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Name: BAMPTON CASTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/03/1920
Completed: 07/1920
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 957
Dimensions: 6698grt, 4154nrt, 412.2 x 52.3 x 34.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 144603
History:
07/1920 Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London
1932 M Kulukundis (Atlanticos SS Co), Syra; renamed ATLANTIS
1932 Renamed MOUNT TAYGETOS; registered in Panama
07/1934 Broken up
Comments: 23/12/1933: Damaged by stranding at Memphis Rock, English Narrows
on a voyage from San Antonio, Chile to Southampton with grains
01/01/1934: Refloated, abandoned to salvors and sold for breaking
19/07/1934: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking, commenced 12/09/1934.