Union-Castle Line History and Ephemera

The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited.

The Union-Castle Line offered many passenger and freight services including Royal Mail Service; Intermediate Steamship Class Service, East African Coast Service, Mauritius Service and Service to Lobito. For the UK, They served the ports of London and Southampton.

1939-07-14 RMS Windsor Castle

Union-Castle Line Passenger Lists

The Royal steamships of Union-Castle sail from Southampton every Saturday with passengers and cargo for Cape Colony and Natal, calling on Madeira. Intermediate ships are dispatched from London every Friday, sailing from Southampton every Saturday for Cape Colony , Natal, Las Palmas and Tentriffe.

Steamship Contracts for Passage

The Counterpart of Passenger's Contract Ticket No. 48799, SS Arundel Castle of the Union-Castle Line, Southampton to Cape Town, 8 October 1904.

SS Arundel Castle Contract Ticket - 8 October 1904

A detached counterpart to a Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket for passage on the RMS Arundale Castle of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited. Voyage was from Southampton to Cape Town departing on 1904-10-08.

 

Front Side, Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket, The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd.

SS Halmer Castle Passage Contract - 17 November 1906

Extraordinary original Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket for a 27 year old man from Southampton, England for passage to Natal, South Africa in 1906. It provides rich details of the requirements of the steamship company in terms of food, water and other items supplied during the journey.

Vintage Menus

James Stevens, Chief Engineer on the S.S. Windsor Castle

Vintage Menus from the Union-Castle Line

The Union-Castle Line offered a number of passenger and freight services including Royal Mail Service; Intermediate Steamship Class Service, East African Coast Service, Mauritius Service and Service to Lobito. For the UK, They served the ports of London and Southampton.

 

 

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