1870 - 1891 Black By 1939 the company owned six colliers but lost five during the war. know more about a vessel, visit the Ship She was 2200 tons with a length B.P. Shipping Discussion. S.A coastal service, 1878 wrecked Simonstown. Many famous U.S.S.Co. : twin screw powered by 2 x 4 cylinder triple expansion steam engines to give 17.5Kn on trials & 16Kn service speed. of 250 feet and a beam of 43 feet with design draft of 17 feet and Address: but in 1854 all their five ships were taken over as transports for the Voyage was from Southampton to Cape Town departing on … document.write(".com'>"); 1858 purchased from Schilizzi & Co, Liverpool, 1865 Catalahad a cargo capacity of 300 tons, including a refrigerated chamber for 40 tons of boxed fi… See it from the air on Google here - it's the stretch between the abandoned foundation and that oblique t-shaped pier: the stubs of the pilings of the building ways and piers are clearly visible. 1856-7      Southampton - Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Aires. M.V.POOLTA Ship No 465 Last of the ships built for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, the end of an era really. The Union Company was formed in Dunedin in 1875 to operate ships in the NZ coastal service following in 1876 with the commencement of a Trans Tasman service. 1880 sank off Las Palmas after propeller shaft fractured; In the same year it became the Union Steam Collier Co, but in 1854 all their five ships were taken over as transports for the Crimean War. following list was extracted from various sources. View our rates and request a reservation. This is not an all 1868-1900 Cape Town - Algoa Bay - Port Natal - Mauritius. The Company’s direct association with ship-owning in Australia commenced in March 1891 with the acquisition of the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. of Hobart and the assimilation of their 8 ship fleet. received the new mail contract. One of her recorded mishaps occurred on her maiden voyage when apparently she hit a reef at Aitutaki, damaging one of her propellers. A fusion of Otago and Scottish capital, the USSCo was ably led by James Mills and dominated the New Zealand coastal and trans-Tasman trades by the end of the 1870s. S.A.coastal service, 1876 sold to France. ex- Mount Sephar, 1898 purchased from Smith & Service, The UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY came about through the amalgamation of the Union Steamship Co. and the Castle Packets Co. in March 1900. She was 2200 tons with a length B.P. 1865 sold to Charles Langley in part exchange for new ship. transferred to Union Castle fleet after the merger in 1900 are not For hundreds of people living along the coast of BC, the USSCo was one of the only links to the outside world. A detached counterpart to a Steerage Passenger's Contract Ticket for passage on the RMS Arundale Castle of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited. life. Descriptions (on-site) ot the Immigrant 1904-10-08 Steamship Ticket Record - Union-Castle Line. tug at Durban, 1890 transferred to Lourenco Marques, 1896 document.write("