ATHLONE CASTLE  1936
       
RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                               THE OCEAN LINERS

 

Welcome to our RMMV Athlone Castle website celebrating this stylish and beautiful motorship. She was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for Union-Castle Line. In 1938, under the terms of the 1936 mail contract, with the Stirling Castle she introduced the accelerated service taking 14 days.  During the Second World War she gave distinguished service all over the world as a troopship. In 1946 she returned to service on the mail run and continued in loyal service until 1965 when she was retired by Union-Castle Line. She was sold for scrap and sailed to Kaoshiung in Taiwan for dismantling, a sad end for a much loved and stylish ship.

This website aims to record the history of this fine British ocean liner and act as a virtual home to honour and commemorate this fine ship. We hope you enjoy this website and when you leave we hope you will visit again soon.


   

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Her Regular Service Route: England to South Africa

 Southampton to Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban "Cape Mail" service.

"THE CAPE MAIL SERVICE"

THE UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON

(UNION CASTLE LINE)




(c) The AJN Transport Britain Collection 2007                                                                                                                                                                                 A Edward Elliott