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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Windsor Castle |
| Owner | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Union-Castle_Line_house_flag.svg){kind=small} Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company |
| Port of registry | London, UK |
| Route | Southampton-Las Palmas-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth-East London-Durban |
| Builder | Cammell, Laird & Company (Shipbuilders & Engineers) Ltd., Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 1287 |
| Laid down | 9 December 1957 |
| Launched | 23 June 1959 |
| Completed | June 1960 |
| Maiden voyage | 18 August 1960 |
| Out of service | 19 September 1977 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5391923 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 2005 at Alang, India |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | As built, 37,640 GRT, 1967, 36,123 GRT. 1972, 36,277 GRT |
| Length | 783 ft 6 in (238.81 m) |
| Beam | 93 ft 11 in (28.63 m) |
| Draught | 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m) |
| Installed power | 49,000shp |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, twin screw |
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| Capacity | 191 1st class, 591 tourist class |
| Crew | 475 |
RMS Windsor Castle was a passenger and cargo liner operated by the Union-Castle Line on its Cape Mail service between Britain and South Africa. Completed in 1960, she was the line’s largest Royal Mail Ship on that route.
Windsor Castle was notable for the high standard, if conservative, design of her public rooms in a "traditional" first class and "contemporary" tourist class configuration, which by clever arrangement, afforded both classes public rooms and open-deck areas facing forward and aft. The spacious passenger lounges and dining rooms were designed by eminent British architects. Windsor Castle was air-conditioned throughout the passenger and crew areas. Facilities included a fully equipped hospital, two outdoor swimming pools, a health spa and a theatre/cinema. A large amount of dry and refrigerated cargo space, cargo wine tanks and a specie (bullion) room, were also fitted.