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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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