RMS Windsor Castle
ocean liner
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- RMS Windsor Castle
- IMO number
- 5391923
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ocean liner
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 238.7 m
- Beam
- 28.2 m
- Year built
- 1960
- Builder
- Cammell Laird
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About RMS Windsor Castle
RMS Windsor Castle was a passenger and cargo liner operated by the Union-Castle Line on its Cape Mail service between Britain and South Africa. Completed in 1960, she was the line's largest Royal Mail Ship on that route. Windsor Castle was notable for the high standard, if conservative, design of her public rooms in a "traditional" first class and "contemporary" tourist class configuration, which by clever arrangement, afforded both classes public rooms and open-deck areas facing forward and aft. The spacious passenger lounges and dining rooms were designed by eminent British architects. Windsor Castle was air-conditioned throughout the passenger and crew areas. Facilities included a fully equipped hospital, two outdoor swimming pools, a health spa and a theatre/cinema. A large amount of dry and refrigerated cargo space, cargo wine tanks and a specie (bullion) room, were also fitted.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RMS Windsor Castle now?
- RMS Windsor Castle has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is RMS Windsor Castle?
- RMS Windsor Castle is a ocean liner, built in 1960 by Cammell Laird. The vessel is 238.7 m long with a beam of 28.2 m.
- Has RMS Windsor Castle been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for RMS Windsor Castle appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).