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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMMV Stirling Castle |
| Namesake | Stirling Castle |
| Operator |  Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. |
| Port of registry | London,  UK |
| Route | Southampton, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Yard number | 941[1] |
| Laid down | 1 May 1934 |
| Launched | 15 August 1935 |
| Christened | Mrs Robertson Gibb |
| Completed | 29 January 1936[1] |
| Maiden voyage | 7 February 1936 |
| Out of service | 30 November 1965 |
| Homeport | Southampton |
| Fate | Broken up at Mihara, Japan, 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger liner |
| Tonnage | 25,550 gross register tons (GRT) (1946, 25,554 GRT) |
| Length | 725 ft (221 m) |
| Beam | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Draught | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | 4650 HP |
| Propulsion | 2 Burmeister & Wain 10-cylinder, two-stroke double-acting marine diesels, twin screws. |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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RMMV Stirling Castle was a British ocean liner of the Union-Castle Line built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Southampton to South Africa mail service. She was launched on 15 August 1935 and was the first of two identical sister ships, being joined a few months later by the Athlone Castle.
A third, slightly larger, ship of the class, the Capetown Castle, joined them in 1938.
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- ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-075248861-5.