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To Safmarine.
To Union-Castle Line.
S.A. Vaal
The S.A. Vaal (30,212 grt, 760 ft. long) was originally the Transvaal Castle,
sailing on her maiden voyage from Southampton to South Africa for Union-Castle Line in January 1962.
Four years later she was taken over by South African Marine Corporation (Safmarine) though remaining on the same route and still managed by Union-Castle.
She was sold in 1977 to Carnival Cruise Lines, rebuilt and renamed Festivale for Caribbean cruising from 1978.
From the late 1990s she sailed for other cruise lines, being renamed IslandBreeze and later Big Red Boat III and finally sold to scrappers in 2003.
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The Simplon Postcards website has pages on the history of the S.A. Vaal, with many postcards of various stages of her career.
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From a 1967 Union-Castle/Safmarine brochure/deckplan of the S.A. Vaal (see below).
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See this page for views of the liner while still the Transvaal Castle.
You may use my images on another website.
This page last updated November 9, 2008.
Then please credit them as being from the collection of Björn Larsson,
and preferably provide a link to my Introduction page.
Thank you!
