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MS Dunnottar Castle
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. ''Victoria'' retained a classic liner look with several features unchanged since her pre-war construction for her entire operational life.
==Construction and war service==
The ship was originally built by Harland & Wolff of Belfast in 1936 as the Union-Castle liner ''Dunnottar Castle''. She had a gross tonnage of 15,054 tons. She departed on her maiden voyage from Southampton to Cape Town in July 1936. Upon her return, she commenced her regular service, Tilbury (London) - Africa, serving as supply ship for St. Helena.
At the outbreak of the war, ''Dunnottar Castle'' was converted into an armed merchant cruiser by the Royal Navy. She departed on her first tour of duty on 14 October 1939. In 1942, she commenced duties as troop ship until 1948, when she was decommissioned from Naval service. She immediately received a comprehensive overhaul and resumed her London to Africa service in 1949, which continued for the next nine years.
The ship played a small part in the search for the coelacanth; the telegram from Captain Hunt to Dr JLB Smith noting the discovery of the second coelacanth in the Comoros reached him when the ship stopped in Durban on 24 December 1952. All of his scientific gear was deep in the hold of the ship.〔Living Fossil: The Search for the Coelacanth〕
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