| Name: | BRATTON CASTLE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/12/1919 |
| Completed: | 05/1920 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 951 |
| Dimensions: | 6696grt, 4154nrt, 412.2 x 55.8 x 34.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 144539 |
| History: | |
| 04/05/1920 | Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd |
| 1932 | Atlanticos Steamship Co Ltd, Panama; renamed MOUNT TAURUS |
| 1932 | Registered at Syra; renamed PROTEUS |
| 1936 | Atlanticos Steamship Co Ltd & Tramp Shipping Development Co Ltd, Syra |
| 1936 | Renamed MOUNT TAURUS |
| 17/11/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | Laid down as WAR DUTY or WAR FERVOUR |
| 17/11/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U264, 800 miles NE of St John's Nfl | |
| On a voyage from London to Halifax in ballast |
Above photo as BRATTON CASTLE is courtesy of Richard Cox