Wirral M11 variant Drakensburg Castle with Union Castle lavender hull 1/1200
A 1/1200 scale second-hand model of Drakensburg Castle a Union Castle fast empire ship made and painted from a Len Jordan M11 kit. This model is nicely made and in very good condition, see photograph.
This ship was the first Union Castle ship to be transferred to South African registration. Originally, she had been completed in 1944 for the MOWT as a Fast Empire ship, Empire Allenby and was sold to Union Castle in 1946. During this early period she had a black hull but much later she was given the lavender hull during P&O ownership.