Union Castle Line return an oil painting from their liner STIRLING CASTLE

   The Town Clerk of Stirling, a city in Central Scotland, was astonished to receive a letter from the Union Castle Line in London advising him that their passenger liner STIRLING CASTLE was being broken up in Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan.

   The letter told that the Town Council of Stirling had presented an oil painting to the ship, to be displayed on board, on the occasion of her maiden voyage to South Africa in 1936.

   Union Castle Line had removed the painting from the vessel before she went to the shipbreakers and were arranging for the painting to be returned to Stirling.

   STIRLING CASTLE, 725 feet long (225m) and of 25,550 gross tons, was built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast for Union Castle’s mail and passenger service from Southampton to South Africa, calling at Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban.

   In August 1936 she set a new record for the passage from Southampton to Table Bay, reaching South Africa in 13 days and 9 hours, beating the previous record of 14 days 18 hours 57 minutes which had stood since 1893.

   During World War 11 she was used as a troopship and carried 128,000 personnel over 505,000 miles and was unscathed during the conflict.

   STIRLING CASTLE returned to the South Africa passenger route in 1947, until November 1965 when she was withdrawn from service and sold to Nichimen Shipbreaking Company in Japan, arriving there on 3^rd March 1966.

RAVNEFJELL leaves Prince's Dock, Glasgow with cargo for Montreal (Canada) and the Great Lakes

On 25 March 1965 at berth 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, 2 heavy lifts total weight 48 tons 10 hundredweights were loaded onto RAVNEFJELL by WRC.   What was WRC ???    

BASKERVILLE departs Glasgow for Port Alfred (Canada)

CLAN MACTAGGART closes at Birkenhead March 25 for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

CLAN   LINE

FAST  LINER  SERVICES

SOUTH   AND   EAST   AFRICA

DURBAN,   LOURENCO  MARQUES   AND   BEIRA

                                                      * §  CLAN MACNAIR    Closing Glasgow Mar 7  …  B’head Mar 15

                                                     *  CLAN MACTAGGART  Closing Glasgow Mar 16   B’head Mar 25

                                                         CLAN MACTAVISH  Closing Glasgow Mar 28    B’head Apr 5

*Also calls Teneriffe

§ Also calls Luanda and Lobito

LOBITO,   WALVIS  BAY,   CAPE  TOWN,

PORT  ELIZABETH,   EAST  LONDON,

DURBAN,   LOURENCO  MARQUES   and   BEIRA

CLAN FINLAY

Closing Glasgow Mar 17 … Swansea Mar 21 … B’head Mar 29

CEYLON,   INDIA   and   PAKISTAN

PORT  SAID,   SUEZ,   AQABA,   ADEN,

CHITTAGONG   and   CHALNA

CLAN GRANT  Closing Glasgow Mar 18   B’head Mar 28

Vessels have liberty to call at other ports

either on or out of route

For all information apply to

CAYZER,  IRVINE  &  CO.  LTD.

LONDON,   LIVERPOOL   and

109  HOPE  STREET,   GLASGOW

Telephone  CENtral  7050

Fjell Oranje Line's RAVNEFJELL closing for receiving cargo at Glasgow on 25th March 1966

FJELL  ORANJE  LINES

From  GLASGOW  by  Direct  Regular  Sailings 

(R)  m.s. RAVNEFJELL   ….  Closing 25 March

Calling  at  MONTREAL,  TORONTO,

HAMILTON,  CLEVELAND,  DETROIT,

MILWAUKEE  and  CHICAGO

(R)  Refrigerated Space

Cargo  must  not  be  delivered  unless  space  previously  booked

Apply :

J.  C  PEACOCK  &  CO.  LTD.,

166  BUCHANAN  STREET,  GLASGOW  C  1

Phone  DOUglas  7101        Grams  “Peacock”   

Advertisment in March 1966 by Furness Withy for sailings from Leith (Scotland) to Denmark

LEITH  TO  DENMARK

and  VICE  VERSA

WEEKLY  SAILINGS

Cargo taken to and from all parts of

Denmark (except Copenhagen).

PASSENGER  SERVICE  THREE TIMES  WEEKLY

NEWCASTLE / COPENHAGEN  via  ESBJERG

and  vice  versa  June 10  to September  10

For further particulars apply to Travel Agents or

FURNESS  WITHY  &  CO.  LTD.,  LEITH

Telephone  Leith  1311

or

THE  UNITED  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY LIMITED,

COPENHAGEN

British India's CHANDPARA closes at Penang for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne

J.S. of Southend-on-Sea, England contributes a copy of the

British India Steam Navigation Company sailing notice for their

services from Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang in

February, March and April 1966.

Harbour oiler CLANITY comes alongside ASSIOUT to bunker her with fuel oil

Harbour oiler CLANITY comes alongside ASSIOUT to bunker her with fuel oil

IVERNIA left New York March 25 for Liverpool

CORINALDO left Cape Town March 25 for Southampton