Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Liverpool |
|
30-Jan |
|
Greenock |
30-Jan |
09-Feb |
|
Freetown |
02-Mar |
08-Mar |
|
Freetown |
08-Mar |
09-Apr |
|
Clyde |
03-May |
03-Jun |
|
Freetown |
16-Jun |
20-Jun |
|
Cape Town |
01-Jul |
|
|
Durban |
04-Jul |
08-Jul |
|
Aden |
21-Jul |
30-Jul |
|
Suez |
03-Aug |
10-Aug |
|
Port Sudan |
13-Aug |
19-Aug |
|
Durban |
01-Sep |
04-Sep |
|
Port Elizabeth |
06-Sep |
07-Sep |
|
Cape Town |
09-Sep |
12-Sep |
|
Trinidad |
30-Sep |
01-Oct |
|
Halifax |
09-Oct |
10-Oct |
|
Glasgow |
22-Oct |
12-Nov |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
12-Nov |
15-Nov |
|
Halifax |
24-Nov |
25-Nov |
|
New York |
27-Nov |
05-Dec |
|
Halifax |
08-Dec |
08-Dec |
|
Clyde |
22-Dec |
|
|
Glasgow |
24-Dec |
|
Voyage repairs |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Glasgow |
|
12-Jan |
Voyage repairs DEMS |
Horta |
19-Jan |
02-Feb |
|
Gibraltar |
08-Feb |
06-Apr |
Temporary repairs to torpedo damage |
Southampton |
12-Apr |
12-Aug |
Permanent repairs to torpedo damage. Drydocked |
Clyde |
14-Aug |
15-Sep |
Completion of repairs and fitting |
Clyde |
23-Oct |
26-Oct |
|
Gibraltar |
06-Nov |
12-Nov |
|
Clyde |
19-Nov |
21-Nov |
Voyage repairs Drydocked |
Glasgow |
21-Nov |
28-Nov |
|
Gibraltar |
05-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Gibraltar |
|
02-Jan |
Repairs to collision damage, temporary bow and stern structure repairs, drydocked |
Ponta Delgada |
|
07-Jan |
|
Liverpool |
13-Jan |
04-May |
Permanent repairs to collision damage. New bow fitted and extensive replating to stern. Drydocked |
Clyde |
05-May |
28-Jun |
|
Malta |
|
11-Jul |
|
Algiers |
13-Jul |
14-Jul |
|
Oran |
15-Jul |
15-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
16-Jul |
17-Jul |
|
Liverpool |
24-Jul |
11-Aug |
Machinery alterations to improve speed. Drydocked and painted |
Greenock |
11-Aug |
15-Sep |
|
Port Said |
28-Sep |
29-Sep |
|
Suez |
29-Sep |
11-Oct |
|
Port Said |
11-Oct |
12-Oct |
|
Alexandria |
|
18-Oct |
|
Taranto |
22-Oct |
23-Oct |
|
Augusta |
24-Oct |
27-Oct |
|
Alexandria |
30-Oct |
08-Nov |
|
Algiers |
15-Nov |
21-Nov |
|
Oran |
22-Nov |
28-Nov |
|
Naples |
01-Dec |
02-Dec |
|
Bizerta |
04-Dec |
05-Dec |
|
Taranto |
07-Dec |
09-Dec |
|
Augusta |
09-Dec |
10-Dec |
|
Algiers |
13-Dec |
17-Dec |
|
Port Said |
22-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Port Said |
|
20-Jan |
|
Taranto |
25-Jan |
27-Jan |
|
Oran |
31-Jan |
04-Feb |
|
Philippeville |
16-Feb |
18-Feb |
|
Naples |
|
21-Feb |
|
Oran |
24-Feb |
29-Feb |
|
Naples |
03-Mar |
05-Mar |
|
Greenock |
16-Mar |
|
|
Operation Overlord |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Operation Overlord |
|
||
Southampton |
28-Mar |
16-Oct |
Major collision damage Superstructure damage Large hole in side Enginer, Deck and electrical repairs. Drydocked |
Port Said |
27-Oct |
27-Oct |
|
Bombay |
06-Nov |
20-Nov |
Fitting cabin accommodation |
Visagapatnam |
26-Nov |
02-Dec |
|
Madras |
05-Dec |
06-Dec |
|
Cochin |
09-Dec |
09-Dec |
|
Suez |
19-Dec |
19-Dec |
|
Southampton |
29-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
|
14-Jan |
Voyage repairs |
Port Said |
24-Jan |
25-Jan |
|
Bombay |
04-Feb |
07-Feb |
|
Cochin |
09-Feb |
10-Feb |
|
Port Said |
|
20-Feb |
|
Freetown |
|
|
|
Takoradi |
06-Mar |
07-Mar |
|
Lagos |
08-Mar |
10-Mar |
|
Freetown |
13-Mar |
14-Mar |
|
Port Said |
26-Mar |
26-Mar |
|
Aden |
31-Mar |
31-Mar |
|
Cochin |
06-Apr |
08-Apr |
Minor engine repairs |
Rangoon |
12-Apr |
14-Apr |
|
Colombo |
18-Apr |
18-Apr |
|
Aden |
24-Apr |
24-Apr |
|
Suez |
28-Apr |
28-Apr |
|
Port Said |
28-Apr |
29-Apr |
|
Takoradi |
13-May |
15-May |
|
Freetown |
20-May |
21-May |
|
Freetown |
24-May |
24-May |
|
Port Said |
05-Jun |
05-Jun |
|
Cochin |
16-Jun |
18-Jun |
|
Port Said |
29-Jun |
30-Jun |
|
Takoradi |
14-Jul |
15-Jul |
|
Lagos |
16-Jul |
18-Jul |
|
Takoradi |
19-Jul |
19-Jul |
|
Freetown |
22-Jul |
22-Jul |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
01-Aug |
30-Aug |
Both tailshafts drawn for survey Deck, Engine and Accommodation repairs Drydocked |
Port Said |
08-Sep |
10-Sep |
|
Freetown |
21-Sep |
22-Sep |
|
Takoradi |
25-Sep |
25-Sep |
|
Lagos |
26-Sep |
28-Sep |
|
Freetown |
01-Oct |
01-Oct |
|
Dakar |
03-Oct |
03-Oct |
|
Port Said |
13-Oct |
14-Oct |
|
Aden |
18-Oct |
19-Oct |
|
Madras |
27-Oct |
30-Oct |
|
Aden |
07-Nov |
08-Nov |
|
Suez |
13-Nov |
13-Nov |
|
Port Said |
13-Nov |
18-Nov |
|
Freetown |
29-Nov |
30-Nov |
|
Takoradi |
03-Dec |
03-Dec |
|
Lagos |
04-Dec |
06-Dec |
|
Takoradi |
07-Dec |
08-dec |
|
Freetown |
11-Dec |
11-Dec |
|
Southampton |
20-Dec |
|
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
|
05-Jan |
|
Glasgow |
06-Jan |
|
|
Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Llangibby Castle |
1929 |
1930 Deployed to The Round Africa Service 1940 Requisitioned for Trooping duties 1940 Damaged in an air raid at Liverpool 1942 Rudder and stern blown away by torpedo returned to UK after epic voyage 1942 At North African Invasion hit by shell in Engineer’s quarters 1944 At D-Day Landings with Assault Landing Craft 1945 In collision with Blue Funnel’s Antenor in Solent 1947 Returned to The Round Africa Service 1954 Scrapped at Newport |
11951 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
161329 |
Harland & Wolff Govan |
Harland & Wolff Govan |
2 x Motor 8 Cyl Burmeister & Wain |
8500 BHP |
2 |
Master |
From |
To |
A Barron |
11/1929 |
5/1930 |
H B Harvey |
6/1930 |
4/1931 |
D Nicoll |
4/1931 |
6/1932 |
H Linklater |
7/1932 |
1/1934 |
H R Northwood |
2/1934 |
7/1936 |
R W Goodacre |
8/1936 |
9/1937 |
E H Thornton |
9/1937 |
12/1937 |
J C Simpson |
12/1937 |
6/1938 |
E E Spradbrow |
6/1938 |
12/1938 |
F A Smyth |
1/1939 |
10/1939 |
E E Spradbrow |
10/1939 |
4/1940 |
A Alderson |
4/1940 |
7/1940 |
J Lecky |
7/1940 |
7/1941 |
G H Mayhew Ch Officer in Command |
11/1940 |
12/1940 |
W D Roach |
11/1941 |
12/1941 |
R F Bayer |
1/1942 |
|
Torpedoed |
||
R F Bayer |
|
4/1942 |
R C Harris |
6/1942 |
8/1942 |
C Harvey |
8/1942 |
1/1943 |
J F Oakley |
3/1943 |
4/1943 |
M H Williams |
4/1943 |
5/1944 |
T W McAllen |
5/1944 |
5/1945 |
M H Williams |
8/1944 |
11/1944 |
Repairs |
||
T W McAllen |
10/1945 |
12/1946 |
J B McReynolds |
6/1946 |
8/1946 |
Refit |
||
J B McReynolds |
7/1947 |
1/1948 |
C C Page |
9/1948 |
11/1948 |
D D MacKenzie |
5/1950 |
8/1950 |
F R Pope |
12/1951 |
6/1954 |
T W McAllen |
6/1954 |
6/1954 |