RMS Dunottar Castle
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.
Dunottar Castle at Dartmouth, Devon | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Dunottar Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Line |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Yard number | 348 |
| Laid down | 1889 |
| Launched | 22 May 1890 |
| In service | 1890 |
| Fate | Sunk 35 mi (56 km) off Cape Wrath 27 September 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 5,625 GRT |
| Length | 433 ft (132 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 8 in (15.14 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) service speed |
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