{"product_id":"union-castle-liners-southampton-to-the-south-african-cape-19461977","title":"UNION CASTLE LINERS: Southampton to the South African Cape 19461977","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was one of the most important British liner routes of all  the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the allimportant mail, it was a byword in travel  every Thursday at 4, as one of the big UnionCastle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. By the late 1950s, these mail ships included the Arundel Castle, Carnarvon Castle, Winchester Castle, Athlone Castle, Stirling Castle, Capetown Castle and two postwar sensations, the Edinburgh Castle and Pretoria Castle. Three new liners arrived in 1959, the last great ships built for UnionCastle. They were Pendennis Castle, Windsor Castle and Transvaal Castle. The route was not just to the Cape  for UnionCastle also offered a service down the East coast of Africa and a roundAfrica route too. In 1977, with the mail contract and passengers lost to the jet and cargo to container ships, the service ceased in October that year and UnionCastle was no more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amberley Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Miller, William H. \/ paperback","offer_id":47834919338229,"sku":"SONG1445609568","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/61dgOugzEKL.jpg?v=1773670918","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/union-castle-liners-southampton-to-the-south-african-cape-19461977","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}