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SS Capetown Castle

From Graces Guide
31st December 1937.
1939.
February 1960. A Shackleton low flying over the SS Capetown Castle in respect to the guests on-board; Mr and Mrs MacMillan (Prime Minister and his wife).

RMMV Capetown Castle, a motor vessel, was launched on 23 September 1937 as a passenger liner for Union-Castle Line.

1940, the progress of World War II caused her conversion to a troop ship, a role she filled until 1946, when she returned to civilian service.[1]

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  1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Capetown_Castle
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