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Arundel Castle and Windsor Castle

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The Arundel Castle (18,980 grt, 661 ft. long) entered service on the
Southampton-Cape Town route in 1921, a year earlier than her sister, the Windsor Castle.
They were the only four-funnelled liners built for a service other than across the North Atlantic.
However, both were rebuilt with only two funnels and lengthened in 1937 (19,118 grt, 686 ft. long).
The Arundel Castle was a troop transport during WW2 but was back on the South Africa
mail run between 1950 and 1958, when she was sold for scrap.

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The Arundel Castle at Cape Town (also below).

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This photo and the one below is from a 1938 brochure titled "Visit South Africa - The Land of Sunshine".

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From a 1957 brochure featuring tourist class accomodation on several Union-Castle liners.

See this page for the Farewell Dinner menu of the Arundel Castle, December 18, 1958.

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The Windsor Castle (orig. 18,967, 661 ft. long) was sunk during WW2, when serving as a troop transport.

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(Images above from the collection of Raymond Reynolds - marked RR)

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This view is probably from either of the two sisters.
From a c. 1930 Union-Castle Line Map of Africa.

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This page last updated December 18, 2005.