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A WELL-PRESENTED 1:384 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE UNION CASTLE LINER M.S. CAPETOWN CASTLE (1938)
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A WELL-PRESENTED 1:384 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE UNION CASTLE LINER M.S. CAPETOWN CASTLE (1938)

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A WELL-PRESENTED 1:384 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE UNION CASTLE LINER M.S. CAPETOWN CASTLE (1938)
modelled by R. Chapman with masts, derricks, rigging, anchors, fairleads, bitts, ventilators, deckrails, anchor winch with chains, derrick winches, covered hatches, companionways, superstructure with bridge with binnacle over, sixteen lifeboats in davits, funnel with hooters, engine room lights, swimming pool, emergency helm and many other details. The hull with portholes is finished in red below the waterline and grey and set in a moulded and painted seascape on a display board with legend and wood bound glazed cover, total measurements -- 7½ x 29¼in. (19 x 74cm.)
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Lot Essay

Launched on the 23rd September 1937, the Capetown Castle (together with her sister ships Athlone Castle and Stirling Castle) was built for the Union Castle Line by Harland & Wolff. Displacing a net tonnage of 27002 tons, a length of 734 feet and breath of 82 feet 3 inches, the Capetown Castle, the largest Union Castle motor liner, could reach a speed of 20 knots and accommodate 292 first class and 499 cabin class passengers. Intended for the Company's Southampton to Capetown route she completed her maiden voyage in 1938. During the War she served as a troop transport vessel, returning to normal service in 1947. She was without incident until an engine room explosion in 1960 killed seven crewmembers, and she was finally scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1967.

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