In 1889 the journey from Cape Town to the Witwatersrand via train and then by mail or passenger coach took a hopeful 85 hours, approximately 4 days. I wondered ifthe Mathers book South Africa and How to Reach it was sponsored by Donald Currie and the Castle Line. Matthers himself travelled throughout the Transvaal gold fields in the 1880s and was regarded as the first journalist to express confidence in the future prospects of gold mining. GGA Image ID # 1da4915685, March 1950 Union-Castle Line Track Chart. Funnel Line's STENTOR. Last updated: April 12, 2006 and maintained by Some of these titles can be accessed in digitized format online. (Larsen. 1924 transferred to Bullard King, renamed Umvoti, 1917 purchased from F.S. This was the Lonely Planet guide of its day. Winchester Castle :- About 20 000 Tons (Building), M.V. Holland & Co., London, renamed Carlisle Castle She trained as an economic historian. Durban - East London - Port Elizabeth - Cape Town - Southampton. tender at East London, 1942 sold to South African Union-Castle Line Union-Castle Fleet List Page 5: 1940-1978 Edinburgh Castle (3) (1947-1976 - 28,700gt) Union-Castle Line official card. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. The S.S. Hawarden Castle was built and launched in 1883; it was an iron screw passenger line. from shipping controller, renamed Ripley Castle, 1931 scrapped. Manage Settings It was steam powered but also carried sails. Struck a mine off Cromarty on 20 Jan 1940 and sank, 1984 transferred to Hong Kong renamed Caspian Universal, 1936 sold to J. Billmeir, renamed Stanhill, Hospital ship The Union Line was founded in 1853 as the Southampton Steam Shipping Company to transport coal from South Wales to Southampton. GGA Image ID # 1da2d57b5d, Advertisements for Mount Railway -- The Key to Madeira Scenery and the Esplanade and Belmonte Shore Excursions, July 1939. From the FamilySearch collection we know his date of arrival in South Africa as 20 May 1884, so he would have been about 19 years old. [1] If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Third Class Counterpart Passage Ticket Issued to F. R. Peverall by the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company on 16 September 1907 for Third Class passage on the SS Garka from Cape Town to England. For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday The Company, however, does not accept any responsibility for any inaccuracy, mistake or oversight on the part of the Company's Servants or Agents, or any other persons, in the wording, despatch or delivery of any telegram or letter in connection with these prepaid passages, or for any consequences arising therefrom. Click here for details on how to donate. S.A. coastal service, 1905 sold to Hamilton, Tenerife. He was born in Edinburgh and was evidently a Scot. Union Castle was a watch-word for punctuality and their lavender-hulled liners sailed every Friday at one o'clock. Mail Packet Co. 1912 It was renamed the Union Steam Collier Company and then the Union Steamship Company. So the Mathers book immediately claimed ownership. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. 1910-1961 Round Africa service: London - Southampton - Gibraltar - Tangier (occasional) - Lists were not kept for every ship and some have been lost, but those that survive are becoming increasingly available online and new indexes afford us much better access to them. 1981 sold to Greece, renamed Golden Sea, 1946 purchased from MoWT, renamed Drakensberg Castle It starts with some suggestions as to the contemporary literaturethe traveller ought to read. Search using 'South Africa' as an arrival point. loss of 92 lives. In the same year it became the Union Steam Collier Co, but in 1854 all their five ships were taken over as transports for the Crimean War. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. Lady Comments will load below. People will immediately feel a personal connectionand because you have lived a voyage or two you can identify with the 1889 traveller. To the left of the map are listed the fleet of the Castle Line and the tonnage of each steam ship it was a fleet of 20. Change). 1975 sold to Liberia, renamed Sea Fortune. Liner Services Ltd. but air travel The last few surviving Union-Castle Line ships were scrapped in the early 21st century, the former Kenya Castle in 2001, the former Transvaal Castle in 2003, the former Dunnottar Castle in 2004, and finally Windsor Castle in 2005. ex- Clan Ranald, 1976 renamed The boy was to be employed for 3 years and the amount of his wages given. Eight ships and 440 lives were lost. (LogOut/ 1918 torpedoed and sunk while hospital ship west of Fastnet. In 1857, renamed the Union Line, it won a contract to carry mail to South Africa, mainly the Cape Colony. The final section covers all the useful data on weights, measures, distances. The gilt image against a green background is a map of Africa in relation to Europe. 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast, index & images, ($) 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. About South Africa, Passenger Index, 1688-1950 This database contains details extracted from various South African passenger records. 1915 purchased from F.S. 09:00 to 17:00. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. She is a member of the Board of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and is a docent at the Wits Arts Museum. Rose and 92 passengers and crew were killed. Union Line signs a new mail contract including a four weekly service up the east coast of Africa from Cape Town to Zanzibar. Mauritius. 1945 scuttled. Torpedoed by U-90 on 21 Nov 1917. In 1889 you would be up to date with Anthony Trollope(a brace of volumes of South Africantravel classics still in print today), John Noble(South Africa Past and Present),the historian George Theal(History of South Africa among other titles)in addition to numerous handbooks and almanacs, memoirs and travel books on 19th century travel. in interesting facts about sam houston. It is a guide book and now regarded asrare and of course highly collectable. Tonnage:Gross -4341 tons Net -2772; Length: 380.6 feet; Breadth: 48.2 feet. Royal Mail group took over control of the company. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 1927-11-04 R.M.M.V. Calls at Lobito are sometimes made on the outward and homeward voyage. Re: Passenger lists for Union Castle line, Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, RootsChat.com, Europa House, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5BT United Kingdom. In 1872 the Cape Colony gained responsible government and its first Prime Minister, John Molteno, ordered a re-negotiation of the country's mail services. The right hand border lists the possible destinations from Londonto Mozambique and connection with other ships moving on to India, China andAustralia. Passenger Lists of the Union-Castle Line 1911-07-15 RMS Walmer Castle Passenger List Class of Passengers: Cabin Date of Departure: 15 July 1911 Route: Southampton for Capetown via Madeira, Algoa Bay, East London, and Natal Commander: Captain F. Whitehead, R.N.R. http://molegenealogy.blogspot.co.nz/ Passenger ship built by Harland and Wolff, launched 27 January 1910, completed 28 April 1910, maiden voyage May 1910. The ship was equipped with 10 boats of which 8 were lifeboats so interesting that safety at sea was of concern. Continue with Recommended Cookies. Rare Deck Class Steamship Ticket of the Union Castle Line for passage from Port Said to Delogoa Bay on the RMS Dunvegan Castle dated 15 November 1912. Check out the Genealogy Books written by Olive Tree Genealogy! The pre-war Capetown Castle was assigned to the route in 1965 when she was no longer needed on the express service. Pretoria Castle (1939) was also first requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser, but later served as an escort carrier. Donald Currie and companys offices were at 3 and 4 Fenchurch Street, London. ex- War Earl, 1919 purchased Text on the poster: "Union-Castle Line South & East Africa - Weekly Royal Mail Service to South & East Africa." Sold to Safmarine in 1966 and renamed SA Vaal Columba. Holland & Co., 1876 The Castle Mail Packet Co. Ltd was formed. URL: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ George's wife's name was Annie, born 1880, and there is also a record in 1908 of A Pinder from Southamptom to Durban. Get the details on your immigrant ancestors arrival in South Africa with this immigration index. 1900-1908 London - Walvis Bay - Cape Town - Port Elizabeth - East London - Durban - She researches and writes on historical architecture and heritage matters. Report. Find out where they were going and where they were coming from, where they called home as well as their age, occupation and whether they were married or single. ex- Empire Allenby, 1946 purchased and Your blog has been included in INTERESTING BLOGS in FRIDAY FOSSICKING at (LogOut/ First and Cabin Class Passenger List for the RMS Capetown Castle of the Union-Castle Line, Departing 21 April 1949 from Southampton to Durban via Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London and Madeira, Commanded by Captain W. D. Roach. She hit a mine and sank whilst in a convoy 20 nautical miles (37km) SE of the River Humber, without any loss of life, on 12 Dec 1941, Laid down as Doune Castle and upon purchase named Dunbar Castle Castle, 1962 reverted to. The final South African mail service arrived in Southampton on 24 October 1977, and International Liner Services withdrew from shipping in 1982. This trade was substantially curtailed by the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, and the Castle Line started to run to South Africa instead, later becoming the Castle Mail Packet Company. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation (commonly referred to as Safmarine) in 1973 to create International Liner Services, but maintained its separate identity throughout. 1977 sold to J. Latsis, Piraeus, renamed Margarita This concession does not apply to passages Coastwise or to Ports at which the Steamers of the Union-Castle Line do not call. Southampton. Badges of Rank - Union-Castle Line Officers Insignia. The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. Manage Settings 1979 renamed Dover Universal First and Second Class Passenger List from the RMS Armadale Castle of the Union-Castle Line, Departing 12 November 1920 from Southampton to Natal via Madeira, Cape Town, Algoa Bay and East London, Commanded by Captain J. W. Hague, R.N.R. Food on board ship appears to have been plentiful and the more so for the first class passengers but even the third class passengers would not have starved with soups, roast goose and sauce, roast beef, potatoes and other vegetables, plum puddings, mince pies, oranges applesand nuts. The Union-Castle served as a link between Britain and her colony South Africa, and since the Arundel Castle and her sister Windsor Castle were the prime ships in its fleet, they often had to be the actual link. ship, 1939 became They were well known for the lavender-hulled liners with red funnels topped in black, running on a rigid timetable between Southampton and Cape Town. There is a homeward service by Intermediate Steamers from the Cape Ports, Durban, Lourenco, Marques, Beira and Mauritius, via Las Palmas or Teneriffe to London. from Safmarine (S.A Marine Corp) renamed Kinpurnie Castle, 1967 sold to These Steamers proceed alternately via Las Palmas (Grand Canary) and Teneriffe. July 1911 Union-Castle Line Track Chart. Sea. I have managed to plug some gaps for the passenger vessels from the ship's passenger lists published for . In 1857, renamed Ripley Castle, 1931 scrapped indirectly for the vessels. 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