| Name: | SOUTHAMPTON CASTLE |
| Type | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/10/1964 |
| Completed: | 05/1965 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 2010 |
| Dimensions: | 10538grt, 4235nrt, 545.0 x 77.3 x 46.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SA, Sulzer type, 8cyl (900 x 1550), 34720bhp |
| Engines by: | Port engine - Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Engines by: | Stbd engine - Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 307788 |
| History: | |
| 05/1965 | Union-Castle Mail SS Co Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1978 | Cota Armatori SpA, Genoa; renamed FRANCA C |
| 1983 | Court Shipping Co Ltd, Valletta; renamed FRANCA |
| 19/01/1984 | 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 | |
| 19/01/1984: Broken up at Dalian, China |
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