Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Company Ltd.
RMS Pendennis Castle
Royal Mail passenger and cargo ship launched in 1957
History
RMS Pendennis Castle was a Royal Mail Ship, passenger and cargo liner operated by the Union-Castle Line. The vessel served the Union-Castle Line from 1959–1976 on a regular route between the UK and South Africa for the Southampton to Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban "Cape Mail" service. After her withdrawal from service and subsequent sale by the Union-Castle Line in 1976, she was re-named consecutively Ocean Queen, Sinbad, then Sinbad I, however she never returned to commercial service after her Union-Castle Line service and was sold for scrap in 1980.
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Ship Facts & Specifications
Also Known As
- 1958–1976: Pendennis Castle
- 1976–1978: Ocean Queen
- 1978–1980: Sinbad I