PENDENNIS
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RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE
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Welcome to
our RMS Pendennis Castle website
celebrating this stylish and beautiful mailship. She was built by
Harland & Wolff in Belfast for Union-Castle Line. She was
the replacement for the ageing 1921 built Arundel Castle. She had been
ordered in early 1955 and her design had undergone many changes.
However she became the best loved, finest and fastest mailship in the
Union-Castle fleet. Famous as the "Fun Ship" of Union-Castle she
loyally served until 1976 when she was withdrawn from service. She was
sold but despite several owners she remained laid up in Hong Kong and
sadly never sailed again. Eventually in
1980
she was sold to be scrapped in Kaoshiung in Taiwan, 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 This Website is based on
content from the
SS Maritime website (www.ssmaritime.com)
with the kind permission of Reuben Goossens
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(c) The AJN Transport Britain Collection 2007 A Edward Elliott