HMS Dunvegan Castle
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Dunvegan Castle | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | armed merchant cruiser, ocean liner | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Union-Castle Line, Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Ireland | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 108 km from land |
| Position | 55.0500, -11.0000 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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 service 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, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-46 in the Western Approaches, killing 27 of her crew. The vessel's commander and 249 of his crew were resuced.
Location
- Recorded position: 55.0500, -11.0000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
- Nearest coast: Ireland
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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