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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2170 ships loaded in a random order. But FOR JUST £20 you can have a pdf copy of my database in launch date order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today. I will also provide an excel spreadsheet of links against every ship which will either take you to more detailed sites for past ships, the Marine Traffic page for the current vessel and to my blog for the photos. For the latest copy of both files, please email me at don.hazeldine@btinternet.com
Tag Archives: Union Castle
No.319 Windsor Castle launched in 1921
18,967grt for Union-Castle Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedo bombed off Algiers 1943 Modified in the 1930s, new bow, funnels replaced with 2 larger ones and new lifeboat davits.Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Algiers, Clydebank, John Brown, torpedoed, Union Castle, Windsor Castle
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No.758 Edinburgh Castle 1947
28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast IMO: 5097022 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Chris Howell, Wes Egerton & Pete Davis
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Edinburgh Castle, Harland & Wolff, IMO: 5097022, Union Castle
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No.819 Rhodesia Castle launched in 1951
17,041grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 (First two photos from Aden)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Rhodesia Castle, Union Castle
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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
No.904 Windsor Castle launched in 1959
37,640grt for Union-Castle Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Margarita L 1977 Latsis Group Rita 2005 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2005 Image attribution: Trevor Jones, Cyril Gronemeyer, Les Pivnic & Tony Davis
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged Alang, Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Latsis, Margarita, Rita, Union Castle, Windsor Castle
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No.896 Pendennis Castle launched in 1957
28,582grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Ocean Queen 1976 Ocean Queen Sindbad 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping Sindbad 1 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 Image attribution: Trevor Jones, Iain Jenkins & Chris Howell Ocean Queen … Continue reading
No.915 Transvaal Castle launched 1961
32,697grt for Union-Castle Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 5367623 S.A. Vaal 1966 South African Marine Corporation Festivale 1977 Carnival Cruise Lines IslandBreeze 1996 Dolphin Cruise Line The Big Red Boat III 1998 Premier Cruise Line The Big Boat 2003 Breakers … Continue reading
No.611 Durban Castle launched in 1938
17,388grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Hamburg 1962 Image attribution: Andreas Hoppe & Ian Joseph Image from Yoshiaki Nishimura Image from Chris Howell
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Durban Castle, Hamburg, Harland & Wolff, Union Castle
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No.620 Pretoria Castle launched in 1938
17,392 Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Warwick Castle 1946 Union-Castle Line Scrapped in Barcelona 1962 Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle in WW2 Warwick Castle in Aden
The World's Passenger Ships 