Tractacus' photos with the keyword: Union Castle Line

Final voyage

03 Aug 2013 4 453
Early morning at Southampton Western Docks on Wed19Apr72, with the Union Castle liner 'Pendennis Castle' in the foreground. In the background can be seen the P&O liner 'Iberia' arriving on her final voyage. Two months later she set sail for a date with the scrapman in Taiwan. Scanned

Rowallan Castle

03 Aug 2013 3 4 579
A product of Harland and Wolff in Belfast, built 1943 for the Union Castle Line. Retired after 38 years of service. Here she gets a helping hand out of Southampton Eastern Docks on Sun13Jun71 on what could be her last voyage, to the ship scrapyard in Taiwan. There seems to be a distinct lack of windows on her bridge Scanned

Good Hope Castle

03 Aug 2013 5 2 482
One of the vessels owned by Union Castle Line. Built by Swan Hunter in Wallsend in 1965 and scrapped in 1984. Seen here in Southampton Western Docks. Sun13Jun71. Scanned