Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited - Maiden voyage of RMS Pretoria Castle (1948)

A blue ring binder type album, with 'RMS "PRETORIA CASTLE" MAIDEN VOYAGE' stamped in gold on the front cover. There are 42 pages and 39 photographs mounted one to a page. There is a typescript list of captions inside the front cover.
The album focuses of Pretoria Castle's maiden voyage in July 1948 and includes interiors, the reception in South Africa, presentation of address, Pretoria station.

Object Details

ID: ALB0647
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 419 mm x 305 mm
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