Thanks,

I built Marathon some years ago. I believe she was sister ship to Miltiades. They eventually lengthened Marathon, and added a funnel, and that is how I built the model! I would have loved to have sailed in those ships, but they were gone before my time. Looking at the plans of Braemar Castle, and comparing them with the later Castles such as Edinburgh and Pretoria, that I sailed in, I doubt if the latter two were any more comfortable than Braemar of 1898, but we loved them all the same – and a few hearts were broken when they sold the last remaining Castles in 1978. I was very fortunate in finding my way to the RMS St. Helena, in 1979,joining a lot of my old Union-Castle shipmates,, and thereby spent my last 13 years at sea on the Cape Mail passenger/cargo service. But even the new St. Helena will be gone in five days time, when she lays up in Cape Town for sale!

Bob

At the moment, they are at St. Helena, but will be sailing shortly for Cape Town, ETA in 4 days time on the 10th, and there it will all end. No doubt they will all be flown back to St. Helena. The island now has a small cargo ship called Helena, for heavy cargo, but no passengers yet, although it may be fitted out for 12! Small aircraft seem to be managing OK, but they don't seem to have been knocked over in the rush of tourists wishing to fly there!

Bob