MV Carnarvon Castle
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MV Carnarvon Castle was an ocean liner of the Union-Castle Line. She was requisitioned for service as an auxiliary cruiser by the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
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Name | Carnarvon Castle |
Owner | Union-Castle Line |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 595[1] |
Launched | 14 January 1926 |
Completed | 26 June 1926[1] |
Commissioned | 9 October 1939 |
Decommissioned | December 1943 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1963 |
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Beam | 73 ft 6 in (22.40 m) |
Installed power | 3,364 nhp |
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Crew | 350 |
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