The Union-Castle Line : Sailing like clockwork

Roussel Mike & Warwick Sam

ISBN 10: 0750962917 ISBN 13: 9780750962919

Verlag: The History Press, 2015

Sprache: Englisch

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Well illustrated history of the Union-Castle liner service to South Africa. 1914pp, well illustrated, much in colour. VG clean copy in dust wrapper.

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Titel

The Union-Castle Line : Sailing like clockwork

Verlag

The History Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0750962917

ISBN-13

9780750962919

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

1st

Zustand

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

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Maritime - Merchant Shipping

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The Union-Castle Line’s heritage spans over a century. It provided the mail service to South Africa for 120 years and established an unrivalled reputation for punctual schedules. From the middle of the nineteenth century it ran ‘like clockwork’ until its demise in 1977, a victim of emerging competition from jet aircraft, increasing fuel costs and the containerisation of cargo. As a company, the Union-Castle Line used the latest technical innovations of the day, constantly striving to improve speed, reliability, customer comfort and safety. Its lavender-hulled ships were some of the most impressive vessels of the time. Yet the story of the Union-Castle Line is also one of people – the passengers and crew ensured that the line survived for so long. This book tells some of their fascinating stories, including tales of shipwrecks, war service, missing gold bullion, escaped wild animals and even the occasional murder on board. Utilising previously unpublished diaries, letters and photographs, this illustrated volume chronicles the shipping line from its glorious beginning to its tragic end. It is a multifaceted history of the Union-Castle Line, which examines some of the company’s shipwrecks as well as the fond legacy of the line today.

�ber die Autorinnen und Autoren

MIKE ROUSSEL has previously written Spitfire’s Forgotten Designer: The Career of Supermarine’s Joe Smith for The History Press, as well as co-authoring Shipwrecks of the Cunard Line and The Union-Castle Line. He is an active supporter of Solent Sky Aviation Museum. He lives in Southampton

SAM WARWICK is the son of Ronald W. Warwick, a past Master of QE2, and is an established maritime author. The QE2 has played a major part in his life since childhood and he has been a regular passenger on the ship.

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