Amerikanis, formerly Kenya Castle, was a UK-built steam turbine ocean liner that became a Greek-owned cruise ship.
The ship in her mid-1960s form as Kenya Castle
Kenya Castle with original funnel and deck lines
Amerikanis in Bermuda, 1987
Amerikanis in her Costa Line livery
The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line
SS Amerikanis
…ocean liner that became a Greek-owned cruise ship. Harland & Wolff built Kenya Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, completing her in 1952 for the Union-Castle Line of London, England. She had one-class accommodation for about 530 passengers, and considerable refrigerated and general cargo capacity. She was the…
Union-Castle liners in East India Docks, London in 1902
Union-Castle House, Southampton
Galeka was built in 1899 and sunk by a mine in 1916.