Ships
At the time of the merger in 1900, the Union fleet included:
- Arab, Briton, Falcon, Gaika, Galkea, Galician, Gascon, Gaul, German (2), Goorkka, Goth, Greek, Guelph, Mexican, Moor, Norman (2), Sabine, Saxon (4), Scot, Spartan, Susquehanna, and Trojan, with Celt on order (renamed Walmer Castle before it came into service)
and the Castle Line fleet included:
- Arundel Castle (3) (1894–1905), Avondale Castle (1897–1912), Braemar Castle (1) (1898–1924), Carisbrook Castle (1898–1922), 'Doune Castle (1890–1904), Dunolly Castle (1897–1905), Dunottar Castle (1890–1913), Dunvegan Castle (1896–1923), Garth Castle (1880–1901), Harlech Castle (1894–1904), Hawarden Castle (1883–1904), Kildonan Castle (1899–1931), Kinfauns Castle (2) (1899–1927), Lismore Castle (1891–1904), Norham Castle (1883–1903), Pembroke Castle (2) (1883–1906), Raglan Castle (1897–1905), Roslin Castle (2) (1883–1904), Tantallon Castle (2) (1894–1901), Tintagel Castle (1) (1896–1912)
| Vessel | Tons | In Service |
|---|---|---|
| Alnwick Castle | 5,893 | 1901–1917 |
| Armadale Castle (2) | 12,973 | 1903–1936 |
| Aros Castle | 4,460 | 1901–1917 |
| Arundel Castle (4) | 19,023 | 1921–1958 |
| Athlone Castle | 25,564 | 1934–1965 |
| Balmoral Castle (2) | 13,361 | 1910–1939 |
| Balmoral Castle (3) | 7,952 | 1965–1982 |
| Bampton Castle | 6,698 | 1920–1932 |
| Banbury Castle | 6,430 | 1918–1931 |
| Berwick Castle | 5,883 | 1902–1919 |
| Bloemfontein Castle | 18,400 | 1950–1959 |
| Braemar Castle (2) | 7,067 | 1943–1950 |
| Braemar Castle (3) | 17,029 | 1952–1966 |
| Bratton Castle | 6,696 | 1920–1931 |
| Capetown Castle | 27,000 | 1938–1967 |
| Carlisle Castle | 4,325 | 1913–1918 |
| Carlow Castle | 5,833 | 1917–1930 |
| Carnarvon Castle (2) | 20,122 | 1926–1963 |
| Cawdor Castle | 6,235 | 1902–1926 |
| Chepstow Castle | 7,494 | 1913–1933 |
| Cluny Castle (3) | 5,147 | 1903–1924 |
| Comrie Castle | 5,167 | 1903–1924 |
| Corfe Castle | 4,592 | 1901–1927 |
| Crawford Castle | 4,264 | 1910–1930 |
| Dover Castle (2) | 8,271 | 1904–1917 |
| Dover Castle (3) | 7,950 | 1964–1981 |
| Drakensburg Castle | 9,905 | 1945–1951 |
| Dromore Castle | 5,242 | 1919–1942 |
| Dunbar Castle | 1883-1895 | |
| Dunbar Castle (2) | 10,002 | 1930–1940 |
| Dundrum Castle | 5,259 | 1919–1943 |
| Dunluce Castle (2) | 8,114 | 1904–1939 |
| Dunottar Castle (1) | 5,625 | 1890–1916 |
| Dunnottar Castle (2) | 15,002 | 1936–1958 |
| Dunvegan Castle (2) | 15,007 | 1936–1940 |
| Durban Castle | 17,382 | 1938–1962 |
| Durham Castle | 8,217 | 1904–1939 |
| Edinburgh Castle (2) | 13,326 | 1910–1940 |
| Edinburgh Castle (3) | 28,700 | 1947–1976 |
| Galway Castle | 7,988 | 1911–1918 |
| Garth Castle (2) | 7,612 | 1910–1939 |
| Glenart Castle (formerly Union Line Galician) | ||
| Glengorm Castle (formerly Union Line German) | ||
| Gloucester Castle | 7,999 | 1911–1942 |
| Good Hope Castle (1) | 9,905 | 1945–1959 |
| Good Hope Castle (2) | 10,500 | 1965–1978 |
| Gordon Castle | 4,408 | 1901–1924 |
| Grantully Castle (2) | 7,612 | 1910–1939 |
| Guildford Castle | 7,995 | 1911–1933 |
| Kenilworth Castle (2) | 12,975 | 1904–1936 |
| Kenilworth Castle (3) | 9,916 | 1944–1968 |
| Kenya Castle | 17,040 | 1951–1967 |
| Kinnaird Castle | 7,718 | 1956–1969 |
| Kinpurnie Castle (1) | 8,121 | 1954–1967 |
| Kinpurnie Castle (2) | 7,950 | 1966–1982 |
| Leasowe Castle | 8,106 | 1917–1918 |
| Llandaff Castle | 10,786 | 1926–1942 |
| Llandovery Castle (1) | 10,639 | 1914–1918 |
| Llandovery Castle (2) | 10,640 | 1925–1953 |
| Llangibby Castle | 11,951 | 1929–1954 |
| Llanstephan Castle | 11,348 | 1914–1952 |
| Newark Castle | 6,224 | 1902–1908 |
| Pendennis Castle | 28,582 | 1958–1976 |
| Polglass Castle | 4,631 | 1903–1921 |
| Pretoria Castle (1) / Warwick Castle (4) | 17,383 | 1939–1962 |
| Pretoria Castle (2) / S.A. Oranje | 28,705 | 1948–1975 |
| Reina Del Mar | 20,263 | 1956–1975 |
| Rhodesia Castle | 17,041 | 1951–1967 |
| Richmond Castle (1) | 7,798 | 1938–1942 |
| Richmond Castle (2) | 7,971 | 1944–1971 |
| Riebeeck Castle | 8,322 | 1946–1971 |
| Ripley Castle | 7,521 | 1917–1931 |
| Rochester Castle | 7,795 | 1937–1970 |
| Roslin Castle (3) | 7,016 | 1935–1967 |
| Rosyth Castle | 4,328 | 1918–1920 |
| Rotherwick Castle (2) | 9,650 | 1959–1975 |
| Rothesay Castle (1) | 7.016 | 1935–1940 |
| Rothesay Castle (2) | 9,650 | 1960–1975 |
| Rowallan Castle (1) | 7,798 | 1939–1942 |
| Rowallan Castle (2) | 7,950 | 1943–1971 |
| Roxburgh Castle (1) | 7,801 | 1937–1943 |
| Roxburgh Castle (2) | 8,003 | 1944–1971 |
| Rustenberg Castle | 8,322 | 1946–1971 |
| Sandgate Castle | 7,607 | 1922–1937 |
| Sandown Castle | 7,607 | 1921–1950 |
| Southampton Castle | 10,538 | 1965–1978 |
| Stirling Castle (2) | 25,550 | 1936–1966 |
| Tantallon Castle (3) | 7,448 | 1953–1971 |
| Tintagel Castle (2) | 7,447 | 1954–1971 |
| Transvaal Castle / S.A. Vaal | 32,697 | 1961–1966 |
| Victoria | 26,677 | 1999–2000 |
| Walmer Castle (2) | 12,546 | 1902–1932 |
| Walmer Castle (3) | 906 | 1936–1941 |
| Warwick Castle (3) | 20,445 | 1930–1942 |
| Winchester Castle (1) | 20,109 | 1930–1960 |
| Winchester Castle (2) | 7,950 | 1964–1980 |
| Windsor Castle (2) | 18,967 | 1915–1943 |
| Windsor Castle (3) | 37,640 | 1960–1977 |
| York Castle | 5,517 | 1901–1924 |
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