Pretoria Castle
Encyclopedia
Pretoria Castle may refer to one of the following ships:
, a Union-Castle Line
ocean liner
acquired by the Royal Navy in World War II; employed as armed merchant cruiser; later converted to escort carrier; resold to Union-Castle in 1946; scrapped in 1962
, a Union-Castle Line
Union-Castle Line
The Union-Castle Line was a prominent British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line...
ocean liner
Ocean liner
An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...
acquired by the Royal Navy in World War II; employed as armed merchant cruiser; later converted to escort carrier; resold to Union-Castle in 1946; scrapped in 1962
- Pretoria Castle (1948), an ocean liner, launched in 1948, later renamed the S.A. Oranje, and scrapped in 1975