Saturday, 11 January 2014

Rowallan Castle sails from Table Bay

Refrigerated cargo vessel MV Rowallan Castle, 7943 tons, sailing from Table Bay, South Africa for the UK on 4 March 1968. Photo: CH Solomon.

Postcard no: BrS16

Carnarvon Castle with Durban Castle

RMMV Carnarvon Castle, 20148 tons, (with MV Durban Castle visible astern) seen in Port Elizabeth on 14 January 1956 en route to UK. Photo: Fr MNW Edwards.

Postcard no: BrS17

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

Rustenburg Castle arrives in Cape Town

Refrigerated cargo vessel MV Rustenburg Castle, 8322 tons, arriving in Cape Town on 20 March 1971. Photo: CH Solomon.

Postcard no: BrS22

Dunbar Castle in front of Table Mountain

MV Dunbar Castle, 10002 tons, sailing from Table Bay, Cape Town, for coast ports 30 March 1939. Photo: Mr N Edwards.

Postcard no: BrS25

Rothesay Castle in Table Bay

MV Rothesay Castle, 9360 tons, sailing from Table Bay, Cape Town on 8 August 1970. Photo: CH Solomon.

Postcard no: BrS26

Kenya Castle in Zanzibar

SS Kenya Castle, 17041 tons, anchored at Zanzibar, 3/4 June 1955. Photo: JB Boulton.

Postcard no: BrS27