Edinburgh Castle
1948
(Carlo Marquardt CMKR-50N)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 28,705 tons
- Dimensions: 747 x 84 x 44 ft.
- Machinery: Geared steam turbines, twin screw, 35,000 shp = 22 knots
- Passengers: 755 (214 first class, 541 tourist class)
- Crew: 400
- Builder: Harland & Wolff, Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1948
- Service: Built for Union-Castle Line (British flag). Maiden voyage Southampton-Capetown-Durban Dec 1948; final voyage with passengers Mar 1976, followed by one cargo trip. Scrapped on Taiwan, 1976. Sister Pretoria Castle.
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