RMS Arundel Castle

	RMS Arundel Castle at Cape Town, South Africa.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Amroth Castle (originally); Arundel Castle;
Namesake	Arundel Castle
Owner	Union-Castle Line
Operator	Union-Castle Line (1921-1939, 1946-1958); Royal Navy (1939-1945);
Port of registry	Southampton
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	455
Launched	11 September 1919
Completed	8 April 1921
Maiden voyage	22 April 1921
Fate	Scrapped in 1959
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	19,023 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	661 ft (201 m), lengthened to 686 ft (209 m) during 1937 refit.
Beam	72 ft (22 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines powering two propellers.
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph); 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) after 1937 refit.;
Capacity	219 in First Class; 167 in Second Class; 194 in Tourist Class;

RMS Arundel Castle was a British ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship which entered service in 1921 for the Union-Castle Line. A previous vessel of the same name was built in 1864 by Donald Currie & Co. (a predecessor to Union-Castle) and sold in 1883, whereupon it was renamed Chittagong. Originally laid down as the Amroth Castle in 1915, building was delayed by the First World War. She was eventually launched on 11 September 1919. She was completed on 8 April 1921 and in 22 April 1921 the ship departed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to Cape Town. During World War 2 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as a troopship. After the war she resumed passenger service, eventually being scrapped in 1959.

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