RMS Tantallon Castle

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Completed this profile today – took about a week to daw – Bob

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

[BanjomanParticipant @banjoman]

A very nice drawing as usual, Bob, of a very pretty ship.

Interesting colour scheme, though; did she really have her topsides painted mauve, or is it a trick of the computer colour reproduction?

Mattias

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Thanks, The colour was called "Lavender grey," and was very attractive when the sun was shining on them. I served for 11 years in the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. between 1965 and 1976 when they started selling all their ships. They were a very famous line founded in 1900 by the mergence of the Union Line and the Castle Line. Very few people have ever heard of them today unless, of course, they served in them, or had some connection with them! But if you Google search for Union-Castle Line, you will find hundreds of images of these exceptinally fine looking ships.

Bob

[BanjomanParticipant @banjoman]

Bob,

Well! You learn something new every day — about the colour scheme, I mean; many thanks for the information!

The Union-Castle line, I had already heard of, mainly because Ernest Shackleton worked as a Merchant Navy officer for them before going into exploration.

Mattias

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Here is the Braemar Castle, that I built several years ago. I knew about Shackleton's Union-Castle service. Also met his son Edward Shackleton and had a few drinks with him in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, 1982.

Bob

Edited By Bob Wilson on 27/04/2018 07:59:38

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