Union Castle Staff Register Web Site

[Chris Isaac]

The Good Hope Castle built in 1965 was not my Fathers ship. His was a heavy lift ship.Railway engines were a common cargo on that one.

The details of that ship are on the same page !

[Jim Brady]

Chris,as you say you are open to all,but maybe your title confuses people using the word STAFF.Deck,Engine and Catering regarded themselves as crew but never staff,I think staff were people that worked in the office.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[alf corbyn]

hi Jim you are quite right. to me staff means chief steward and upwards. I suppose with deck crew it was cadets up. these; as most staff and officers, considered themselves to be above the common herd. you could joke with or swear at a 2nd steward or head waiter, and also I suppose with a bo'sun or 2nd engineer, although I knew a couple who thought they were a bit superior, a kipper down the ventilator usually cured these (no pun intended). it was different on cargo and cargo/passengers, where the only one you call sir was the skipper.

[cappy]

never called any one sir except my teacher called the old man captain and anyone else by there tital but could always refer to them as c....ntif required cappy

[Chris Isaac]

Chris,as you say you are open to all,but maybe your title confuses people using the word STAFF.Deck,Engine and Catering regarded themselves as crew but never staff,I think staff were people that worked in the office.
Regards.
Jim.B.

I chose the word "staff" deliberately because the site is for ALL of B&C including shore based people...... I even include Engineers !

[Chris Isaac]

never called any one sir except my teacher called the old man captain and anyone else by there tital but could always refer to them as c....ntif required cappy

Nothing to do with the current thread. You are entitled to your prejudices.
I would just like to think that none of them apply to my web site. It is simply to record as much history as possible of the people and the ships that made up a wonderful shipping company.

[cappy]

I see no prejudices in my comment .....I no nothing of your site ...but would only wish yougood fortune regards cappy

[happy daze john in oz]

hi chris. sorry if I got up your nose. I saig I didn't look at the site because it was for officers only. I was not an officer, only an assistant steward, therefore saw no point in looking in again. nif you are listing everyone then I will PM you for a form. alf

'only an assistant steward', Alf mate dont put yourself down like that. We were all crew including the officers, we ALL had an important part to play.

[alf corbyn]

chris. I sailed on at least six castle boats for about ten trips. at no time was it ever mentioned that union castle line was part of clan or any other line.

[vic mcclymont]

Clan line merged with Union Castle in 1955. It was billed as a merger but it was infact a takeover by the Cayzers. The original ownership with was Clan 60% U-C 40%, but it ended up at 57-43% in Clan favour.
Within a year all U-C directors on the board had all been replaced with Clan men.
vic