Kenya Castle
Ship Number
1432
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Yard
Musgrave Yard
Slip Number
9
Launch Date
June 21, 1951
Launched By
Lady Mitchell
Delivered
February 16, 1952
Owner
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
Weight
17041 grt
BP Length
540 feet
Breadth
74 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
17 knots
Propulsion
Steam, Double Reduction Geared Turbines
Official No.
184572
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
 Kenya Castle

She was the second of three sisters built in 1951-52, the others being Rhodesia Castle and Braemar Castle.  she was purchased by Chandris in 1967 and renamed Amerikanis who intended her for summer Atlantic service. However, this was a dwindling market due to competition from the jet aircraft, although in 1968 she entered service for Chandris, initially on cruising from New York, and later sailing in Europe and the Caribbean. She was briefly chartered to Costa Line in the early 1980's but reverted back to Chandris in 1984. She was supposed to be brought to South Africa for a series of cruises in 1994, however, this never happened. An attempt was even made to market the ship as a time share in South Africa in 1995, fortunately sanity prevailed and this too never came to pass.
 
She was laid up in 1999 and finally in early June of 2001 she arrived at Alang for breaking up.