Bloemfontein Castle
1950
(Carlo Marquardt CMKR-56)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 18,400 tons
- Dimensions: 595 x 76 x 39 ft.
- Machinery: Burmeister & Wain diesels, twin screw, 20,000 BHP = 18.5 knots
- Passengers: 720 cabin class
- Builder: Harland & Wolff, Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1950
- Service: Built for Union-Castle Line (British flag). Maiden voyage 6 Apr 1950 London-Beira. London-South and East Africa service. Rescued passenger and crew of United Netherlands Nav Co's Klipfontein off Mozambique 8 Jan 1953. Sold to Chandris Lines (Greek flag) 1959; renamed Patris. Capacity increased to 1036, later to 1400 passengers. Greece-Australia service. Cruising from Australian ports and Australia-Singapore service from 1972. In Feb 1975 she arrived at Darwin, which had been destroyed by a tropical storm, serving as an accommodation ship until Nov. Sold to Karageorgis Lines (Greek flag), 1978, refitted for Eastern Mediterranean ferry service as Mediterranean Island. Renamed Mediterranean Star, 1981. Scrapped in Pakistan, 1987.
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