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No.756 Pretoria Castle launched in 1947

28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast S.A. Oranje 1966 South African Marine Corp Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Don Hazeldine & Beken of Cowes

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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2017

I became aware of passenger ships about the age of 6 from my father’s books. He was a soldier who had been brought up in Gibraltar and the Southampton area so ships played a large part in his life. He … Continue reading

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