It was one of the most important British liner routes of all - the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel - 'every Thursday at 4', as one of the big Union-Castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. By the late 1950s, these mail ships included the Arundel Castle, Carnarvon Castle, Winchester Castle, Athlone Castle, Stirling Castle, Capetown Castle and two post-war sensations, the Edinburgh Castle and Pretoria Castle. Three new liners arrived in 1959, the last great ships built for Union-Castle. They were Pendennis Castle, Windsor Castle and Transvaal Castle. The route was not just to the Cape - for Union-Castle also offered a service down the East coast of Africa and a round-Africa route too. In 1977, with the mail contract and passengers lost to the jet and cargo to container ships, the service ceased in October that year and Union-Castle was no more.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
ISBN-13
9781445609560
eBay Product ID (ePID)
141523928
Product Key Features
Book Title
Union Castle Liners: from Great Britain to Africa 1946-1977
Author
William H. Miller
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Ships
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
168mm
Item Width
246mm
Item Weight
423g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
William H. Miller
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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