RMS Windsor Castle (1921)

Windsor Castle at Cape Town, South Africa.
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Windsor Castle
Namesake	Windsor Castle
Owner	Union-Castle Line
Operator	Union-Castle Line (1922-1939) Royal Navy (1939-1943)
Port of registry	Southampton, United Kingdom
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank[1]
Laid down	1916
Launched	9 March 1921
Maiden voyage	April 1922
Fate	Sunk on 23 March 1943 by a German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria
Notes	Sister ship to RMS Arundel Castle
General characteristics [2]
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	18,967 gross register tons (GRT), 19,141 gross register tons (GRT) after 1937 refit.
Length	661 ft (201 m), lengthened to 686 ft (209 m) during 1937 refit.[2]
Beam	72 ft 6 in (22.10 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines turning two propellers.
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) after 1937 refit.[2]
Capacity	As built 234 first class, 362 second class, and 274 third class (later reduced in 1937)

The RMS Windsor Castle, along with her sister, RMS Arundel Castle, was an ocean liner laid down by the Union-Castle Line for service from the United Kingdom to South Africa. During World War II the Windsor Castle was requisitioned as a troopship and on 23 March 1943 was sunk by an aerial torpedo off the coast of Algeria.