Roslin Castle
Ship Number
943
Vessel Type
Refrigerated Cargo
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
6
Launch Date
December 20, 1934
Delivered
May 4, 1935
Owner
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
Weight
7016 grt
BP Length
420 feet
Breadth
61 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
16 knots
Propulsion
Direct Acting (D.A.) two cycle 8-620-1400
Official No.
164448
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
Roslin Castle

Launched on 20th December 1934 she was given a lavender hull instead of the usual black for a cargo ship. She was completely refrigerated and designed to carry different typed of South African produce in different compartments.
 
Although, with her sister the Rothesay Castle, she was often laid up in the River Blackwater between  fruit seasons she was still profitable.
 
In 1967, the oldest ship in the British & Commonwealth fleet, she was sold for breaking up and arrived in Kaohsuing, Taiwan on 3rd December of that year.