Chepstow Castle

JDNS

CHEPSTOW CASTLE was built in 1913 by Short Bros at Sunderland with a tonnage of 7494grt, a length of 425ft 6in, a beam of 56ft 4in and a service speed of 12 knots.

She was built as the Anglo-Brazilian for Lawther & Latta's Nitrate Producers Ltd and, in 1915, was acquired to augment ships requisitioned for war service and renamed Chepstow Castle.

She was employed mostly in the New York - South Africa service and between England and Mauritius

In 1926 she was the first ship to berth at the newly built port at Walvis Bay.

As a result of the shipping depression of 1931 she was laid up on the Clyde.

Early in 1932 she broke loose from her moorings and ran aground suffering considerable damage.

Se was sold some weeks later to shipbreakers at Glasgow.

From SA Shipping News - 1952

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Chepstow Castle

1913

1915 Purchased by Union-Castle renamed Chepstow Castle

1931 While laid up in Rothesay Bay, ran ashore

1932 Aground again with considerable damage

1932 Scrapped at Port Glasgow

7486

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

135294

Short Bros

Sunderland

N E Marine Engineering

Newcastle

Triple Expansion Steam

3400 IHP

Master	From	To
G D Hinde	10/1915	4/1916
G J Whitfield	4/1916	5/1918
E F Gilbert	6/1918	8/1920
	2/1922	9/1922
W E Swiney	5/1922
J Attwood	9/1922	7/1923
E G Hughes	7/1923	8/1924
H B Harvey	10/1924	1/1927
C Le Brocq	2/1927	3/1927
H P Basden-Smith	3/1927	12/1927
H Schofield	1/1928	12/1929
W Weller	12/1928
G H Fogden	1/1930	7/1930
Laid up & Refit
E A Comley	2/1931	7/1931
J B McReynolds	7/1931	8/1931
R W Goodacre	8/1931	12/1931
E A Comley	12/1931
Laid up

First Ship into Walvis Bay - 1926