Construction and design Originally designed for the
Union-Castle Line in 1913, she was ordered from
Harland & Wolff but her construction was held up by the
First World War. and they both were given raked, more modern
bows, which slightly increased their length. Also removed were the ships' large gantry-like davits capable of carrying six lifeboats each, which were replaced with the much more common Welin davits featured on liners such as .
Second World War and sinking Requisitioned as a
troopship in the Second World War, she was bombed west of Ireland in 1941 but the bomb never exploded and she reached port. She was used for transatlantic trooping from Canada and the United States in 1942. in 1943,
Windsor Castle was sunk by a
torpedo launched from a German aircraft while in the
Mediterranean Sea as part of convoy KMF 11. She was hit at 2:30 am but did not sink until 5:25 pm, going down stern first, west northwest of
Algiers, Algeria. Only one crewman was killed, 2,699 troops and 289 crew were rescued by the
destroyers , , and . == References ==