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HMS Dunvegan Castle was a UK ocean liner that was converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) in the Second World War. Harland and Wolff built her and her sister ship Dunnottar Castle in Belfast in 1936. Union-Castle Line operated Dunvegan Castle on scheduled services between Southampton and South Africa until 1939. When war broke out she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Dunvegan Castle.

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  • Die Dunvegan Castle (II) war ein 1936 in Dienst gestelltes Passagierschiff, das für die britische Reederei Union-Castle Line im Passagier- und Postverkehr zwischen Großbritannien und Südafrika eingesetzt wurde. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg diente die Dunvegan Castle als Hilfskreuzer, bis sie am 27. August 1940 südwestlich von Irland von einem deutschen U-Boot versenkt wurde. (de)
  • HMS Dunvegan Castle was a UK ocean liner that was converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) in the Second World War. Harland and Wolff built her and her sister ship Dunnottar Castle in Belfast in 1936. Union-Castle Line operated Dunvegan Castle on scheduled services between Southampton and South Africa until 1939. When war broke out she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Dunvegan Castle. She escorted Allied convoys from Sierra Leone to Britain from January 1940. In August 1940 a German submarine torpedoed and sank her in the Western Approaches, killing 27 of her crew. (en)
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  • 1936-08-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Torpedoed byon 27 August 1940; sank 28 August 1940
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  • *as AMC: *BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns *QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns (en)
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  • *258 1st class and 250 tourist class passengers (en)
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  • *UK official number 164702 *Call sign GYXG (en)
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  • Dunvegan Castle (en)
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  • sister ship: (en)
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  • *border|20px Union-Castle Line *border|20px Royal Navy (en)
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  • Union-Castle Mail SS Co Ltd (en)
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  • Die Dunvegan Castle (II) war ein 1936 in Dienst gestelltes Passagierschiff, das für die britische Reederei Union-Castle Line im Passagier- und Postverkehr zwischen Großbritannien und Südafrika eingesetzt wurde. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg diente die Dunvegan Castle als Hilfskreuzer, bis sie am 27. August 1940 südwestlich von Irland von einem deutschen U-Boot versenkt wurde. (de)
  • HMS Dunvegan Castle was a UK ocean liner that was converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) in the Second World War. Harland and Wolff built her and her sister ship Dunnottar Castle in Belfast in 1936. Union-Castle Line operated Dunvegan Castle on scheduled services between Southampton and South Africa until 1939. When war broke out she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Dunvegan Castle. (en)
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  • Dunvegan Castle (Schiff) (de)
  • HMS Dunvegan Castle (en)
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