Union-Castle Line


Clan Line


Clan Sutherland

Left Liverpool

5 December

For South Africa

Clan MacLaren

Left Liverpool

12 December

For Australia

Clan MacFarlane

Left Liverpool

15 December

For India

Clan MacInnes

Left Liverpool

15 December

For South Africa

Master

F H Turton

V W Green

W C Rodger

J West

Chief Officer

G G Gann

E Taylor

A Sillars

A Graham

Second Officer

N C Van Willingh

B H Bowen

A M Porter

W B Davidson

Third Officer

C B Walgate

A W MacKenzie

H Cameron

M B Ayles

Fourth Officer




J S Crawshaw

Cadets

D H Kennedy

A J Speed

P Pallister

J R Page

J B Pendry

A S Bugden

M B Warne

D Osborne

R H Leggatt

Radio Officer

W Gay

R W Morre

P J Magill

P D Miller

Carpenter

T G Jarrett

J S Jacobs

G A Parker

R W Turner

Purser Catering Officer

J J Waring

A J Fisher

W McConnachie

R N Rex

Second Steward

A K Don



R D Peachy

Surgeon

G H Somerville



L H Robinson

Chief Engineer

E S Eddisford

A Stoddart

R McLuckie

W McDermott

Snr Second Engineer

J G Coull

R J Kerr

J C Hamilton

W S Nicol

Jnr Second Engineer

J C Sanders

A Arnott


D C Ritchie

Third Engineer

J Smith

J Wilson

H G Abigail

G Whitfield

Fourth Engineer

J McCabe

A N Nimmo

A Shovlin

T A Morton

Fifth Engineer

G B Coull

J R Lockhart


J Y Gibb

Sixth Engineer

K N Hughes

F P Quirk


G Cullen

Jnr Engineer



G McGrattan


First Electrician

J A Stoneman

J H Morris


A Morris

Second Electrician

D Borthwick

E F McShane


G W Paterson


Clan Buchanan

Left Liverpool

19 December

For South Africa

Clan MacRae

Left Liverpool

23 December

For East Africa

Clan MacKinlay

Left UK

December

For India

Master

H T Booth

H D Lockyer

J P Dunphy

Chief Officer

T H Graham

D H MacMillan

R P Royan

Second Officer

B W Hollman

G B Charleson


Third Officer

D K Morris

G A Anderson


Cadets

J P Brodie

D W Wilson

C A McDowell

T S Aplin


Radio Officer

A Francis

G P Morrison


Second Radio Officer

R B Radley



Carpenter

A B Laird

A Warneck


Asst Carpenter


J Mair


Purser Catering Officer

C W Lavis

R E Hewitt


Chief Engineer

W N Waters

W MacDonald


Snr Second Engineer

J A Shepherd

J R Baillie


Jnr Second Engineer

J P Oakley

R Dunn


Third Engineer

W J Hepburn

J C Welsh


Fourth Engineer

R D Slayne

D Thompson


Fifth Engineer

W Burton

T Jones


Sixth Engineer

A E Thomas

J Welsh


Jnr Engineer

G Armstrong

W Paton


First Frig Engineer


R L Barnett


Second Frig Engineer


L Ball


Third Frig Engineer


H H Smith



King William

Left London

21 December

For River Plate

King Malcolm

Left Immingham

24 December

For Antwerp & Hong Kong

Master

G A Russ

A J MacInnes

Chief Officer

A Grant

A McDonald

Second Officer

J Duncan

J H Apsey

Third Officer

R A Mulroney

J A Swindlehurst

Cadets

P MacArthur

A Rawlins

P Horvard

W D Cooper

D J Scott

Radio Officer

E Brown

A P Cuthbert

Carpenter

G Brown

J W Waters

Bosun

D Montgomery

G Taylor

Purser Catering Officer

W Chard

B Atkinson

Chief Engineer

H Korn

J D Shears

Second Engineer

W Henderson

G B Sutherland

Third Engineer

H B Jenkins

M C Lewis

Fourth Engineer

R Highley

W O’Connor

Fifth Engineer

P Durbin

B Williams

Sixth Engineer


E J Harrison

First Electrician

A Tilley

W Chapman

Mail Service

Winchester Castle

Left Southampton

6 December

For South Africa

Capetown Castle

Left Southampton

13 December

For South Africa

Stirling Castle

Left Southampton

20 December

For South Africa

Pretoria Castle

Left Southampton

27 December

For South Africa

Master

L Farrow

J H Trayner

J F Oakley

G E Mayhew

Chief Officer

F Pye

G Matthews

W Carr

M Melsom

First Officer

H Landless

G Cochrane

J Taylor

W Howson

Second Officer

G Francis

R Olden

R Dunning

R Jacques

Third Officer

J Drought

G Craze

K Bennett

T Jones

Fourth Officer

P Stead

C White

A Foulkes

R Bestel

Ex Fourth Officer

E Talbot

P Webb

T Atkinson

J Mobsby

Jnr Fourth Officer

A Acutt

N Johnstone

W Dodds

M Hooper

Surgeon

K Fawcett

R Newsom

J Crawford

M Hall

Purser

R Thomson

R Strugnell

R Dean

A M Baker

Second Purser

W Cook

G Cookman

D Lawson

A Connelly

Asst Pursers

D O’Keefe

J Mawby

B Livesey

A Hodge

Purser’s Clerks

D Marple

R Primos

J Marshall

J Taylor

M MacRae

D Pontin

K Clark

A Le Lievre

L Peters

P Cooper

M Wearne

First Radio Officer

E Pitt

R Brew

W Brown

P Williams

Second Radio Officer

R Whitaker

J MacDowell

S Harden

R Hough

Third Radio Officer

J Cagney

M Rodger

D Gillow

R Nicholas

Fourth Radio Officer


R Gill

R Rees

D Wittridge

Nursing Sister

B Sivewright

B Turner

K Reynolds

E Hurrell

Children’s Hostess

D Byers

J Woolley

J Watts

P Robertson

Chief Engineer

V Jones

R Leith

W McCombie-Smith

J Pinkerton

First Engineer

F Young

R Kirkwood

W Makepeace

P McTaggart

Second Engineer

J Chalmers

J MacKavoy

P Partington

E Rouse

Int Second Engineer

A Simpson

H Hughes

R Baker

B Rice

Jnr Second Engineer

W Robertson

V Carrington

A Parkinson

J Brown

Snr Third Engineer

V Thomas

R Triggs

R Stokes

B Griffiths

Int Third Engineer

J Somers

W Stansfield

I Gubbins

J King

Jnr Third Engineer

J Bunney

A Jones

W Cooke

M Burt

Snr Fourth Engineer

M Elliott

F Hudson

P Harris

M Hobson

Int Fourth Engineer

E Tostevin

V Button

C Ballard

A Herron

Jnr Fourth Engineer

D Scott

M Barrett

S Lang

H Barratt

Snr Fifth Engineer

C Pitt

W Greyling

L Jaconnelli

T Muggridge

Int Fifth Engineer

D Newcombe

G Banks

M Griffin

I Reay

Jnr Fifth Engineer

M Thompson

J Cloete

G Granier

F Lawrence

Snr Sixth Engineer

G Paffett

D Hill

D Marshall

R Peterson

Int Sixth Engineer

J Wheeler

J Hamilton

D Hamilton

W Allan

Jnr Sixth Engineer

R Elkins

I Banks

M Greenham

O Tin

Seventh Engineer


B Townsend

J McBride

D Harley

First Electrician

G Eden

A Hicks

M Mitchell

A Darroch

Second Electrician

W Brock

M MacDougall

J Kerley

E Wilson

Third Electrician


T Easton

F Downes

D Pearce

Chief Steward

E Bateman

J Baker

C Farr

E Bloomfield

Second Steward

E Roylance

R Noble

G Waugh

G Gibson

Carpenter

F Tizard

C Broadmill

D McLean

H Gough

Bosun

G Browne

T Cutler

J Perry

W Taylor

ER Leading Hand

F Taylor

G Walcroft

R Wiltshire

W Weeks

Painter

G Jackson


L Whitfield

W Price

ER Storekeeper

G Sillence

F Southwell

P Phillips

J Phillips

Chief Barman

G Gyllenship

B Stevens

J McIntyre

W Meyer

Storekeeper

A Gilmour

J Paglia

R Collins

C Kitchen

Baker

T Gray

E Smith

W Saunders

H Skipp

Laundryman

H Toms

J Sumpton

J Allcock

S Cersell

Chef

F Morley

A Gurd

T Leigh

C Alves

Butcher

L Atwell

E Lawrence

G Aspeling

L Nicholson

Head Waiter (1st Class)

W Miller

E Strydom

L Stenning

A Harrop

Head Waiter

(Tourist Class)

H Graham

C Kennett

C Leitch

P Grove

First Tourist Steward

A Jenner

A Hartnell

L Parkes

S Donegan

Intermediate Service

Kenya Castle

Left London

12 December

For Round Africa via Suez

Rhodesia Castle

Left London

22 December

For Round Africa via West Coast

Master

J P Smythe

J B James

Chief Officer

D Rees

P Rose

Second Officer

J Pellow

J Diggle

Ex Second Officer

C Rea

M Zugg

Third Officer

K Barry

C Bragg

Fourth Officer

B Fry

T McDowell

Surgeon

R Coogan

D Durcan

Purser

R France

A Stevens

Asst Pursers

P Abbott

M Moore

H Riddell

M Mayo

Purser’s Clerks

N Lowe

J Deardon

First Radio Officer

T Peake

R Cullen

Second Radio Officer

G Power

J Tuck

Third Radio Officer

W Hawksworth

G Walker

Nursing Sister

M Morrissey

P Marsh

Children’s Hostess

M Malcolm

M Connor

Carpenter

K Lamb

H Hale

Bosun

T Francis

H Hawken

Chief Engineer

S Logan

E Tuck

Second Engineer

R Tozer

R Tyler

Int Second Engineer

W Newton

R Somers

Jnr Second Engineer

R Martin

P Lovell

Snr Third Engineer

E Hoggett

R Miles

Int Third Engineer

A Rogers

A Riley

Jnr Third Engineer

J Hodge

N Chillek

Snr Fourth Engineer

A Taylor

A Thacker

Int Fourth Engineer

H King-Gardiner

W Smith

Jnr Fourth Engineer

D Warnette

I Skinner

Snr Fifth Engineer

J Mollentze

O Farrelly

Int Fifth Engineer

J Laville

A Tufnell

Jnr Fifth Engineer

J Cumming

D Ellis

Sixth Engineer

D Laming

P Pledger

First Electrician

A Green

K Double

Second Electrician

A Thomas

F Bull

ER Storekeeper

E Wallace

A MacArthur

Chief Steward

E Rich

F White

Second Steward

W Woods

G Hopper

Chief Barman

F Hubbard

R Shaw

Storekeeper

A Grantham

C Murphy

Linen Steward

T Bentall

L Sheaf

Head Waiter

K Abraham

D James

First Passenger Steward

A Greenslade

T Wheelhouse

Laundryman

S Pallot

M Gliddon

Chef

H Osman

J Brown

Baker and Confectioner

A Hockley

H Simmons

Butcher

O Williams

W Murray

U-C Cargo Service

Riebeeck Castle

Left London

4 December

For East Africa

Kenilworth Castle

Left London

20 December

For East Africa

Master

G E Stephenson

J P Aplin

Chief Officer

D A Bird

B M O’Connor

Second Officer

B R Oliver

E A Paul

Third Officer

M Smallwood

A Chalmers

Fourth Officer


R Marsh-Feilly

Cadets

D M Oliver

M C Wilkie

J M Smoult

B Bennett

E Fisher

J Cobb

R Chambers

Radio Officer

G J Harvey

M Duff

Carpenter

D Fowler

J Johnson

Bosun

E J Guest

W Sands

Chief Engineer

F S Petit

G Ferrier

Second Engineer

D G Auger

A Mulgrew

Int Second Engineer

D Smith

M Truter

Jnr Second Engineer

L A Rowland

A Nathanielsz

Snr Third Engineer

B J Winnard

E Ware

Int Third Engineer

L Merritt

B Lee

Jnr Third Engineer

J A Johnson

D Howe

Snr Fourth Engineer

R W Mason

A Bell

Int Fourth Engineer

J B Chalmers


Jnr Fourth Engineer

R V Gorse


Electrician

R C Pyburn

R Peters

ER Storekeeper

H W Flanagan

H Miller

Chief Steward

W J Divers

A Marchant


Umtali

Left London

20 December

For South & East Africa

Master

F E O’Hea

Chief Officer

D L’Estrange

Second Officer

J R Aldous

Third Officer

M W Duncan

Jnr Third Officer

C J Rogel

Surgeon

G W Mooney

Chief Engineer

N H Haley

Second Engineer

J Osborne

Third Engineer

W A Gilmour

Fourth Engineer

P R Batey

Fifth Engineer

G C Moffatt

Electrician

C W Tingley

Chief Steward

J W Nevin

Second Steward

J D Hitch


Natal Line

1956 - December


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