Editing Union-Castle Line (section)

==Ships==
[[File:StateLibQld 1 129329 Clan Ramsay (ship).jpg|thumb|The [[cargo ship]] MV ''Winchester Castle'', built in 1964 as [[Clan Line]]'s ''Clan Ramsay'']]
The initial Union fleet consisted of the colliers ''Union'', ''Briton'', ''Saxon'', ''Norman'' and ''Dane''. In 1860 this was augmented by the much larger ''Cambrian''.<ref name=Damant/>

At the time of the merger in 1900, the Union fleet included:
:''Arab'' (1879–1900), ''Briton'' (1897–1926), ''Falcon'' (1896–1942), ''Gaika'' (1896–1926), {{SS|Galeka||2}} (1899–1916), ''Galician'' (1900-1918), {{HMHS|Gascon||2}} (1897–1928), ''Gaul'' (1893–1906), ''German'' (2) (1898–1930), ''Goorkka'' (1897-1926), ''Goth'' (1893–1913), ''Greek'' (1893–1906), ''Guelph'' (1894–1913), ''Mexican'' (1883–1900), ''Moor'' (1881-1901), ''Norman'' (2) (1894–1926), ''Sabine'' (1895–1921), {{RMS|Saxon||2}} (1900–1935), ''Scot'' (1891–1905), ''Spartan'' (1881–1900), ''Susquehanna'' (1896–1926), and ''Trojan'' (1880–1900), with ''Celt'' on order (renamed {{RMS|Walmer Castle||2}} before it came into service)
and the Castle Line fleet included:
:''[[SS Birma|Arundel Castle]]'' (3) (1894–1905), ''Avondale Castle'' (1897–1912), ''[[HMHS Braemar Castle|Braemar Castle]]'' (1) (1898–1924), ''Carisbrook Castle'' (1898–1922), ''Doune Castle'' (1890–1904), ''Dunolly Castle'' (1897–1905), {{RMS|Dunottar Castle||2}} (1890–1913), ''Dunvegan Castle'' (1896–1923), ''Garth Castle'' (1880–1901), ''Harlech Castle'' (1894–1904), ''Hawarden Castle'' (1883–1904), {{RMS|Kildonan Castle||2}} (1899–1931), ''Kinfauns Castle'' (2) (1899–1927), ''Lismore Castle'' (1891–1904), {{RMS|Norham Castle|}} (1883–1903), {{SS|Pembroke Castle||2}} (2) (1883–1906), ''Raglan Castle'' (1897–1905), ''Roslin Castle'' (2) (1883–1904), ''Tantallon Castle'' (2) (1894–1901), ''Tintagel Castle'' (1) (1896–1912){{refn|It was on the Tintagel Castle in 1900 that [[Ernest Shackleton]] met Cedric, the son of [[Llewellyn W. Longstaff|Lieutenant-Colonel Llewellyn Longstaff]], the principal financial backer of [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott’s]] [[Discovery Expedition]], that meeting led to Shackleton obtaining a place on [[Discovery_Expedition|The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904]].<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Huntford
 | first = Roland
 | author-link = Roland Huntford
 | year = 1985
 | title = Shackleton
 | publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
 | location = London
| page =25-30
 | isbn = 0-340-25007-0
 | url-access = registration
 | url = https://archive.org/details/shackleton0000hunt_t8c3
 }}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" width="150px" |Ship
! scope="col" width="25px"  |Built
! scope="col" width="25px"  |Tonnage
! scope="col" width="600px" |Notes and references
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|{{RMS|Alnwick Castle||2}}||align="center"|1901||align="right"|5,893||Passenger steamer<br>
Built by [[William Beardmore and Company]], [[Glasgow]]<br>
Torpedoed by [[SM U-81|U-81]] on 21 March 1917 
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|{{SS|Armadale Castle||2}}||align="center"|1903||align="right"|12,973||1936 scrapped
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|{{SS|Aros Castle||2}}||align="center"|1901||align="right"|4,460||Steamer<br>
Built by [[Barclay Curle|Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd.]], Glasgow<br>
Torpedoed by [[SM U-90|U-90]] on 21 Nov 1917
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|''[[SS Birma|Arundel Castle]]''||align="center"|1894||align="right"|4,588||Passenger ship built by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], launched 1895, sold to the Danish [[East Asiatic Company]] in 1905 and renamed ''Birma''
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|{{RMS|Arundel Castle||2}}||align="center"|1921||align="right"|19,023||Passenger ship built by [[Harland and Wolff]], launched 11 September 1919, completed 8 April 1921, maiden voyage 22 April 1921, scrapped 1959
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|[[RMMV Athlone Castle|''Athlone Castle'']]||align="center"|1936||align="right"|25,564||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 28 November 1935, completed 13 May 1936, maiden voyage 22 May 1936, scrapped 1965
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|''[[MV Balmoral Castle (1910)|Balmoral Castle]]''||align="center"|1910||align="right"|13,361||1939 scrapped
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|''Balmoral Castle''||align="center"|1965||align="right"|7,952||ex-''Clan Robertson''<br>
1976 renamed ''Balmoral Castle''<br>
1979 renamed ''Balmoral Universal''<br>
1982 sold to Greece, renamed ''Psara Reefer''.
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|''Bampton Castle''||align="center"|1920||align="right"|6,698||1932 sold to Greece, renamed ''Atlantis''
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|''Banbury Castle''||align="center"|1918||align="right"|6,430||ex-''Glenstrae''<br>
1920 purchased from Glen Line, renamed ''Banbury Castle''<br>
1931 sold to Greece, renamed ''Rokos''
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|''Berwick Castle''||align="center"|1902||align="right"|5,883||1919 burnt out at [[Mombasa]], sold to Italy
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|{{MV|Bloemfontein Castle||2}}||align="center"|1950||align="right"|18,400||1959 sold to Greece, renamed ''Patris''
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|{{HMHS|Braemar Castle||2}}||align="center"|1898||align="right"|6,318||Hospital ship<br>
Built by [[Barclay Curle|Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd.]], Glasgow<br>
Mined and damaged by [[SM U-73|U-73]] in the Aegean Sea in 1916
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|''[[SS Habib Marikar|Braemar Castle]]''||align="center"|1943||align="right"|7,067||ex-''Empire Duchess''<br>
1949 purchased from [[Ministry of War Transport|MoWT]], renamed ''Braemar Castle''<br>
1950 transferred to King Line, renamed ''King James''<br>
1958 sold to Hong Kong, renamed ''Tyne Breeze''
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|''Braemar Castle''||align="center"|1952||align="right"|17,029||1966 scrapped
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|''Bratton Castle''||align="center"|1920||align="right"|6,696||1931 sold to Greece, renamed ''Proteus''
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|{{RMS|Capetown Castle||2}}||align="center"|1938||align="right"|27,000||1967 scrapped
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1918#14 February|Carlisle Castle]]''||align="center"|1913||align="right"|4,325||Steamer<br>
Built by Northumberland SB. Co., Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne<br>
ex-''Holtye''<br>
1915 purchased from F.S. Holland & Co., London, renamed ''Carlisle Castle''<br>
Torpedoed by [[SM UB-57|UB-57]] near Royal Sovereign Light Vessel on 14 Feb 1918
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|''Carlow Castle''||align="center"|1917||align="right"|5,833||1930 sold to Mitchell, Cotts & Co., renamed ''Cape St. Columba''
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|[[MV Carnarvon Castle|''Carnarvon Castle'']]||align="center"|1926||align="right"|20,122||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 14 January 1926, completed 26 June 1926, maiden voyage 16 July 1926, scrapped 1963
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|''Cawdor Castle''||align="center"|1902||align="right"|6,235||1926 went ashore South West Africa and declared a total loss
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|''Chepstow Castle''||align="center"|1913||align="right"|7,494||ex-''Anglo-Brazilian''<br>
1915 purchased from Nitrate Producers Ltd., renamed ''Chepstow Castle''<br>
1933 scrapped
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|''Cluny Castle''||align="center"|1903||align="right"|5,147||1924 transferred to Bullard King, renamed ''Umkuzi''
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|''Comrie Castle''||align="center"|1903||align="right"|5,173||Passenger steamer<br>
Built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow<br>
Torpedoed and damaged by [[SM UC-71|UC-71]] {{convert|5|nmi|km}} S of St.Catherine's Point on 14 Mar 1918<br>
1924 transferred to Bullard King, renamed ''Umvoti''
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|''Corfe Castle''||align="center"|1901||align="right"|4,592||1927 sold to W. Schuchmann, Hamburg, renamed ''Ostee''
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|''Crawford Castle''||align="center"|1910||align="right"|4,264||ex-''Hova''<br>
1917 purchased from F.S. Holland, London, renamed ''Crawford Castle''<br>
1930 sold to W. Kunstmann, [[Stettin]], renamed ''Victoria W. Kunstmann''
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|{{SS|Dover Castle|1904|2}}||align="center"|1904||align="right"|8,271||Hospital ship<br>
Built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow<br>
Torpedoed and sunk by [[SM UC-67|UC-67]] {{convert|50|nmi|km}} N of Bona, Algeria on 26 May 1917
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|''Dover Castle''||align="center"|1964||align="right"|7,950||ex-''Clan Ranald''<br>
1976 renamed ''Dover Castle''<br>
1979 renamed ''Dover Universal''<br>
1981 sold to Greece, renamed ''Golden Sea''
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|''[[SS Drakensberg Castle|Drakensberg Castle]]''||align="center"|1945||align="right"|9,905||ex-''Empire Allenby''<br>
1946 purchased from [[Ministry of War Transport|MoWT]], renamed ''Drakensberg Castle''<br>
1959 scrapped
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in December 1941#12 December|Dromore Castle]]''||align="center"|1919||align="right"|5,242||Cargo ship<br>
Built by Harland & Wolff at Greenock<br>
Launched as ''War Poplar'', completed as ''Dromore Castle''<br>
She hit a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank whilst in a convoy {{convert|20|nmi|km}} SE of the River Humber, without any loss of life, on 12 Dec 1941
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|''[[SS Olympia|Dunbar Castle]]''||align="center"|1883||align="right"|2,837||Steamship<br>
Laid down as ''Doune Castle'' and upon purchase named ''Dunbar Castle''<br>
1895 Sold to Fairfield Ship Building and Engineering Co. and renamed ''Olympia''<br>
10 December 1910 – ran aground on [[Bligh Reef]] off Alaska's Prince William Sound and sank without loss of life
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in January 1940#9 January|Dunbar Castle]]''||align="center"|1930||align="right"|10,002||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, completed 20 May 1930, struck a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[North Foreland]], Kent and sank on 9 January 1940
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in April 1943#2 April|Dundrum Castle]]''||align="center"|1919||align="right"|5,259||Cargo ship built by Harland and Wolff, completed 31 December 1919, caught fire and sank in Red Sea 2 April 1943
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|''Dunluce Castle''||align="center"|1904||align="right"|8,114||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, completed 15 September 1904, sold for scrapping in 1939 but purchased by the Admiralty for use as accommodation ship
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|{{RMS|Dunottar Castle||2}}||align="center"|1890||align="right"|5,625||Passenger ship<br>
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co, Goven, Scotland
Dec 1899 requisitioned as a troop transport for the [[Second Boer War]]<br>
1913 sold to the [[Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]] as ''Caribbean''
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|{{MS|Dunnottar Castle||2}}||align="center"|1936||align="right"|15,002||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 25 January 1936, completed 27 June 1936, maiden voyage 10 July 1936, rebuilt and renamed ''Victoria'' 1958, renamed ''The Victoria'' 1976 and ''Princesa Victoria'' 1993, scrapped 2004 
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|''[[HMS Dunvegan Castle|Dunvegan Castle]]''||align="center"|1936||align="right"|15,007||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 26 March 1936, completed 27 August 1936, requisitioned by Admiralty in 1940 as an armed merchant cruiser and renamed HMS ''Dunvegan Castle'', torpedoed and sunk off Ireland by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} on 27 August 1940
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|''Durban Castle''||align="center"|1938||align="right"|17,382||1962 scrapped. In 1947 it was the crime scene of the ''Porthole Murder Case''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1973456.the-porthole-murder/|title=The porthole murder|website=Daily Echo|date=10 January 2008 }}</ref>
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|{{RMS|Durham Castle||2}}||align="center"|1904||align="right"|8,217||Passenger/cargo<br>
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan<br>
1939 requisitioned by the Admiralty as an accommodation ship<br>
Struck a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[Cromarty]] on 20 Jan 1940 and sank
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|''[[Edinburgh Castle (1910 ship)|Edinburgh Castle]]''||align="center"|1910||align="right"|13,326||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 27 January 1910, completed 28 April 1910, maiden voyage May 1910. <br>Fitted with 6-inch guns and operated as armed merchant cruiser during First World War. Requisitioned in Second World War and moored in [[Freetown]] as accommodation ship. Judged not worth returning to UK and sunk as a target by gunfire November 1945.
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|[[Edinburgh Castle (1947 ship)|''Edinburgh Castle'']]||align="center"|1947||align="right"|28,700||1976 scrapped
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|''Edinburgh Universal''||align="center"|1979||align="right"|9,996||ex-''Polar Honduras'' (Hamburg-Sud)<br>1981 leased from Barclays Mercantile Finance Co renamed ''Edinburgh Universal''<br>
1984 transferred to Hong Kong renamed ''Caspian Universal''
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|''Eider''||align="center"|1900||align="right"|1,236||1926 purchased from Royal Mail SP Co., for the Southampton – Bremen – Hamburg feeder service<br>
1936 sold to J. Billmeir, renamed ''Stanhill''
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in September 1918#12 September|Galway Castle]]''||align="center"|1911||align="right"|7,988||Passenger ship built by Harland & Wolff, torpedoed by [[SM U-82|U-82]] {{convert|160|nmi|km}} SW of [[Fastnet Rock]], Ireland on 12 September 1918. Taken under tow but sank on 15 September.
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|''Garth Castle''||align="center"|1910||align="right"|7,612||Launched 13 January 1910.<ref name=MENA>{{cite journal |year=1910 |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=International Marine Engineering & Naval Architect |volume=32 |issue=February |pages=284 |publisher=Marine Engineering, Inc., New York—London |url=https://archive.org/stream/marineengineer32londuoft#page/284/mode/1up/search/Esturia |access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> 1939 scrapped
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|{{HMHS|Glenart Castle||2}}||align="center"|1900||align="right"|6,807||Formerly Union Line ''Galician''<br>
Hospital ship<br>
Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast<br>
1 Mar 1917 – Mined and damaged by [[SM UC-65|UC-65]]<br>
26 Feb 1918 – Torpedoed and sunk by [[SM UC-56|UC-56]] {{convert|10|nmi|km}} W of [[Lundy]]
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|''Glengorm Castle''||align="center"|1898||align="right"|6,763||Formerly Union Line ''German''
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|{{SS|Gloucester Castle|1911|2}}||align="center"|1911||align="right"|7,999||Hospital ship<br>
Built by Fairfield SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Glasgow
31 Mar 1917 – Damaged by [[SM UB-32|UB-32]] near the [[Isle of Wight]].
15 Jul 1942 – Sunk by [[German auxiliary cruiser Michel|German raider ''Michel'']] off [[South West Africa]]. Captain H.H. Rose and 92 passengers and crew were killed. Two lifeboats containing 61 people were picked up by the raider and taken to Japan as prisoners
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|''[[Empire ship#Fast cargo liners|Good Hope Castle]]''||align="center"|1945||align="right"|9,905||ex-''Empire Life''<br>
1946 purchased from [[Ministry of War Transport|MoWT]], renamed ''Good Hope Castle''<br>
1959 scrapped
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|''Good Hope Castle''||align="center"|1965||align="right"|10,500||1978 sold to Italy, renamed ''Franca C''
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|''Gordon Castle''||align="center"|1901||align="right"|4,408||1924 scrapped
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|''Grantully Castle''||align="center"|1909||align="right"|7,612||Launched 14 October 1909.<ref name=MENA/> 1939 scrapped
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in 1933#1 June|Guildford Castle]]''||align="center"|1911||align="right"|7,995||1 June 1933 beached after collision in Elbe with Blue Funnel Line's ''Stentor''. Total loss
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|''Hansa''||align="center"|1904||align="right"|880||1907 transferred from Liverpool-Hamburg Line<br>
1937 sold to J. Billmeir, renamed ''Stanray''
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|''Helius''||align="center"|1888||align="right"|4,579||ex-''Dresden'', (North German Lloyd)<br>
1903 purchased by Houston Line, renamed ''Helius''<br>
1904 purchased by Union-Castle<br>
1906 sold to Turkey, renamed ''Tirimujghian''
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|''Incomati''||align="center"|1920||align="right"|340||1924 purchased from Portuguese Government, East Africa feeder service<br>
1928 sold to Portugal
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|''Iolaire''||align="center"|1902||align="right"|999||Sir [[Donald Currie]]'s yacht, used as officer cadet training ship<br>
1914–1918 HMS ''Iolaire'' anti-submarine patrol ship<br>
1939 became HMS ''Persephone''<br>
1948 scrapped
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|''Kenilworth Castle''||align="center"|1904||align="right"|12,975||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 15 December 1903, completed 19 May 1904, scrapped 1936
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|''[[List of Empire ships (U–Z)#Empire Wilson|Kenilworth Castle]]''||align="center"|1944||align="right"|9,916||ex-''Empire Wilson''<br>
1946 purchased from [[Ministry of War Transport|MoWT]], renamed ''Kenilworth Castle''<br>
1968 scrapped
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|''[[Kenya Castle]]''||align="center"|1951||align="right"|17,040||1967 sold to Greece, renamed ''Amerikanis''
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|''Kinnaird Castle''||align="center"|1956||align="right"|7,718||ex-''Clan Ross''<br>
ex-''South African Scientist'', renamed ''Kinnaird Castle''<br>
1962 reverted to [[Clan Line]]<br>
1969 transferred to King Line<br>
1975 sold to Panama, renamed ''Nazeer''
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|''Kinpurnie Castle''||align="center"|1954||align="right"|8,121||ex-''Clan Stewart'', ex-''South African Sculptor''<br>
1961 transferred from [[Safmarine]] renamed ''Kinpurnie Castle''<br>
1967 sold to Panama, renamed ''Hellenic Med''
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|''Kinpurnie Castle''||align="center"|1966||align="right"|7,950||ex-''Clan Ross''<br>
1976 transferred from Houston Line, renamed ''Kinpurnie Castle''<br>
1979 renamed ''Kinpurnie Universal''<br>
1982 sold to Greece, renamed ''Syros Reefer''
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|{{SS|Leasowe Castle||2}}||align="center"|1917||align="right"|8,106||Passenger steamer<br>
Built by Cammell, Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead<br>
20 Apr 1917 – Torpedoed and damaged by [[SM U-35 (Germany)|U-35]] {{convert|90|nmi|km}} WxN of Gibraltar<br>
27 May 1918 – Torpedoed and sunk by [[SM UB-51|UB-51]] {{convert|104|nmi|km}} W of Alexandria
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#30 November|Llandaff Castle]]''||align="center"|1926||align="right"|10,786||Passenger liner/troop transport<br>
Built by Workman, Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast<br>
She took part in [[Operation Ironclad]]<br>
Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-177||2}} on 30 Nov 1942 off South Africa
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|{{HMHS|Llandovery Castle||2}}||align="center"|1914||align="right"|11,423||Hospital ship<br>
Built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow<br>
27 Jun 1918 – Torpedoed and sunk by {{SMU|U-86}} {{convert|116|nmi|km}} W of [[Fastnet Rock]], Ireland
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|''Llandovery Castle''||align="center"|1925||align="right"|10,640||1953 scrapped
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|{{MV|Llangibby Castle||2}}||align="center"|1929||align="right"|11,951||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff (Govan), launched 4 July 1929, completed 21 November 1929, maiden voyage 5 December 1929, damaged during an air raid while docked in Liverpool on the night of on 21–22 December 1940, torpedoed and damaged by the {{GS|U-402||2}} 16 January 1942. Converted to [[Landing Ship, Infantry]] and used in invasion of Normandy. Scrapped 1954.
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|''Llanstephan Castle''||align="center"|1914||align="right"|11,348||operated as troop transport. Converted to Landing Ship, Infantry. Scrapped 1952.
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|''Lochgair''||align="center"|1888||align="right"|111||1901 acquired as tender at [[Port Elizabeth]]<br>
1905 sold to J.G. Stewart, Glasgow, renamed ''Loch Gair''
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in 1908#12 March|Newark Castle]]''||align="center"|1902||align="right"|6,224||Passenger/cargo steamer<br>
12 Mar 1908 ran ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} from the coast, in Richard's Bay near the Umhlatuzi River, South Africa
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|{{RMS|Pendennis Castle||2}}||align="center"|1958||align="right"|28,582||1976 sold to Philippines (Panama flag), renamed ''Ocean Queen''<br>
April 1980 scrapped
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|''Polglass Castle''||align="center"|1903||align="right"|4,631||ex-''Reichenfels'', (Hansa Line)<br>
1914 captured by Britain<br>
1916 managed by Union-Castle renamed ''Polglass Castle''<br>
1921 sold to Hansa Line, renamed ''Reichenfels''
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|{{HMS|Pretoria Castle|F61|2}}<br>''Warwick Castle''||align="center"|1939||align="right"|17,383|| Requisitioned in October 1939, fitted with 6-inch guns and operated as [[armed merchant cruiser]] by RN. 1942 sold to Admiralty and rebuilt as an [[escort carrier]]<br>
1946 re-purchased by Union-Castle, renamed ''Warwick Castle''<br>
1962 scrapped
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|''[[Pretoria Castle (1947)|Pretoria Castle]]''||align="center"|1948||align="right"|28,705||1966 transferred to South African Marine Corp., renamed ''S.A.Oranje''<br>
1975 scrapped.
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|{{SS|Reina del Mar|1955|2}}||align="center"|1956||align="right"|20,263||Purchased from ex-Pacific Steam Nav. Co,<br>
1964–1973 chartered by Union-Castle for cruising<br>
1973 purchased by Union-Castle<br>
1975 scrapped
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|''Rhodesia Castle''||align="center"|1951||align="right"|17,041||1967 scrapped
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in August 1942#4 August|Richmond Castle]]''||align="center"|1938||align="right"|7,798||Cargo ship<br>
Built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast<br>
Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-176||2}} in mid-Atlantic
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|''Richmond Castle''||align="center"|1944||align="right"|7,971||1971 scrapped
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|''Riebeeck Castle''||align="center"|1946||align="right"|8,322||1971 scrapped
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|''Ripley Castle''||align="center"|1917||align="right"|7,521||ex-''War Soldier''<br>
1919 purchased from shipping controller, renamed ''Ripley Castle''<br>
1931 scrapped
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|''Rochester Castle''||align="center"|1937||align="right"|7,795||1970 sold to Cyprus, renamed ''Glenda'' and scrapped
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|''Roslin Castle''||align="center"|1935||align="right"|7,016||Refrigerated cargo ship built by Harland and Wolff, completed 4 May 1935, scrapped 1967
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|''Rosyth Castle''||align="center"|1918||align="right"|4,328||ex-''War Earl''<br>
1919 purchased from shipping controller, renamed ''Rosyth Castle''<br>
1920 transferred to Bullard King & Co., renamed ''Umlazi''
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|''Rotherwick Castle''||align="center"|1959||align="right"|9,650||1975 sold to Liberia, renamed ''Sea Fortune''
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in January 1940#5 January|Rothesay Castle]]''||align="center"|1935||align="right"|7,016||Refrigerated cargo ship built by Harland and Wolff, completed 11 May 1935, went ashore on Scottish Island of [[Islay]], total loss 5 January 1940
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|''Rothesay Castle''||align="center"|1960||align="right"|9,650||1975 sold to Uruguay, renamed ''Laura''
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#14 February|Rowallan Castle]]''||align="center"|1939||align="right"|7,798||1942 bombed by German aircraft and sunk in Mediterranean
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|''Rowallan Castle''||align="center"|1943||align="right"|7,950||1971 scrapped
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1943#22 February|Roxburgh Castle]]''||align="center"|1937||align="right"|7,801||Cargo ship<br>
Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast<br>
Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}} in mid-Atlantic on 22 Feb 1943
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|''Roxburgh Castle''||align="center"|1944||align="right"|8,003||1971 scrapped
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|''Rustenberg Castle''||align="center"|1946||align="right"|8,322||1971 scrapped
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in 1937#26 June|Sandgate Castle]]''||align="center"|1922||align="right"|7,607||1937 caught fire and sank NE of Bermuda
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|''Sandown Castle''||align="center"|1921||align="right"|7,607||1950 scrapped
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|''Southampton Castle''||align="center"|1965||align="right"|10,538||1978 sold to Italy, renamed ''Paola C''
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|{{MV|Stirling Castle||2}}||align="center"|1936||align="right"|25,554||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 15 August 1935, completed 29 January 1936, maiden voyage 7 February 1936, scrapped 1966
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|''Stirling Universal''||align="center"|1979||align="right"|9,065||ex-''Hilco Speedster'' (Larsen. Oslo)<br>
1981 leased from Lombard Facilities Ltd, London renamed ''Stirling Universal''<br>
1984 transferred to Hong Kong renamed ''Speedster Universal''
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|''Tantallon Castle''||align="center"|1953||align="right"|7,448||1971 sold to Cyprus, renamed ''Aris II''
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|''Tintagel Castle''||align="center"|1954||align="right"|7,447||1971 sold to Cyprus, renamed ''Armar''
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|{{RMS|Transvaal Castle||2}}||align="center"|1961||align="right"|32,697||Ocean liner<br>
Built by [[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank, Scotland
Sold to [[Safmarine]] in 1966 and renamed ''SA Vaal''<br>
Scrapped in 2003
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|{{RMS|Transvaal Castle||2}}||align="center"|1961||align="right"|32,697||Ocean liner<br>
Built by [[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank, Scotland
Sold to [[Safmarine]] in 1966 and renamed ''SA Vaal''<br>
Scrapped in 2003
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|''Ulundi''||align="center"|1927||align="right"|97||Sold to SA Railways and Harbors in 1935, museum ship in Durban 
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|{{ship|MV|Walmer Castle|1936|2}}||align="center"|1936||align="right"|906||1941 Southampton – Bremen – Hamburg feeder service<br>
21 Sep 1941 bombed and sunk in the Atlantic while convoy rescue ship
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|''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#14 November|Warwick Castle]]''||align="center"|1930||align="right"|20,445||Passenger ship/troop transport built by Harland & Wolff, launched 29 April 1930, completed 16 January 1931, maiden voyage 30 January 1931, torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-413||2}} in mid-Atlantic on 14 November 1942
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|''Winchester Castle''||align="center"|1930||align="right"|20,109||Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 19 November 1929, completed 11 October 1930, maiden voyage 24 October 1930, scrapped 1960
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|''Winchester Castle''||align="center"|1964||align="right"|7,950||ex-''Clan Ramsey''<br>
1977 renamed ''Winchester Castle''<br>
1979 renamed ''Winchester Universal''<br>
1980 sold to Greece, renamed ''Lady Madonna''
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|{{RMS|Windsor Castle|1922|2}}||align="center"|1921||align="right"|18,967||Ocean liner<br>
Built by [[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank, Scotland<br>
Torpedoed by enemy aircraft and sunk on 23 Mar 1943 off [[Algiers]]
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|{{RMS|Windsor Castle|1959|2}}||align="center"|1960||align="right"|37,640||1977 sold to [[Yiannis Latsis]], Piraeus, renamed ''Margarita L'' (Panama flag).
Scrapped at Alang, India, from August 2005
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|''York Castle''||align="center"|1901||align="right"|5,517||1924 sold to Italy, renamed ''San Terenzo''
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