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The 'Union-Castle Line' was a prominent shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977.
The company originated as 'Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Ltd' on 8 March 1900 with the merger of Union Line and Castle Shipping Line, with Castle Shipping Line taking over the fleet.
Union-Castle named all their ships with the suffix "Castle" in their names. They were well known for the lavender hulled liners with black and red funnels, running on a rigid timetable between Southampton and Cape Town. Every Thursday at 4pm a Union-Castle Royal Mail Ship would leave Southampton bound for Cape Town. At the same time, a Union-Castle Royal Mail Ship would leave Cape Town bound for Southampton.
In December 1999, the Union-Castle name was revived for a millennium cruise; the P&O ship ''Victoria'' was chartered for a 60-day cruise around Africa, and had its funnel repainted for the occasion.

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Ships

Reference

★ Harris, C.J. and Ingpen, B.D., (1994), ''Mailships of the Union-Castle Line'', Fernwood Press, ISBN 1-874950-05-9

External links

★ Union-Castle history, plus details of the millennium cruise
See an account of life on board ships of the Union-Castle Line in the 1960s, at http://rgascoyne.canadianwebs.com/LifeAtSea.htm

Ships

Vessel	Tons	In Service
Alnwick Castle	5,893	1901-1917
Armadale Castle (2)	12,973	1903-1936
Aros Castle	4,460	1901-1917
Arundel Castle (4)	19,023	1921-1958
Athlone Castle	25,564	1934-1965
Balmoral Castle (2)	13,361	1910-1939
Balmoral Castle (3)	7,952	1965-1982
Bampton Castle	6,698	1920-1932
Banbury Castle	6,430	1918-1931
Berwick Castle	5,883	1902-1919
''Bloemfontein Castle''	18,400	1950-1959
Braemar Castle (2)	7,067	1943-1950
Braemar Castle (3)	17,029	1952-1966
Bratton Castle	6,696	1920-1931
Capetown Castle	27,000	1938-1967
Carlisle Castle	4,325	1913-1918
Carlow Castle	5,833	1917-1930
Carnarvon Castle (2)	20,122	1926-1963
Cawdor Castle	6,235	1902-1926
Chepstow Castle	7,494	1913-1933
Cluny Castle (3)	5,147	1903-1924
Comrie Castle	5,167	1903-1924
Corfe Castle	4,592	1901-1927
Crawford Castle	4,264	1910-1930
Dover Castle (2)	8,271	1904-1917
Dover Castle (3)	7,950	1964-1981
Drakensburg Castle	9,905	1945-1951
Dromore Castle	5,242	1919-1942
Dunbar Castle (2)	10,002	1930-1940
Dundrum Castle	5,259	1919-1943
Dunluce Castle (2)	8,114	1904-1939
Dunottar Castle (1)	5,625	1890-1916
Dunnottar Castle (2)	15,002	1936-1958
Dunvegan Castle (2)	15,007	1936-1940
Durban Castle	17,382	1938-1962
Durham Castle	8,217	1904-1939
Edinburgh Castle (2)	13,326	1910-1940
Edinburgh Castle (3)	28,700	1947-1976
Galway Castle	7,988	1911-1918
Garth Castle (2)	7,612	1910-1939
Glenart Castle
Glengorm Castle
Gloucester Castle	7,999	1911-1942
Good Hope Castle (1)	9,905	1945-1959
Good Hope Castle (2)	10,500	1965-1978
Gordon Castle	4,408	1901-1924
Grantully Castle (2)	7,612	1910-1939
Guildford Castle	7,995	1911-1933
Kenilworth Castle (2)	12,975	1904-1936
Kenilworth Castle (3)	9,916	1944-1968
Kenya Castle	17,040	1951-1967
Kinnaird Castle	7,718	1956-1969
Kinpurnie Castle (1)	8,121	1954-1967
Kinpurnie Castle (2)	7,950	1966-1982
Leasowe Castle	8,106	1917-1918
Llandaff Castle	10,786	1926-1942
Llandovery Castle (1)	10,639	1914-1918
Llandovery Castle (2)	10,640	1925-1953
Llangibby Castle	11,951	1929-1954
Llanstephan Castle	11,348	1914-1952
Newark Castle	6,224	1902-1908
Pendennis Castle	28,582	1958-1976
Polglass Castle	4,631	1903-1921
Pretoria Castle (1) / Warwick Castle (4)	17,383	1939-1962
Pretoria Castle (2)	28,705	1948-1975
Reina Del Mar	20,263	1956-1975
Rhodesia Castle	17,041	1951-1967
Richmond Castle (1)	7,798	1938-1942
Richmond Castle (2)	7,971	1944-1971
Riebeeck Castle	8,322	1946-1971
Ripley Castle	7,521	1917-1931
Rochester Castle	7,795	1937-1970
Roslin Castle (3)	7,016	1935-1967
Rosyth Castle	4,328	1918-1920
Rotherwick Castle (2)	9,650	1959-1975
Rothesay Castle (1)	7.016	1935-1940
Rothesay Castle (2)	9,650	1960-1975
Rowallan Castle (1)	7,798	1939-1942
Rowallan Castle (2)	7,950	1943-1971
Roxburgh Castle (1)	7,801	1937-1943
Roxburgh Castle (2)	8,003	1944-1971
Rustenberg Castle	8,322	1946-1971
Sandgate Castle	7,607	1922-1937
Sandown Castle	7,607	1921-1950
Southampton Castle	10,538	1965-1978
''Stirling Castle'' (2)	25,550	1936-1966
Tantallon Castle (3)	7,448	1953-1971
Tintagel Castle (2)	7,447	1954-1971
Transvaal Castle	32,697	1961-1966
Victoria	26,677	1999-2000
Walmer Castle (2)	12,546	1902-1932
Walmer Castle (3)	906	1936-1941
Warwick Castle (3)	20,445	1930-1942
Winchester Castle (1)	20,109	1930-1960
Winchester Castle (2)	7,950	1964-1980
Windsor Castle (2)	18,967	1915-1943
Windsor Castle (3)	37,640	1960-1977
York Castle	5,517	1901-1924