Builders: Philip & Son Dartmouth 1923
Propulsion type: Paddle compound
Owner: Dartmouth & Torbay Steam Packet Co, River Dart Steamboat Co Ltd
Service dates: 1923 - 1964
Tonnage: Gross 91
Comments:
Not the first steamer to bear the name, Totnes Castle was launched in 1923 to a similar design to the later Kingswear Castle. She operated on the River Dart in South Devon and was a popular feature of the river. She sailed until 1963 when her survey revealed that around £6000 of repairs were required and the company felt this was uneconomic. A new ship called Cardiff Castle was comissioned and she took Totnes Castle's wheelhouse and lifeboat. Totnes Castle was sold for use as a floating hostel, but the venture failed and she was laid up for sale again. She was sold for breaking up but never reached the breakers yard, being lost in bad weather in the English Channel during a tow from Dartmouth to Plymouth in November 1967.