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SS Alnwick Castle.

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SS Alnwick Castle, built in 1901 by built by Wm Beardmore & Company Govan and owned by Union Castle Mail Steamship Company. She was deployed as a troop transport to Gallipoli. On the 19th of March 1917 she was torpedoed without warning by a submarine 310 miles south west of Bishop Rock. Forty lives were lost including some of the crew from the SS Trevose who had been rescued the previous day. May 2010 - Please note we currently have a large backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. For updates please see our news page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great List of those who served on The SS Alnwick Castle during The Great War Ldg Seaman. John Marrack Blewett (d.17th Mar 1917) Captain Benjamin Chave KBE. Read his Story. Fourth Mate Gordon Winsland Davey (d.17th Mar 1917) Captain Benjamin Chave KBE. SS. Alnwick Castle Captain Sir Benjamin Chave KBE (1870-1954) was my grandfather. He was captain of the Alnwick Castle when she was torpedoed on 17th March 1917 bound for the Cape. My brother has original letters sent by the master of the French steamer Venezia and two letters from those with him during the five days spent adrift before being rescued by the Venezia.

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