Crawford Castle

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CRAWFORD CASTLE was built in 1910 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co at Newcastle with a tonnage of 4464grt, a length of 380ft, a beam of 49ft and a service speed of 10 knots.

She was built as the Hova for F. S. Holland & Co. and acquired by Union-Castle in 1917 who renamed her Crawford Castle.

In October 1926 she was the first Union-Castle ship to dock in the new harbour at Kilindini, Mombasa.

She was sold to W. Kunstmann of Stettin in 1930, renamed Victoria W. Kuntsmann and broken up in 1937.

As Victoria W Kunstmann

Life after Union-Castle Line

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Crawford Castle

1910

1917 Purchased from F S Holland retained the name Hova

1920 Renamed Crawford Castle

1930 Sold to Germany

4264

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

129150

Northumberland Shipbuilding

Newcastle

NE Marine Engineering

Newcastle

Triple Expansion Steam

1800 IHP

Master	From	To
H B Harvey	11/1917	5/1918
H B Piers	6/1918	4/1919
W A Swiney	5/1919	1/1922
E G Hughes	2/1921	6/1921
W Stanley	3/1922	12/1922
H B Harvey	10/1923	3/1924
G Sinclair	3/1924	9/1924
E G Hughes	9/1924	12/1924
J C Brown	12/1924	2/1925
A O Morgan	3/1925	12/1927
C E Aylen	1/1928	4/1928
Laid up
E A Comley	9/1928	1/1929
C R Bickford	2/1929	8/1929
W S Colbourne	9/1929	1/1930