Pretoria Castle
From Graces Guide
1940 A Union Castle motor liner, construction of which followed the Capetown Castle and the Durban Castle. Built by Harland and Wolff as part of a contract with her sister ships and 2 fast fruit-carrying ships the Richmond Castle and Rowallan Castle.
The Pretoria Castle was 594ft. length overall, with a beam of 76ft. and a gross tonnage of 17,392. Her propelling machinery consisted of a twin-screw arrangement of Harland-B. and W. two-stroke double-acting oil engines with a service output of about 16,000 S.H.P. Design speed 19 knots.[1]
1947 Another vessel bearing this name was built by Harland and Wolff.
Pretoria Castle an ocean liner, launched in 1948, later renamed the S.A. Oranje, and scrapped in 1975.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1940/01/05