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Castle Mail Packet Company Ltd., RMS Norham Castle, copper prize medal for on-board sports, c. 1896, by Waterlow & Sons, ...CASTLE COMPANY'S STEAMER – R.M.S. 'NORHAM CASTLE', port-side ship portrait, rev. old sailing ship and space for name, 38.5mm., in fitted case of issue, mint state; Union-Castle Line, Coronation 1902, bronze medal, by E. Fuchs, conjoined busts r., rev. steamship, 38.5mm., very fine (2)
The first bt. C. Eimer, September 1998.
The RMS Norham Castle was an iron screw steamer, built for D. Currie & Co., London by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 26 February 1883. In 1896 Currie adopted the name Castle Mail Packet Co. Ltd. which became the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd. in 1900. In 1903 she was sold to the 1903 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and named Martinique.
On 7 February 1895 the R.M.S. Norham Castle rescued the crew of the ship Fascadale off the coast of Natal.
(100-140 GBP)
The first bt. C. Eimer, September 1998.
The RMS Norham Castle was an iron screw steamer, built for D. Currie & Co., London by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 26 February 1883. In 1896 Currie adopted the name Castle Mail Packet Co. Ltd. which became the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd. in 1900. In 1903 she was sold to the 1903 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and named Martinique.
On 7 February 1895 the R.M.S. Norham Castle rescued the crew of the ship Fascadale off the coast of Natal.
(100-140 GBP)