Union-Castle Line

Union-Castle Mail SS Co. Ltd
Union-Castle Line
IndustryShipping
Predecessors
  • Union Line
  • Castle Mail Packet Co.
Founded8 March 1900 (1900-03-08) in United Kingdom
Defunct1990 (1990)
SuccessorBritish and Commonwealth Shipping
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Area served
London and Southampton to Cape Town
Key people
  • Donald Currie
  • Sir Francis Vernon Thompson
ServicesPassenger, cargo and mail transport
Union-Castle House, Southampton

The Union-Castle Line was a 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.

It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation (commonly referred to as Safmarine) in 1973 to create International Liner Services, but maintained its separate identity throughout. Its shipping operations ceased in 1977.