RMS Dunottar Castle

Dunottar Castle at Dartmouth, Devon
History
United Kingdom
NameDunottar Castle
OwnerUnion-Castle Line
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Yard number348
Laid down1889
Launched22 May 1890
In service1890
FateSunk 35 mi (56 km) off Cape Wrath 27 September 1915[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage5,625 GRT
Length433 ft (132 m)
Beam49 ft 8 in (15.14 m)
Draught25 ft (7.6 m)
PropulsionSingle screw
Speed17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) service speed

RMS Dunottar Castle was a Royal Mail Ship that went into service with the Castle Line (and its successor, the Union-Castle Line) in 1890 on the passenger and mail service between Britain and South Africa. In 1913 the ship was sold to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company as the Caribbean. After the outbreak of the First World War she served as HMS Caribbean, first as a troop ship and then as an armed merchant cruiser, until she sank in a storm off the Scottish coast on 27 September 1915.

  1. ^ "Wreck Diving". chronology. Retrieved 2 August 2007.