liquidated in 1990. In the 1950s and 60s the line operated a fleet of fifteen ships, eight on the principal weekly mail run from Southampton to Cape Town. Each ship could carry an average of two hundred First Class passengers and four hundred and fifty in Tourist Class. Six of the remaining ships operated the monthly Round Africa service, sailing both clockwise and anti-clockwise round the continent. The remaining ship operated a service carrying up to 750 Tourist Class passengers to Beira and back via the West Coast route every three months. In December 1999 the Union-Castle name was revived for a millennium cruise; the P&O ship was chartered for a 60-day cruise around Africa, and had its funnel repainted for the occasion. The last few surviving Union-Castle Line ships were scrapped in the early 21st century, the former Kenya Castle in 2001, the former in 2003, the former Dunnottar Castle in 2004, and finally in 2005. Ships The initial Union fleet consisted of the colliers Union, Briton, Saxon, Norman and Dane. In 1860 this was augmented by the much larger Cambrian. At the time of the merger in 1900, the Union fleet included: Arab (1879-1900), Briton (1897-1926), Falcon (1896-1942), Gaika (1896-1926), (1899-1916), Galician (1900-1918), (1897-1928), Gaul (1893-1906), German (2) (1898-1930), Goorkka (1897-1926), Goth (1893-1913), Greek (1893-1906), Guelph (1894-1913), Mexican (1883-1900), Moor (1881-1901), Norman (2) (1894-1926), Sabine (1895-1921), (1900-1935), Scot (1891-1905), Spartan (1881-1900), Susquehanna (1896-1926), and Trojan (1880-1900), with Celt on order (renamed before it came into service) and the Castle Line fleet included: Arundel Castle (3) (1894–1905), Avondale Castle (1897–1912), Braemar Castle (1) (1898–1924), Carisbrook Castle (1898–1922), Doune Castle (1890–1904), Dunolly Castle (1897–1905), (1890–1913), Dunvegan Castle (1896–1923), Garth Castle (1880–1901), Harlech Castle (1894–1904), Hawarden Castle (1883–1904), (1899–1931), Kinfauns Castle (2) (1899–1927), Lismore Castle (1891–1904), (1883–1903), (2) (1883–1906), Raglan Castle (1897–1905), Roslin Castle (2) (1883–1904), Tantallon Castle (2) (1894–1901), Tintagel Castle'' (1) (1896–1912) References Sources and further reading External links Collection of Passenger Lists of the Union-Castle Line GG Archives Union-Castle Line History and Ephemera GG Archives 1853 establishments in the United Kingdom 1990 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom Maritime history of South Africa Transport companies disestablished in 1990 Transport companies established in 1853