MacGibbon

J L Thomson

J F Adams

Third Engineer

J Rankin

J Davie

G A Tait

W D Kerr

P B Weston

A Barr

Fourth Engineer

J A Henderson

F H Black

T G D Irvine

H Miller

A Muir

P Dunlop

J MacGibbon

Fifth Engineer


J Millar




Purser


R Anthelms

R F Hill




Chief Steward





W G King

Steward


J Small

P Cuthel

N J Ryder


Cattle Attendant




C C Chrisledon


Cargo Service

Buteshire

Left UK

26 August

Master

W H Brodie

Chief Officer

H Young

Second Officer

A A West

Third Officer

J Doherty

D O Pool

Fourth Officer

P Cross

H P W Evans

Wireless Operator

W S Argaet

Chief Engineer

W Burns

Second Engineer

J T A Sargent

Third Engineer

M Blair

Fourth Engineer

C Olsen

C Sorenson

F G Whitcombe

First Frig Engineer

M Borders

Surgeon

W Grove

Chief Steward

J E Longsh…

R MacFarlane

Cargo Service

Honorius

Left London

10 August

Master

J Roberts

Chief Officer

J Phillips

Second Officer

F A Little

Third Officer

D A M Henderson

H E Williams

Chief Engineer

E Carter

H Graham

Second Engineer

J W Sternson

Third Engineer

F Austwick

Fourth Engineer

C L Cattrall


Union-Castle Line on Royal Navy Service


Clan Line


Scottish Shire Line


Houston Line


Union-Castle Line

Mail Service

Balmoral Castle

Southampton

1 August

For South Africa

Master

T C Clinock


Union-Castle Line

On 27 August a fleet of Union-Castle vessels sailed with Naval escort from Cape Town

The fleet comprised: Balmoral Castle, Dunluce Castle, Briton, Guildford Castle, Goorkha and Kenilworth Castle

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