Union Castle Liners
This film is made up of the best of the film I have of Union Castle Line ships.
The line was formed in February 1900 by an amalgamation of the Union Steam Ship Co Ltd with the Castle Mail Packet Co Ltd.
By the beginning of the post war period in 1945, the line was the second largest British Passenger ship line.
In this film we see some of the liners which plied their trade between England and South African ports and also around Africa via the Suez Canal Most of the film was taken in the early fifties up to the time when the service was withdrawn in 1977.
I start with a series of stills all taken by Chris Rabone a member of the Purser’s staff. Chris and his wife Alison who was also at sea and who was related to me by marriage, have both since died and I dedicate this film to their memory.
The stills form the introduction, the remainder being old cine film converted to digital.
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My parents,sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s from cape town to Southampton ..Capetown castle,Windsor castle,Edinburgh Castle plus Caledonia in 1957 we were Sally and Susan Hutchinson.i remember dressing up for Father Neptune boarding!!
Many thanks for showing the lovely ships of union castle line. Nicely put together.
Windsor Castle was layed up in the Fal in the late 90's. She still looked well maintained then, as I recall.
What a joy for me too see meany ships I sailed on thank you.
My Parents and 3:16 sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s
Nicely done!...I did 6 trips on S.A. Vaal (formally Transvaal Castle) 4 trips on Windsor Castle as deck crew and 1 trip on Pendennis Castle as passenger. Great memories.
Crewed on the Edinburgh Castle for seven voyages in the early 70,s
Joined Reina del Mar in 1970 done four and half years on that one, two voyages on the Pen and two on the Vaal then six years on cargo division ,enjoyed every minute of it,then Cunard the RFA finishing in 2011 a great career,love to do it all again,regards Jim Wagg
I done the last five years on Reina del Mar mostly as Deck Steward, a great little ship!l also did a couple of voyages on the Pen and then the Vaal then Clan line ,King line and the rest until made redundant in 1982, we had a great Captain whilst l was on Reina,Captain Alister Sillars,great days ,Jt wagg
Still remember crossing the equator on the Edinburgh castle as a child, 1974 I think. Think there might have been a smaller celebration for the tropics. Have a photo of me cuddling a lion cub on board at some point during the journey (possibly on arrival in Cape Town), but crew might remember if this cub was onboard during the journey. I won the children's disco dancing competition much to my sisters disappointment as she fancied her chances. Not that I could dance. Quite a lot of fun for a child. Pity those that never got to experience emigrating like this.
@tigershoot
Ай бұрын
So you emigrated southbound? I emigrated northbound in May 1974. Cape Town to Southampton. I really enjoyed my time on the ship.
My Parents were Eric and Iris Hutchinson
❤❤❤❤❤😂🎉🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤❤❤❤for me beautiful memories, love these beautiful ships
Is that Union Steamship Company Ltd (NZ) or was the company registered in the U.K hence the red funnel markings of USSCo minus the 2 black stripes as part of it's amalgamation with the consortium?
@kristoffermangila
3 ай бұрын
It's the UK-registered company. They served the Africa routes from Southampton, the most famous being the route to South Africa. IIRC, Union-Castle Lines ceased to exist in the 1980s
Unfortunately the audio is very poor
@kristoffermangila
3 ай бұрын
Try using headphones.