DUNNOTTAR CASTLE

Name: Dunnottar Castle (1936-1958)
Victoria (1958-1975)
The Victoria (1976-1993)
Princesa Victoria (1993-2004)

Operator: Union-Castle (1936-1958)
Incres SS Co (1958-1964)
Clipper Line (1964-1975)
Chandris Lines (1975-1993)
Louis Cruise Lines (1993-2004)

Builder: Harland and Wolff
Yard number: 959[1]
Laid down: 1935
Launched: 25 January 1936
Completed: 27 June 1936[1]
Maiden voyage: July 1936
Out of service: 2004
Fate: Scrapped at Kumar Steel Breakers Yard in India, 2004

General characteristics

Tonnage: 15,007 GRT as built
Length: 560ft. (174m.) as built
Beam: 72ft. (22m.) as built
Draft: 22.2ft. (8.1m)
Propulsion: Burmeister & Wain Diesels as built, in 1959 refitted with Fiat diesel-engines
Speed: 18 knots
Capacity: 285 first class, 250 tourist class as built, 696 single-class at the time of scrapping
Crew: 250 as built


The MS Dunnottar Castle was the original name of a twin-screw passenger ship built in 1936 and more widely known under her later name Victoria or The Victoria. Victoria was a cruise liner first operated by the Incres Steamship Co and later by Chandris Lines in the Caribbean Sea. Victoria was sold to Louis Cruise Lines in 1993 which operated the ship as Princesa Victoria until it was scrapped in India in 2004.