If you have found the information on these pages useful, you might like to contribute to the costs involved (this money comes directly to me)
 
Or you may wish to give to one of these charities that are close to my heart - please tell them how you found them, if donating this way
 

Stirling Castle Ship Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd1

?, #15187, b. 1935, d. 1966
Pedigree
Last Edited: 25 May 2019
  • (Child) Birth*: Stirling Castle Ship Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd was born in 1935; STIRLING CASTLE 1935
    The STIRLING CASTLE was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1935 for Union Castle Line. She was a 25,554 gross ton vessel, length 725ft, one funnel, two masts and a speed of 20 knots. There was accommodation for 300-1st and 500-cabin class passengers. Launched on 15th July 1935, she commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton to Capetown on 7th February 1936. She made a record voyage from Southampton to Capetown of 13 days 9 hours later the same year, which beat the previous record held since 1893 by the Union Line's SCOT. From 1940 she served as a troopship, steaming 505,000 miles and carrying a total of 128,000 personnel. From 1943 she sailed in the trooping service from the USA and on one voyage carried over 6,000 men. She returned to the mail service in 1947 after reconditioning, with accommodation for 243-1st and 540-tourist class passengers. She continued on the Cape run until her last voyage in 1965 when she arrived at Southampton on 30th November. She carried out cruises for a few weeks and finally left Southampton on 1st February 1966 for Mihara, Japan where she arrived on 3rd March for breaking up.[The Cape Run by W.H.Mitchell & L.A. Sawyer]2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Stirling Castle Ship Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd died in 1966.2

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Class: BT26; Piece: 1402; Item: 51
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
    Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. [Nov 2010]
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsSS.shtml [May 2019].