Pretoria Castle as an experimental aircraft carrier

HMS Pretoria Castle as an experimental aircraft carrier during flying trials in 1944. She was returned to the Union Castle Line after the Second World War and renamed Warwick Castle. Courtesy of Imperial War Museum.

Postcard no: BrS19

Athlone Castle as a troop carrier

HMT Athlone Castle, 25564 tons, arriving at an unknown destination as part of a troop convoy, escorted by HMS Mauritius, in May 1942. Photo: Imperial War Museum.