RMS Pendennis Castle — historic photograph

Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Company Ltd.

RMS Pendennis Castle

Royal Mail passenger and cargo ship launched in 1957

1958 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 28,582 GRT 764 ft Scrapped
28,582GRT
Tonnage
764ft
Length
83.6ft
Beam
22.5knots
Speed
475passengers
Passengers

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.

Text: Wikipedia — RMS Pendennis Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
28,582 GRT (1967, 28,453 GRT. 1972, 28,442 GRT)
Length
764 ft
Beam
83.6 ft
Draught
32 ft
Speed
22.5 knots
Passengers
197 First Class, 473 Tourist Class (670 total) 475 Crew
Builder
Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched
24 December 1957
Maiden voyage
1 January 1959
Out of service
14 June 1976
Owner
1958–1976 Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Company Ltd.; 1976–77 Ocean Queen Navigation Corp.
Port of registry
1958–1976: London, United Kingdom
Propulsion
steam turbines driving twin screws via reduction gearing
Fate
Scrapped 1980, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • 1958–1976: Pendennis Castle
  • 1976–1978: Ocean Queen
  • 1978–1980: Sinbad I
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