DESCRIPTION -- Very rare find from the RMS Transvaal Castle of the Union Castle Line which is a square glass souvenir dish.  The item is in a good condition and shows a picture of the vessel in the centre.  This type of dish would have been found in the First Class cabins during the early 1960's and is 4½" (12cm) square.
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- Launched in 1961, RMS Transvaal Castle was a British ocean liner built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank for the Union-Castle Line for their mail service between Southampton and Durban. In 1966 she was sold to the South Africa-based Safmarine and renamed S.A. Vaal for further service on the same route. Following cessation of the service between the UK and South Africa in 1977 the ship was sold to Carnival Cruise Line and rebuilt in Japan as the cruise ship SS Festivale, re-entering service in 1978.

NOTES -- Many different and varied maritime shipping groups are covered on the Travellers in Time website so please email us at sales@travellersintime.net to ask about any items you see listed for more information.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the Union Castle Line vessel the RMMV Capetown Castle this is a souvenir cigarette case which is 3" (9cm) wide and is from the 1950's. A very rare to find piece which has a glass top showing a superb picture of the ship and the name.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- RMMV Capetown Castle was a British passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast for the Union-Castle Line's mail service from Southampton to South Africa. The ship was launched on 23 September 1937 and was a slightly enlarged version of the Stirling Castle and Athlone Castle of 1936. After the outbreak of World War II, in January 1940, the government introduced the Liner Requisition Scheme and Capetown Castle was taken up for conversion into a troop ship.

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DESCRIPTION -- Dating from the 1930's this is an as used in service coathanger from the Union Castle Line. It shows the company name on the front and is in a good condition.
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CONDITION -- Good

HISTORY -- The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation (commonly referred to as SAF-Marine) in 1973 to create International Liner Services, but maintained its separate identity throughout. Its shipping operations ceased in 1977.

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DESCRIPTION -- From the Union Castle Line vessel the Pretoria Castle (1947-1966) this is a souvenir silver coloured butterfly leaf ashtray which is 3" (9.5cm) wide. The superb coloured picture in the centre (special leaf backed design) shows a view of the vessel at sea and the item is circa 1950's. Unlikely to see another!
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The Pretoria Castle (28,705 grt, 747 ft. long) was the first Union-Castle ship to be completed after the war. She and her sister Edinburgh Castle sailed on the mail run to Cape Town from 1948. The vessel was sold to Safmarine in 1966 and renamed S.A. Oranje, but continued in the same service managed by Union-Castle. She was sold to be broken up in 1975.

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DESCRIPTION -- A china milk jug from the Union Castle Line shipping company. The item is in a great condition and dates from the 1950's/60's and is 5" (13cm) high and made by Ashworth Brothers. The milk jug is bottom marked with the company name and is an as used on-board piece.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- The Union-Castle Line was a prominent British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation in 1973 to create International Liner Services, but maintained its separate identity throughout. Its shipping operations ceased in 1977.

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DESCRIPTION -- Large size heavy weight table cloth from the Union Castle Line shipping company with logo in centre, and produced for use on the long/tall ships of the fleet and the size of this item is 135" x 46" (342cm x 114cm)
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The Union-Castle Line was a prominent British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation in 1973 to create International Liner Services, but maintained its separate identity throughout. Its shipping operations ceased in 1977.

NOTES -- Travellers in Time continually list many unusual items on the website. We can always be contacted at sales@travellersintime.net for all other maritime enquiries.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the Union Castle Line shipping company an as used in service egg cup which is double ended and in an excellent condition. The item shows on the inside the Union Castle Line name and motif (click on the item to see a close up of the company logo).
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The Union-Castle Line was a prominent British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation in 1973 to create International Liner Services, but maintained its separate identity throughout. Its shipping operations ceased in 1977.

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DESCRIPTION -- From the Union Castle Line shipping company a fantastic and very old wooden framed picture of the vessel the Durham Castle. It is in full colour and in a circular dark wood frame with the size being 6" (15cm) wide. A great find !!
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CONDITION -- Good

HISTORY -- Durham Castle was built in 1904 by Fairfield Ship Building & Engineering Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 8217grt, a length of 475ft 5in, a beam of 56ft 8in and a service speed of 14 knots. Sister of the Dover Castle she was initially deployed as an Intermediate steamship but was transferred to the Cape - Mombasa run in 1910. During the First World War she remained on commercial service but often acted as a troopship on the northbound passage.

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DESCRIPTION -- Early colour picture from the 1960's of the Union Castle Line vessel the Stirling Castle and the size is 11" (28cm) x 8" (21cm) and in a great condition.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- The RMMV Stirling Castle was a British ocean liner of the Union-Castle Line built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Southampton to South Africa mail service. She was launched on 15 August 1935 and was the first of two identical sister ships, being joined a few months later by the Athlone Castle. A third, slightly larger, ship of the class, the Capetown Castle, joined them in 1938.

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DESCRIPTION -- Set of old and very early metal nutcrackers from the Union Castle Line shipping company, which are in a very good condition and an unusual find.
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CONDITION -- Good

HISTORY -- Maritime Artefacts

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