MV Stirling Castle
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Stirling Castle.
 Stirling Castle in the Southampton Drydock, November 1959 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | RMMV Stirling Castle |
| Namesake: | Stirling Castle |
| Operator: | Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Launched: | July 1935 |
| Maiden voyage: | 7 February 1936 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Japan, 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Passenger liner |
| Tonnage: | 25,554 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 725 ft (221 m) |
| Beam: | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 B&W two-stroke double-acting marine diesels, twin screws. |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Capacity: | 783 passengers |
RMMV Stirling Castle was an ocean liner of the Union-Castle Line in service from the 1930s to the 1960s, primarily on the Southampton to Cape Town route.
Named after Stirling Castle in Scotland, she was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and launched July 1935. She left Southampton on her maiden voyage on 7 February 1936. In August of that year, Stirling Castle set a new record for the route, reaching Table Bay in 13 days 9 hours, beating the previous record of 14 days, 18 hours, and 57 minutes set by SS Scot in 1893.
During World War II, Stirling Castle was used as a troopship, returning to passenger service in 1946. She was broken up in Japan in 1966.
