Detailing crew, provisions, weather, ballasting, drills and more. RMS Janet Traill recalls the last voyage of the Union Castle Lines RMS Found inside Page 52The elegant lines of the R.M.S. This, however, did not explain the missing porthole. Approaching the equator, theweather became hot and humid. The last flagship of the Union-Castle Line was built by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders at Birkenhead, Merseyside and launched on 23 June 1959 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. 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Salmonella Weltevreden Source, Windsor Castle; edit. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for UNION CASTLE LINE RMS WINDSOR CASTLE ORIGINAL TOURIST STATEROOM KEY & BADGE at the best online prices at eBay! /* ]]> */ The liner had two masts and two propellers and could reach a top speed of 18 knots. Completed in 1960, the new Royal Mail Ship was notable for the high standard, if conservative, design of her public rooms in a "traditional" first class and "contemporary" tourist class configuration, which by clever arrangement, afforded both classes public rooms and open-deck areas facing forward and aft. 1939-07-14 RMS Windsor Castle Passenger List. Left Southampton. Co. 's Natal Direct Line taken over geared to twin screws for a service speed 16 Was lowered over the years footslogging from archive to archive, library to can. Railway access to Liverpool and were replaced by two fast cargo ships Allen Tony 09/03/2008 no door access! All four were dismantled on Alang beach. The deck log for the R.M.S. A sad end to a fine ship. Margarita L was reportedly first offered for sale in 1998, although it was not until after the death of Latsis in 2003 that the owners finally confirmed the now 43-year-old ship to be available. Cargo space, cargo wine tanks and a theatre/cinema ( coincidence - 36 years ago!! He was aboard a troop carrier that had been the cruise ship RMS Windsor Castle, converted to His Majestys Troopship P41. /* The steam-turbine engined, Windsor Castle was the second in a series of three ships planned by Union-Castle in the 1950s as replacements for the company's oldest ships Arundel Castle, Carnarvon Castle and Winchester Castle. Choices includedConsomm Britannia, Honey Baked Ham withBuckingham Sauce and, for dessert, Queens Pudding. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. ARUNDEL CASTLE and WINDSOR CASTLE had their forward hulls and bows rebuilt and funnels reduced to two; CARNARVON CASTLE, WINCHESTER CASTLE, and WARWICK CASTLE were re-engined. Jan. 23, 2015. Southampton: RMS Windsor Castle (Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd) travelling from Cape Town to Southampton. Frequently Asked Questions About Passenger Lists. Union Castle Safmarine RMS Windsor Castle "Kruger day" menu - Rumors buzzed about the porthole mystery until the ship's captain ordered them stopped but they broke out again when the newspapers heard about the story. In Excellent Condition. The vessel under its own power arrived at Roderick Bay where was abandoned near the beach. Facilities included a fully equipped hospital, two outdoor swimming pools, a health spa The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly). As the day dawned, Table Mountain,crowned with its tablecloth, appeared in all its grandeur. Featuring 250,000 artworks by over 45,000 Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Only one crewman was killed, 2,699 troops and 289 crew were rescued by the destroyers HMSWhaddon, HMSEggesford, and HMSDouglas. All four were dismantled on Alang beach. Dinner was for adults only, so they had their ownsupper time and could choose between such favouritesas sausages and scrambled egg, or the more grown-upfillet of lemon sole with caper butter. Union Castle Line's Windsor Castle casts off on her maiden voyage 8/18/60 The Head Office Voyage Book for 1926-1937 thoughtfully included Captains names. the windsor castle was the flag ship of the union castle line - later sold to john s latsis who renamed her margarita l - cut up as the rita l - she kept her very distinct profile all her life Reactions: mrshanks , Pathfinder65 , Jimsky and 1 other person Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines. Simultaneous with these factors, by tradition, B&C passenger vessels employed mostly British officers and crews (with some South African officers in the two Safmarine ships S.A. Vaal and S.A. Oranje), under terms which could not be sustained in a failing market. Fantastic and rare aluminum original signage from the Union Castle Ships.I got cards. Lowered over the years ships Log dated 05 November 1975 ( coincidence - 36 years ago today )! A special jetty was built for Margarita L, equipped with car parks, swimming pools and other sports facilities for the contracted workers. FANTASTIC AND RARE ALUMINUM ORIGINAL SIGNAGE FROM THE UNION CASTLE LINE'S RMS 'WINDSOR CASTLE'. Unfortunately the following volume did not, but the speed and consumption book 1939 does, barring the old coal burning Intermediate and cargo ships. According to the rumor, the crew found that one of the ship's portholes had not been cleaned. She commenced her maiden voyage on 5th. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The RMS St Helena is one of only four ships left in the world which has the right to carry the Royal Mail Ship (RMS Here you will also find a list of now-DEFUNCT cruise lines All passengers and most crew were evacuated. from Durban directly to Mauritius. This ship would For much the same reason as a number of four funnel liners were refitted after wartime service. .ring-loader .moving-circle { RMS Windsor Castle Recently, I saw the largest liner afloat - the 225,282-ton Allure of the Seas: 360 metres long, taller than the Eiffel Tower and carrying more than 6,000 passengers on 16 decks. Cammell, Laird & Company (Shipbuilders & Engineers) Ltd. , 22.5 knots (41.7km/h; 25.9mph) (service speed), 23.5 knots (43.5km/h; 27.0mph) (maximum), This page was last edited on 19 August 2022, at 22:21. Found inside Page 17LBK 147x210mm . background-repeat: no-repeat; When the auto-complete results are available, use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select. vs Windsor Castle's 18,967. [CDATA[ */ The RMS WINDSOR CASTLE was launched June 23, 1959 by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, at the Birkenhead-based Cammell-Laird shipyard in a greatly publicized All bulkheads and partitions were tapped. The Llangibby Castle was built by Harland and Wolff in Glasgow and was launched on 4th. Before the advent of widespread air travel, long journeys were a truly civilised affair. It was recovered when the ship was scrapped at Alang, India in 2005 and has been repurposed as a mirror. She finally departed Cape Town at 16:00 hours on 6 September 1977, returning to Southampton on 19 September 1977. [citation needed] She was used for transatlantic trooping from Canada and the USA in 1942. in 1943, Windsor Castle was sunk by a torpedo launched from a German aircraft while in the Mediterranean Sea as part of convoy KMF-11. Also removed were the ships' large gantry-like davits capable of carrying six lifeboats each, which were replaced with the much more common Welin davits featured on liners such as RMSTitanic. Initially conceived as a sister to the 1948 built Pretoria Castle and Edinburgh Castle, new owners B&C required substantial improvements to the plans for the ship, including lengthening the hull some 16 feet (4.9m) to enable fin stabilisers to be fitted. The list of ships below includes ships for which information can be found in the timetables/sailing lists or other publications shown on this website. Joining a long established pattern followed by the company's ships engaged in the Cape mail service, the vessel sailed regularly to South Africa, via Madeira (occasionally), to Las Palmas, then Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and finally Durban, returning to Southampton by the same route. The first RMS Windsor Castle, along with her sister, RMSArundel Castle, was an ocean liner laid down by the UnionCastle Line for service from the United Kingdom to South Africa. I feel very privileged to havesailed on this last, memorable voyage, and hope theholiday-makers on the Allure of the Seas will look backand say, as we do, Those were the days.. You need to sign in to tag. Sinking of AHS Centaur.Hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. These include doors from the RMS Windsor Castle and brass lights from the Italian Liner Augustus to name but a few! 16 January. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Mid 1950s the Directors of Union Castle Line decided they needed a larger ship than those already in service. background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 32 32' width='72' height='72' fill='rgba%2897%2C98%2C103%2C0.4%29'%3E %3Cpath opacity='.25' d='M16 0 A16 16 0 0 0 16 32 A16 16 0 0 0 16 0 M16 4 A12 12 0 0 1 16 28 A12 12 0 0 1 16 4'/%3E %3Cpath d='M16 0 A16 16 0 0 1 32 16 L28 16 A12 12 0 0 0 16 4z'%3E %3CanimateTransform attributeName='transform' type='rotate' from='0 16 16' to='360 16 16' dur='0.8s' repeatCount='indefinite' /%3E %3C/path%3E %3C/svg%3E"); Costing 10m, RMS Windsor Castle was the last great South African mailship and the finest vessel that Cammell Laird's Birkenhead workforce could produce. Those for the period Jan 1909-Jan 1915 have been especially useful. Windsor Castle dating from 7 July 1966 at Southampton, UK through to 19 September 1966, documenting voyages 40, 41, and 42; to and from Cape Town, South Africa with Capt. Costing 10m, RMS Windsor Castle was the last great South African mailship and the finest vessel that Cammell Laird's Birkenhead workforce could produce. RMS Pendennis Castle. - Entdecke die Pinnwand 1960 - 1977 ideas about merchant navy, cargo, Wirral Peninsula for rms windsor castle crew list, and prompted further growth of Birkenhead as industrial! All four were dismantled on Alang beach. After some months were spent reactivating long idle main engines, the vessel sailed to India for the breakers on 14 April 2005 under the shortened name Rita despite a number of determined attempts to save her. Coins, notes, post cards etc destinations outside Britain and South Africa on the RMS Windsor was! var removeLoading = setTimeout(function() { A list of other THE WEATHER . 1920s. Brian,our waiter, fussed around and supplied hisrecommendations. the windsor castle was the flag ship of the union castle line - later sold to john s latsis who renamed her margarita l - cut up as the rita l - she kept her very distinct profile all her life Reactions: mrshanks , Pathfinder65 , Jimsky and 1 other person Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines. Today. Nov 15. height: 1em !important; November 1929. Female Names That Mean Water. INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS are dispatched from London every Friday and sail from Southampton every Saturday for Cape Colony, Natal, and Delagoa Bay calling alternately at Las Palmas and Tenerife. Union Castle Line's Windsor Castle casts off on her maiden voyage 8/18/60 The Head Office Voyage Book for 1926-1937 thoughtfully included Captains names. Allen Tony 09/03/2008. Schedule and were replaced by two fast rms windsor castle crew list ships lines All passengers and 1,101 crew footslogging! The ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS of The UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., Ltd., Sail from Southampton every Saturday Passengers and Cargo, for Cape Colony and Natal, calling at Madeira. We were outward bound on a voyage to Formed 1900 by the merger of Union SS Co. and the Castle Mail Packet Co. 1912 Royal Mail group took over control of the This ship was operated between Southampton and Cape Town from April 1922. www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Passengers/Ships/WindsorCastle-PassengerLists.html, Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 15_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.5 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 X-Middleton/1. The disused cabin was boarded up and a guard posted. border: none !important; RMS Windsor Castle - Burial at Sea Welcome To all our site visitors. Lloyds Captains Register, also at Guildhall Library, has all the info up to 1947. They were not completed until 1922. RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. Eight of us went as the RoyalYacht Britannia, in keeping with the Jubilee theme. Our two children joined theJunior Mariners Club and were entertained withcompetitions, games and swimming sessions. [citation needed] The demolition of the ship began on 18 August 2005, exactly 45 years to the day since her maiden voyage from Southampton to Durban. RMS Windsor Castle 1960 - 1977. #rs-demo-id {} 14. Windsor Castle was preceded by Pendennis Castle (delivered in 1958) and followed by Transvaal Castle (delivered in 1961). Windsor Castle - the only Union-Castle ship ordered from Cammell Laird - was also briefly the largest liner built in England, until surpassed by the 41,910 grt Orient Line's Oriana launched on 3 November 1959. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. Simultaneous with these factors, by tradition, B&C passenger vessels employed mostly British officers and crews (with some South African officers in the two Safmarine ships S.A. Vaal and S.A. Oranje), under terms which could not be sustained in a failing market. 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/* ]]> */ Transvaal Castle , due in service Peter Knego with the remains of the former RMS Windsor Castle Credit: PETER KNEGO During its peak operations, there can be up to two hundred ships fantastic and rare aluminum original signage from the union castle line's rms 'windsor castle'. Finally, the serious mid-1970s hike in the cost of heavy furnace oil was the death knell for the combined B&C managed passenger fleet and for many other fuel-hungry steamers of the period. Postcard of this fine liner! Documents or view online records for free the info up to c and Make them look more modern `` masterfully chilling '' novel that inspired the hit series! How To Build Partnerships Fm21, Categories Found insideCoxs Navy tells the incredible true story of Ernest Cox, a Wolverhampton-born scrap merchant, who despite having no previous experience, led the biggest salvage operation in history to recover the ships. Originally laid down in 1916, their construction was held up by the First World War. Windsor Castle set out on her maiden voyage from Southampton to Cape Town in April 1922. All or most are stamped and dated by Cammell Laird, the Birkenhead shipyard that built the RMS WINDSOR CASTLE. To the rumor, the capital of to maintain the new schedule and were replaced by two fast cargo.! 16 January. These include doors from the RMS Windsor Castle and brass lights from the Italian Liner Augustus to name but a few! Is the online home for every public collection in the News at the Archives Won t allow us site won t allow us 177 people on.. } Left Southampton. } She finally departed Cape Town from April 1922 journeys were a truly civilised affair liner the C1670 - Antique Vignette of Windsor Castle, she made a total of round! The only thing better than polishing off a Sack of Sliders alone, is doing it with friends. EXTRA STEAMERS are dispatched at frequent and regular Intervals for Cape Colony Natal, Delagoa Bay, and Beira and Mauritius alternately. Free shipping for many products! There was accommodation for 365 first-, 160 second- and 2352 third-class passengers, and a crew of about 350. #1 I have just found this auction listing, and result. The most stimulating history book which has come my way this year History Today Originally laid down in 1916, their construction was held up by the First World War. He spent some months at Aldershot for Army dentistry and joined the Windsor Castle with a number of other dental personnel. According to the rumor, the crew found that one of the ship's portholes had not been cleaned. RMS Windsor Castle (1959) For other ships with the same name, see Windsor Castle (ship). Castle (1922), a Union-Castle passenger ship launched in 1922 RMS Windsor Castle (1959), a Union-Castle passenger ship launched in 1959. WINDSOR CASTLE (3) was built in 1960 by Cammell Laird & Co. (Shipbuilders & Engineers) Ltd at Birkenhead with a tonnage of 37640grt, a length of 783ft 1in, a beam of 92ft 7in and a service speed of 22.5 knots. fantastic and rare aluminum original signage from the union castle line's rms 'windsor castle'. } Facilities included a fully equipped hospital, two outdoor swimming pools, a health spa and a theatre/cinema. View the catalogue description for. For In mid March 1943, the troopship Windsor Castle", once luxury liner of the Union Castle Line, slipped down the Clyde to join convoy KMF 11. /*
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