SS Dunvegan Castle Archival Collection
On Friday Evening, 9 November 1900, General Sir Redovers Buller arrived at Southampton on Board the SS Dunvegan Castle after Twelve Months of Arduous Fighting in South Africa. General Buller Can be Seen Talking to a Friend in the Center of the Quarter-Deck. The King Magazine, 17 November 1900. GGA Image ID # 213ef92ae5
Dunvegan Castle (1896) Union-Castle Line
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 5,958. Dimensions: 450' x 50'. Single-screw, 16 knots. Triple expansion engines. Three masts and one funnel. Service: Southampton-Cape Town. Later employed in East African service. Passengers: 200 first and 170 second. Fate: Scrapped in Germany, 1923. Similar ship: Tantallon Castle.
Dunvegan Castle (1936) Union-Castle Line
Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 15,050. Dimensions: 540' x 71' (560' o.l.). Twin-screw, 16 knots. Motorship. Two masts and one funnel. Service: London-South East Africa. Fate: Torpedoed and sunk while serving as an armed merchant cruiser, August 1940. Sister ship: Dunnottar Castle.
SS Dunvegan Castle Counterpart Passage Receipt - 15 November 1912
Rare Deck Class Steamship Ticket of the Union Castle Line for passage from Port Said to Delogoa Bay on the RMS Dunvegan Castle dated 15 November 1912.
