Basic Site Details Name: | SS Kinfauns Castle | City or county: | | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- built by Fairfield Govan, Yard No 407 Engines by Fairfiekd SB & E Co -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Propulsion: Twin screws driven by a quadruple expasion engine, by builder, speed 17.5 knots Launched: Friday, 12/05/1899 Built: 1899 Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Castle Mail Packets Company 1900 Union-Castle Mail SS Co. 1916-1919 Admiralty as AMC and minelayer Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 03/10/1927
Stuart Gray suggests this is the house but DMW suggests it is much more likely to the liner of this name.
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Ship | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1902 | | Build/construction | Perhaps before 1902? Interior fittings |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | William Flockhart | | A | 1902 | | Interior fittings? Stuart Gray gives this date but since the ship was launched in 1899 it is possible the work by Flockhart is actually before 1902. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gray, A Stuart | 1985 | Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary | | | | | http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt | | http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt | | | Accessed March 2013 |
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