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RMMV Capetown Castle was a passenger liner and mail ship for the British Union-Castle Line. The ship was built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast and launched on 23 September 1937. In 1940, during World War II she was requisitioned for conversion into a troop ship. In 1943 she took part in Operation Bolero, the build-up of troops in preparation for D-Day, and was eventually returned to her owners in 1946, having sailed 484,000 miles and carried over 164,000 troops. The ship was refurbished at Belfast and returned to commercial service on 9 January 1947.

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  • RMMV Capetown Castle was a passenger liner and mail ship for the British Union-Castle Line. The ship was built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast and launched on 23 September 1937. In 1940, during World War II she was requisitioned for conversion into a troop ship. In 1943 she took part in Operation Bolero, the build-up of troops in preparation for D-Day, and was eventually returned to her owners in 1946, having sailed 484,000 miles and carried over 164,000 troops. The ship was refurbished at Belfast and returned to commercial service on 9 January 1947.
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  • Postcard of RMMV Capetown Castle
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  • RMMV Capetown Castle was a passenger liner and mail ship for the British Union-Castle Line. The ship was built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast and launched on 23 September 1937. In 1940, during World War II she was requisitioned for conversion into a troop ship. In 1943 she took part in Operation Bolero, the build-up of troops in preparation for D-Day, and was eventually returned to her owners in 1946, having sailed 484,000 miles and carried over 164,000 troops. The ship was refurbished at Belfast and returned to commercial service on 9 January 1947. On 17 October 1960 the ship was arriving at Las Palmas when an explosion occurred in the engine room killing seven crewmen. She continued to operate into the 1960s, but on 26 September 1967 finally arrived at La Spezia for breaking up.
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