In this role she served mainly in the South Atlantic. In July she was bought outright by the Navy for conversion to an escort carrier at the Swan Hunter shipyards in Tyne and Wear. She was commissioned in this role in July and was operated as a trials and training carrier, seeing no active combat service. On 11 August , while moored on the Clyde, a Gloster Meteor was used for deck handling trials which later led to flight trials on other carriers. Post-war, the ship was sold back to the Union-Castle Line in and converted back to a passenger liner, being renamed the Warwick Castle and operating on routes from England to South Africa.
She was eventually sold and scrapped in Barcelona in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other ships with the same name, see Pretoria Castle. The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff.
Stroud: The History Press. British naval ship classes of the Second World War. Renown Hood. Hawkins County York. Shakespeare Scott. Flower Castle. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. In other projects Wikimedia Commons. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. HMS Pretoria Castle. Converted from armed merchantman to escort carrier.
Sold back to the Union-Castle Line in and converted to a passenger ship.
