A Brief Account of the Activities of the Union-Castle Line Fleet on War Service, 1939-1946, together with Photographs
A 24 page loose sheet album, bound with cord, containing 32 photographic captioned prints.
The first few pages also includes a brief account of the war service for the ships within the album.
Themes include the repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War from Sweden to Liverpool; the repatriation of East African Troops to Lagos, and South African Troops to Capetown; and the repatriation of wounded Allied Prisoners in Hospital Ships.
The albums contains pre-war and wartime images for the following ship:
1) Capetown Castle
2) Athlone Castle
3) Durban Castle
4) Llangibby Castle
5) Carnavon Caslte
6) Llandovery Castle
7) Pretoria Castle
8) Arundel Casltle
9) Rochester Castle
10) Edinburgh Castle
11) Gerusalemme (captured Italian liner, managed by Union-Castle Line).
See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album.
The first few pages also includes a brief account of the war service for the ships within the album.
Themes include the repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War from Sweden to Liverpool; the repatriation of East African Troops to Lagos, and South African Troops to Capetown; and the repatriation of wounded Allied Prisoners in Hospital Ships.
The albums contains pre-war and wartime images for the following ship:
1) Capetown Castle
2) Athlone Castle
3) Durban Castle
4) Llangibby Castle
5) Carnavon Caslte
6) Llandovery Castle
7) Pretoria Castle
8) Arundel Casltle
9) Rochester Castle
10) Edinburgh Castle
11) Gerusalemme (captured Italian liner, managed by Union-Castle Line).
See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album.
Object Details
| ID: | ALB1175 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Photograph Album |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1946 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |