Scrap Tours- RMS WINDSOR CASTLE at the Ship Breakers.
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2007
- Rare footage of Alang Beach, the Worlds largest Scrapyard and in particular RMS Windsor Castle of Union Castle Line, beached and being dismantled. Courtesy of trinitymarine.co.uk
I tried to save this ship here in South Africa.. but nobody cared. Nobody could see the vision. I would love to get hold of this footage as I am collector of all things Windsor Castle.
A very sad end to a fine ship. Amazing to see the video footage. I was living in Cape Town in 1977, when the Southampton run came to end. It seemed like another phase in the end of Empire with old ties being cut. I vividly remembering admiring the Windsor Castle. Sometimes I went to the docks to see relatives off; and sometimes just to admire her.
OMG, the first one is the beautiful Eugenio Costa...the diamond of the italian style in 60, 70 and 80'. So sad to see her before scrapping...
Sad but the cycle of the life of most ships. The Windsor Castle was a beautiful ship and had some very elegant interiors during her Union Castle days.
I rember the windsor castle getting launched at cammel larid in birkenhead we had a cafe and the queen went past green lane jan x
I perfectly remember seeing that ship anchored at Elefsina bay throughout the 90s, as she was right alongside the road my parents used whenever we went to my grandma's. I was asking myself everytime what on earth her name was. She was quite massive and beautiful, I always thought she used to be a prestigious ship at some time.
I sailed on the second leg of the Windsor Castle's maiden voyage, i.e. from South Africa to Southampton, docking at Southampton on 30th September 1960. I was 11 years old. It's so sad to watch her destruction when she was such a proud new ship when I sailed on her.
Always sad to see the end of a great ship. I sailed on her once back in '65.
Poor old Windsor castle. It was a nice ship at one time.
Nice looking old ship with a classic shape.You would want to take a picture of or a make a painting.Unlike the huge ungraceful floating hotels you get now.
Always sad to see a ship scrapped.
A pity that these old great liners can't be saved; credit to the Dutch for saving their S.S Rotterdam; now a hotel in Rotterdam. I stayed aboard her and will do so again whenever I visit the Netherlands.
awesome footage, very interesting...but soooo sad :(
Fascinating video! thank you for sharing this insight.
So-oo sad to see the old lady like this! She & other Castle Line ships carried us so safely and well to & from East Africa when I was a kid. Such happy times, such memories. Just like the African bush where I grew up with incredibly kind tribes-folk, where we were surrounded by amazing wild animals, these princesses of the sea helped give us an unforgettable childhood. I weep for these ships. Their likes will never be seen again. Kenya Castle appears briefly near the end of my short video.
That is strange to see. You just look at the railing and think about how a passenger once gazed out at the ocean in wonder, or excitedly at an upcoming port. Intersting to walk a corridor that has the outside right next to you. It truly is sad...
I saw this ship being launched when i was young. We were on our holidays at new brighton and it was being launched on the other side of the mersey
Many thanks, excellent.
i sailed to cape town on her in 76, its sad to see this.
I can't reply directly to a question below but will answer here. The ship seen in in the distance is not the Norway. At first, in the far distance, is what I think is the Eugenio C. and the ship with one visible blue smokestack I'm certain is the many-named liner that I know best as the Emerald Seas. The Emerald Seas started out as a troop transport and was greatly altered through the years and with many name. She was a somewhat unusual-looking ship but to me had the look of a classic liner and she had a classy look; to me there was a dignity about the Emerald Seas' appearance.