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Union-Castle Line

Union-Castle Page 3: 1900-1914

 

This page is still under construction!

 

This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Union-Castle Line. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order, and a section on Interior & Deck Postcards from this period. There is a table of individual ship histories on the Union-Castle Header Page.

 

 

Ships on This Page:-

Balmoral Castle (2) - (1910-1939 - 13,361gt)

Durham Castle - (1904-1940 - 8216gt)

Edinburgh Castle (2) - (1910-1940 - 13,326gt)

Gloucester Castle - (1911 1942 - 7,999gt)

Grantully Castle (2) (1910-1939 - 7,612gt)

Kenilworth Castle (2) - (1904-1936 - 12,975gt)

Llanstephan Castle - (1914-1952 - 11,348gt)

Walmer Castle - (1902-1932 - 12,546gt)

 

 

Union-Castle Pages:-

Union-Castle Header Page

Union-Castle - Page 1 - Union SS Company up to 1900

Union-Castle - Page 2 - Castle Line up to 1900

Union-Castle - Page 3 - Union-Castle 1900-1914 - this page!

Union-Castle - Page 4 - Union-Castle 1915-1939

Union-Castle - Page 5 - Union-Castle 1940-1978

 

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References:-

UNION-CASTLE LINE - A Fleet History by Peter Newall: Published by Carmania Press in 1999

This is the definitive history of the Union-Castle Line - Available from Mainmast Books

 

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

Union-Castle Line

Page 3: 1900-1914

 

 

Walmer Castle

(1902-1932 - 12,546gt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Durham Castle

(1904-1940 - 8216gt)

 

Durham Castle was built for the Union-Castle Mail SS Co in 1904. She was passed to the Admiralty in 1939 as an accommodation ship, and was mined and sunk in 1940 off Cromarty.

 

 

French-published postcard of Durham Castle at Southampton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenilworth Castle (2)

(1904-1936 - 12,975gt)

 

Kenilworth Castle was built for the Union-Castle Mail SS Co in 1904. She was scrapped in 1936.

 

 

Union-Castle Line postcard of Kenilworth Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edinburgh Castle (2)

(1910-1940 - 13,326gt)

 

Edinburgh Castle (2) was built for the Union-Castle Mail SS Co in 1910. In 1940 she was sold to the Admiralty for use as an accommodation ship at Freetown, She was scuttled in 1945.

 

 

Union-Castle Line postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

Photographic postcard of HMS Edinburgh Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balmoral Castle (2)

(1910-1939 - 13,361gt)

 

Balmoral Castle was built for the Union-Castle Mail SS Co in 1910. She was scrapped in 1939.

 

 

Union-Castle Line postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

Union-Castle Line postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

Union-Castle Line postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

C.R.Hoffman postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

Photographic postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

Photographic postcard of Balmoral Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grantully Castle (2)

(1910-1939 - 7,612gt)

 

Photographic postcard of Grantully Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloucester Castle

(1911 1942 - 7,999gt)

 

Gloucester Castle was built in 1911. In 1942 she was sunk by a German commerce raider off Ascension.

 

 

Photographic postcard of Gloucester Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Llanstephan Castle

(1914-1952 - 11,348gt)

 

Union-Castle Line postcard of Llanstephan Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Union-Castle Interior & Deck Postcards

 

 

Entrance Hall.

 

 

 

Smoking Room.

 

 

 

Reading Room.

 

 

 

First Class Saloon.

 

 

 

Third Class Saloon.

 

 

 

 

 

Deck activities - sack race.

 

 

 

Deck activities - tug-of-war.

 

 

 

Deck activities - cricket.

 

 

 

Deck activities - shuffle board.

 

 

 

Deck activities - crew inspection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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