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The Union SS Co
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under construction
- This page is one of a
series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Union SS Co.
An alphabetical
list of ships shown
on this page is shown below. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order. There
is a table of individual ship histories on the
Union-Castle Header Page. Dates in the
Fleet List below are for combined Union SS and Union-Castle
service. All Union SS Co ships were transferred to the combined
Union-Castle fleet in 1900.
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- Ships on This Page:-
- Briton
(3) -
(1897-1926 - 10,248gt)
- Galician - (1900-1918 - 6575gt)
- Galeka - (1899-1916 - 6,772gt)
- Gaul - (1893-1906 - 4745gt)
- German - (1898-1930 - 6,763gt)
- Guelph - (1894-1913 - 4917gt)
- Norman
(2) -
(1894-1926 - 7537gt)
- Saxon - (1900-1932 - 12,385gt)
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Gaul
(1893-1906
- 4745gt)
Gaul was built for the Union SS Co
in 1893, and in 1900 was transferred to Union-Castle Line. In
1906 she was sold to Royal Mail SP Co, and renamed Sabor.
Postcard
of Gaul.
Guelph(1894-1913
- 4917gt)
Guelph was built for the Union SS Co
in 1894, and in 1900 was transferred to Union-Castle Line. In
1913, Guelph was sold to Royal Mail SP Co, renamed Caraquet
(Union-Castle had been part of the Royal mail Group since
1912, so this was an internal transfer).
Grimaud
(Marseille) postcard of Guelph in a storm.
Postcard
of Guelph at Lobito.
Norman (2)
(1894-1926
- 7537gt)
Norman (2) was built for the Union SS Co
in 1894, and in 1900 was transferred to Union-Castle Line. She
was scrapped in 1926.
Union
SS Co card of Norman (2).
Briton (3)
(1897-1926
- 10,248gt)
Briton was built for the Union SS Co
in 1897, and in 1900 was transferred to Union-Castle Line. Briton
was scrapped in 1926.
Photographic
postcard of Briton, in Union SS Co colours.
Union-Castle
Line card of Briton.
Union-Castle
Line card of Briton.
Union-Castle
Line card of Briton.
German - Glengorm Castle
(1898-1930
- 6,763gt)
German (2) was built for the Union SS Co
in 1898. In 1900 she was transferred to Union-Castle Line. In
1914 was German (2) renamed Glengorm Castle. She
was scrapped in 1930.
Union-Castle
postcard of German.
Galeka
- (1899-1916
- 6,772gt)
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- Galeka was built for the Union SS Co
in 1899. In 1900 she was transferred to Union-Castle Line. In
1916 Galeka was mined off Le Havre while serving as a
hospital ship. She was beached but was a total loss.
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- Photographic
postcard, described as Galeka.
- This
is not the Galeka - later G-Series ships had two masts.
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- Photographic
postcard of Galeka, correctly showing two masts.
- Scan:
Russell Daniels.
Galician - Glenart Castle
- (1900-1918
- 6575gt)
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- Galician was ordered by the Union SS Co
and transferred to Union-Castle Line while fitting out. In 1914
she was renamed Glenart Castle. In 1918, Glenart Castle
was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel whilst working
as a hospital ship.
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- Union-Castle
Royal Mail card of Galician.
Saxon
- (1900-1932
- 12,385gt)
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- Saxon was ordered by the Union SS Co
and transferred to Union-Castle Line while fitting out. She was
scrapped in 1932.
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- Union-Castle
Royal Mail card of Saxon.
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- Postcard
of Saxon.
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- Photographic
postcard of Saxon.
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