RMS Pendennis Castle

	The ocean liner Pendennis Castle moored at Cape Town in December 1969
History
United Kingdom
Name	1958–1976: Pendennis Castle; 1976–1978: Ocean Queen; 1978–1980: Sinbad I (Sindbad 1);
Owner	1958–1976 Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Company Ltd.; 1976–77 Ocean Queen Navigation Corp.; 1977–80 Kinvara Bay Shipping Ltd.;
Port of registry	1958–1976: London, United Kingdom; 1976–1980: Panama, Panama;
Route	Southampton, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Launched	24 December 1957
Christened	10 December 1957
Completed	November 1958
Maiden voyage	1 January 1959
Out of service	14 June 1976
Identification	IMO number: 5273808
Fate	Scrapped 1980, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	28,582 GRT (1967, 28,453 GRT. 1972, 28,442 GRT)
Length	764 ft (233 m)
Beam	83.6 ft (25.5 m)
Draught	32 ft (9.8 m)
Installed power	46,000 shaft horsepower
Propulsion	steam turbines driving twin screws via reduction gearing
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Capacity	197 First Class, 473 Tourist Class

RMS Pendennis Castle was a Royal Mail Ship, passenger and cargo liner operated by the Union-Castle Line. The vessel served the Union-Castle Line from 1959-1976 on a regular route between the UK and South Africa for the Southampton to Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban "Cape Mail" service. After her withdrawal from service and subsequent sale by the Union-Castle Line in 1976, she was re-named consecutively Ocean Queen, Sinbad, then Sinbad I, however she never returned to commercial service after her Union-Castle Line service and was sold for scrap in 1980.

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