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Description: | 1939 - 1945
M.V.WARWICK CASTLE 17.383 GROSS TONS. IN COMMEMORATION OF THE WAR SERVICES OF THIS GOOD SHIP AND THE DEVOTION TO DUTY WHO SERVED IN HER 1939. 2ND OCTOBER. AS "PRETORIA CASTLE", REQUISITIONED BY H.M. GOVERNMENT, FOR USE AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER. 1941. MAY-JUNE. INSTRUMENTAL IN INTERCEPTING TWO VICHY FRENCH SHIPS. AUGUST. INTERCEPTED GERMAN S.S. "NORDENEY" A BLOCKADE RUNNER WITH A CARGO OF RUBBER. 1942. JANUARY. ATTACKED AN ENEMY SUBMARINE WITH GUNFIRE AND DEPTH CHARGES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. MARCH. INTERCEPTED AND ESCORTED TO BATHURST A SPANISH SHIP THE "MONTE GORBEA". JULY. ACQUIRED BY H.M. GOVERNMENT, AND CONVERTED TO A TRIALS AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR TESTING THE LANDING AND TAKING OFF OF VARIOUS TYPES OF AIRCRAFT. 1946. MARCH. THE "PRETORIA CASTLE" WAS RE-ACQUIRED FROM H.M. GOVERNMENT, AND RENAMED "WARWICK CASTLE". 1947. 13TH MARCH. AFTER RECONVERSION THE "WARWICK CASTLE" RETURNED TO NORMAL DUTY.
UNION-CASTLE LINE
Honour's board for Warwick Castle (ex Pretoria Castle).
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Union Castle honours boards Pretoria Castle fl.1939 [HMS] Line | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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