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RMS Pendennis Castle

Ocean liner · built 1958

IMO5273808No AIS position on record

In short

RMS Pendennis Castle (Ocean liner) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. It can carry up to 675 passengers (source: Wikidata).

Vessel type
Ocean liner
Flag
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Year built
1958
Gross tonnage
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Size (length × beam)
233 m × 25 m
Registered owner
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Photo: Jim Evans · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name
RMS Pendennis Castle
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
5273808
Flag
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Vessel type
Ocean liner
Length overall
232.9 m
Beam
25.5 m
Year built
1958

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Builder
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

About RMS Pendennis Castle

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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Frequently asked questions

Where is RMS Pendennis Castle now?
Voydar has no displayable AIS position for RMS Pendennis Castle in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is RMS Pendennis Castle?
RMS Pendennis Castle is an ocean liner, built in 1958 by Harland and Wolff. The vessel is 232.9 m long with a beam of 25.5 m.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for RMS Pendennis Castle?
Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for RMS Pendennis Castle from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for RMS Pendennis Castle. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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