Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Southampton |
|
01-Sep |
|
Glasgow |
04-Sep |
04-Sep |
|
Greenock |
05-Sep |
05-Sep |
|
Malta |
15-Sep |
18-Sep |
|
Gibraltar |
21-Sep |
24-Sep |
|
Plymouth |
29-Sep |
30-Sep |
|
Released back to owners |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
LRS Services |
29-Feb |
30-Aug |
|
Glasgow |
19-Aug |
05-Sep |
|
Clyde |
05-Sep |
06-Sep |
|
Liverpool |
06-Sep |
09-Sep |
|
Table Bay |
04-Oct |
|
|
LRS Services |
05-Oct |
12-Dec |
|
Glasgow |
25-Dec |
31-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Gourock |
|
12-Jan |
|
Freetown |
25-Jan |
29-Jan |
|
Cape Town |
09-Feb |
12-Feb |
|
Suez |
03-Mar |
25-Mar |
|
Bombay |
04-Apr |
11-Apr |
|
Cape Town |
23-Apr |
27-Apr |
|
Freetown |
05-May |
05-May |
|
Clyde |
16-May |
03-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Freetown |
16-Jun |
20-Jun |
|
Cape Town |
01-Jul |
05-Jul |
|
Bombay |
22-Jul |
27-Jul |
Drydocking |
Colombo |
30-Jul |
31-Jul |
|
Mombasa |
07-Aug |
09-Aug |
|
Durban |
13-Aug |
21-Aug |
|
Cape Town |
24-Aug |
26-Aug |
|
Trinidad |
09-Sep |
10-Sep |
|
Liverpool |
22-Sep |
19-Oct |
Voyage repairs |
Greenock |
20-Oct |
30-Oct |
|
Halifax |
08-Nov |
13-Nov |
|
Clyde |
21-Nov |
09-Dec |
Voyage repairs |
Freetown |
22-Dec |
25-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Durban |
08-Jan |
13-Jan |
Voyage repairs |
Bombay |
26-Jan |
03-Feb |
|
Aden |
07-Feb |
07-Feb |
|
Suez |
12-Feb |
16-Feb |
|
Aden |
21-Feb |
21-Feb |
|
Colombo |
27-Feb |
02-Mar |
|
Adelaide |
16-Mar |
18-Mar |
|
Lyttleton |
23-Mar |
02-Apr |
|
Balboa |
20-Apr |
|
|
Cristobal |
|
22-Apr |
|
Bermuda |
29-Apr |
29-Apr |
|
Liverpool |
10-May |
20-Jun |
Voyage repairs |
Freetown |
02-Jul |
06-Jul |
|
Durban |
20-Jul |
24-Jul |
|
Cape Town |
27-Jul |
02-Aug |
|
Liverpool |
22-Aug |
15-Sep |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
16-Sep |
10-Oct |
|
Liverpool |
11-Oct |
18-Oct |
|
Clyde |
19-Oct |
26-Oct |
|
Gibraltar |
03-Nov |
12-Nov |
|
Clyde |
19-Nov |
19-Nov |
|
Glasgow |
19-Nov |
25-Nov |
|
Clyde |
25-Nov |
28-Nov |
|
Algiers |
06-Dec |
10-Dec |
|
Clyde |
18-Dec |
23-Dec |
|
Glasgow |
23-Dec |
|
Voyage repairs |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Glasgow |
|
10-Jan |
|
Clyde |
10-Jan |
24-Jan |
|
Algiers |
01-Feb |
02-Feb |
|
Clyde |
09-Feb |
19-Feb |
Voyage repairs and temp repairs to collision damage |
Glasgow |
19-Feb |
01-Mar |
|
Algiers |
09-Mar |
11-Mar |
|
Clyde |
18-Mar |
|
Fitting out as Landing Ship |
Glasgow |
|
04-May |
|
Clyde |
04-May |
28-Jun |
|
Malta |
10-Jul |
11-Jul |
|
Algiers |
13-Jul |
14-Jul |
|
Oran |
15-Jul |
15-Jul |
|
Gibraltar |
16-Jul |
17-Jul |
|
Clyde |
23-Jul |
26-Jul |
|
Glasgow |
26-Jul |
12-Aug |
Voyage repairs |
Clyde |
12-Aug |
16-Aug |
|
Phillipville |
25-Aug |
26-Aug |
|
Oran |
27-Aug |
17-Sep |
|
Algiers |
28-Sep |
|
|
Oran |
29-Sep |
07-Oct |
|
Naples |
11-Oct |
|
|
Augusta |
12-Oct |
23-Oct |
|
Algiers |
25-Oct |
27-Oct |
|
Greenock |
05-Nov |
06-Nov |
|
Glasgow |
07-Nov |
19-Nov |
Engine and voyage repairs Drydocking |
New York |
30 Nov |
05-Dec |
|
Belfast |
15-Dec |
17-Dec |
|
Greenock |
17-Dec |
|
Engine and voyage repairs |
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Greenock |
|
15-Jan |
|
Port Said |
30-Jan |
03-Feb |
|
Taranto |
08-Feb |
09-Feb |
|
Port Said |
13-Feb |
16-Feb |
|
Taranto |
22-Feb |
23-Feb |
|
Port Said |
26-Feb |
02-Mar |
|
Liverpool |
16-Mar |
27-Mar |
Voyage repais |
Greenock |
28-Mar |
29-Mar |
|
Naples |
09-Apr |
11-Apr |
|
Bone |
13-Apr |
18-Apr |
|
Naples |
20-Apr |
21-Apr |
|
Oran |
24-Apr |
30-Apr |
|
Naples |
02-May |
04-May |
|
Bone |
06-May |
15-May |
|
Naples |
16-May |
18-May |
|
Algiers |
20-May |
25-May |
|
Naples |
27-May |
28-May |
|
Oran |
31-May |
06-Jun |
|
Naples |
07-Jun |
10-Jun |
|
Oran |
13-Jun |
19-Jun |
|
Port Said |
25-Jun |
28-Jun |
|
Taranto |
02-Jul |
04-Jul |
|
Port Said |
08-Jul |
12-Jul |
|
Taranto |
18-Jul |
18-Jul |
|
Port Said |
22-Jul |
28-Jul |
|
Oran |
20-Aug |
01-Sep |
|
Alexandria |
06-Sep |
11-Sep |
|
Taranto |
15-Sep |
16-Sep |
|
Alexandria |
20-Sep |
25-Sep |
|
Taranto |
29-Sep |
30-Sep |
|
Alexandria |
04-Oct |
11-Oct |
|
Greenock |
21-Oct |
24-Oct |
|
Gourock |
24-Oct |
06-Nov |
|
Glasgow |
06-Nov |
14-Dec |
Engine overhaul Drydocking to draw tail shafts |
Greenock |
14-Dec |
16-Dec |
|
Port Said |
28-Dec |
28-Dec |
|
Suez |
28-Dec |
31-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Aden |
04-Jan |
04-Jan |
|
Colombo |
10-Jan |
16-Jan |
|
Aden |
22-Jan |
22-Jan |
|
Suez |
26-Jan |
30-Jan |
|
Port Said |
30-Jan |
07-Feb |
|
Gibraltar |
12-Feb |
14-Feb |
|
Liverpool |
20-Feb |
10-Mar |
Voyage repairs |
Port Said |
21-Mar |
22-Mar |
|
Bombay |
31-Mar |
12-Apr |
|
Suez |
19-Apr |
19-Apr |
|
Port Said |
20-Apr |
23-Apr |
|
Gibraltar |
28-Apr |
30-Apr |
|
Liverpool |
05-May |
23-May |
Voyage repairs and repairs to troop accommodation |
Port Said |
02-Jun |
03-Jun |
|
Suez |
03-Jun |
03-Jun |
|
Colombo |
13-Jun |
19-Jun |
|
Suez |
28-Jun |
29-Jun |
|
Port Said |
30-Jun |
01-Jul |
|
Southampton |
10-Jul |
01-Aug |
Voyage repairs |
Port Said |
09-Aug |
10-Aug |
|
Bombay |
18-Aug |
22-Aug |
|
Cochin |
24-Aug |
27-Aug |
|
Suez |
04-Sep |
05-Sep |
|
Port Said |
05-Sep |
05-Sep |
|
Liverpool |
14-Sep |
12-Oct |
Engine and voyage repairs Drydocking |
Port Said |
20-Oct |
21-Oct |
|
Colombo |
30-Oct |
31-Oct |
|
Rangoon |
03-Nov |
06-Nov |
|
Colombo |
09-Nov |
11-Nov |
|
Suez |
19-Nov |
19-Nov |
|
Port Said |
20-Nov |
20-Nov |
|
Southampton |
28-Nov |
20-Dec |
Engine and voyage repairs |
Taranto |
27-Dec |
27-Dec |
|
Port Said |
30-Dec |
30-Dec |
|
Suez |
31-Dec |
31-Dec |
|
Port |
Arrived |
Sailed |
Comments |
Aden |
04-Jan |
04-Jan |
|
Fremantle |
17-Jan |
18-Jan |
|
Melbourne |
22-Jan |
23-Jan |
|
Wellington |
27-Jan |
31-Jan |
|
Singapore |
|
21-Feb |
|
Bombay |
27-Feb |
03-Mar |
|
Port Said |
12-Mar |
12-Mar |
|
Southampton |
21-Mar |
12-Apr |
Engine examination and overhaul |
Naples |
18-Apr |
18-Apr |
|
Port Said |
21-Apr |
22-Apr |
|
Bombay |
30-Apr |
07-May |
|
Port Said |
15-May |
15-May |
|
Southampton |
23-May |
14-Jun |
Voyage repairs and drydocking |
Naples |
20-Jun |
20-Jun |
|
Malta |
21-Jun |
22-Jun |
|
Alexandria |
24-Jun |
27-Jun |
|
Malta |
29-Jun |
29-Jun |
|
Toulon |
01-Jul |
02-Jul |
|
Alexandria |
06-Jul |
10-Jul |
|
Malta |
13-Jul |
13-Jul |
|
Toulon |
15-Jul |
16-Jul |
|
Alexandria |
20-Jul |
24-Jul |
|
Toulon |
30-Jul |
31-Jul |
|
Alexandria |
04-Aug |
06-Aug |
|
Malta |
09-Aug |
09-Aug |
|
Toulon |
11-Aug |
12-Aug |
|
Naples |
13-Aug |
13-Aug |
|
Port Said |
16-Aug |
20-Aug |
|
Malta |
23-Aug |
23-Aug |
|
Toulon |
25-Aug |
27-Aug |
|
Port Said |
31-Aug |
01-Sep |
|
Piraeus |
|
04-Sep |
|
Toulon |
07-Sep |
08-Sep |
|
Malta |
10-Sep |
10-Sep |
|
Alexandria |
12-Sep |
12-Sep |
|
Port Said |
13-Sep |
20-Sep |
Engine maintenance work |
Piraeus |
22-Sep |
23-Sep |
|
Toulon |
26-Sep |
26-Sep |
|
Port Said |
01-Oct |
08-Oct |
|
Piraeus |
10-Oct |
11-Oct |
|
Toulon |
14-Oct |
15-Oct |
|
Port Said |
19-Oct |
23-Oct |
|
Piraeus |
25-Oct |
27-Oct |
|
Toulon |
30-Oct |
31-Oct |
|
Port Said |
04-Nov |
09-Nov |
|
Southampton |
18-Nov |
23-Nov |
|
Belfast |
23-Nov |
|
|
Durban Castle Left London 24 January For S & E Africa |
|
Master |
H L Holland |
Chief Officer |
D Bird |
Second Officer |
C Ennis |
Jnr Second Officer |
A Clarke |
Third Officer |
M Godfrey |
Fourth Officer |
D Wiles |
Surgeon |
C Clemenson |
Purser |
O Gilbert |
Asst Pursers |
D Smith M Morley |
Purser’s Clerks |
D North Miss S Lomax |
First Radio Officer |
R Everett |
Second Radio Officer |
J Cagney |
Third Radio Officer |
T Sullivan |
Nursing Sister |
Miss M Evans |
Children’s Hostess |
Miss D Jordan |
Carpenter |
A West |
Bosun |
C Parker |
Master-at-Arms |
R Maddox |
Master-at-Arms |
A Siney |
Chief Engineer |
F Benham |
Second Engineer |
J Wilson |
Int Second Engineer |
J Lee |
Jnr Second Engineer |
J Rice I Gubbins |
Snr Third Engineer |
T Jenkins |
Int Third Engineer |
J Watson |
Jnr Third Engineer |
H Fourie |
Snr Fourth Engineer |
J Bain |
Jnr Fourth Engineer |
M Clifford |
Junior Engineers |
J Booth P Khaled M Selwood J Graham |
First Electrician |
D Thorpe |
Second Electrician |
J Goulstone |
ER Storekeeper |
S Burrows |
Chief Catering Officer |
C Frost |
Second Catering Officer |
T Barnes |
Chief Barman |
A Silverstein |
Storekeeper |
A Berry |
Linen Steward |
P McShane |
First Class Head Waiter |
R Furness |
First Tourist Steward |
C Murphy |
Tourist Head Waiter |
H Kennedy |
Laundryman |
G Hanna |
Chef |
J Brown |
Baker and Confectioner |
A Ware |
Butcher |
J Wylie |
Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Durban Castle |
1938 |
1938 Deployed to The West Coast Intermediate Service 1939 Requisitioned for Trooping duties 1947 Transferred to The Cape Mail Service 1950 Transferred to The Round Africa Service 1962 Scrapped in Hamburg |
17388 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
166617 |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
2 x Motor 8 Cyl Burmeister & Wain |
16000 BHP |
2 |
Master |
From |
To |
E E Spradbrow |
12/1938 |
2/1939 |
C E Lovegrove |
4/1939 |
3/1940 |
R C Harris |
3/1940 |
6/1942 |
H A Deller |
12/1940 |
|
W R Andrews |
11/1941 |
12/1941 |
R F Bayer |
6/1942 |
12/1945 |
R Wren |
1/1944 |
3/1944 |
W A Pace |
5/1945 |
7/1945 |
A J Hort |
12/1945 |
5/1946 |
C Gorringe |
5/1946 |
11/1946 |
Refit |
||
C Gorringe |
7/1947 |
6/1950 |
A G Patey |
9/1947 |
11/1947 |
R A Cambridge |
9/1951 |
4/1952 |
J A Sowden |
12/1952 |
1/1955 |
J E Wilford |
1/1955 |
6/1956 |
R A Cambridge |
8/1956 |
9/1957 |
W S Byles |
10/1957 |
3/1958 |
R A Cambridge |
4/1958 |
2/1959 |
J E Wilford |
3/1959 |
8/1959 |
N M Lloyd |
8/1959 |
6/1960 |
A J Hort |
6/1960 |
2/1961 |
H L Holland |
3/1961 |
3/1962 |