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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 30239, member: 106&quot;]This was what I found in reference to Union Line ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;NORSEMAN 1865</p><p>1,245 gross tons, 262.8ft x 32.2ft, iron hull. single screw, speed 9 knots.</p><p>Built 1865 by Charles Langley &amp; Co, Deptford, London for the Union Line</p><p>which operated the mail / passenger service between Southampton and South</p><p>African ports, usually with a call at Plymouth. 1873 sold to Western &amp;</p><p>Brazilian Telegraph Co, London and converted to a cable layer. 1888 laid the</p><p>cable across the River Plate. 1892 suffered serious storm damage and offered</p><p>for sale.1896 sold to A. C. S. Springer, London and then transferred to M.</p><p>S. Springer &amp; Zoon, Amsterdam. 1898 scrapped.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book &quot;Union-Castle Line&quot; by Peter Newell, ISBN 0-953429-14-8 contains a</p><p>photo of this ship and should be available on inter library loan.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;ll search for something about colliery ships (learned a new term - Thanks!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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