| Name: | GOOD HOPE CASTLE |
| Type | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/02/1965 |
| Completed: | 09/12/1965 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 2011 |
| Dimensions: | 10538grt, 4235nrt, 545.0 x 77.3 x 46.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, Sulzer type , 2SA, 8cyl (900 x 1550), 34720bhp |
| Engines by: | Port engine - Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; |
| Stbd engine - Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow | |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 307986 |
| History: | |
| 09/12/1965 | Union-Castle Mail SS Co Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1978 | Cota Armatori SpA, Genoa; renamed PAOLA C |
| 1984 | Allseas International Management Ltd, Valletta; renamed PAOLA |
| 27/07/1984 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Billed as the World's most powerful cargo liner in her day |
| Both of the engine builders were members of the Swan Hunter Group | |
| 27/07/1984: Broken up at Shanghai, China |
Above photo is copyright of Swan Hunter
Above photo is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo is copyright of Bill Williams
Above photo is courtesy of Michael Green
Above photo is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as PAOLA C is courtesy of Michael Green