SS Reina del Mar (1955)

	SS Reina del Mar (1955) – Union Castle livery
History
United Kingdom
Name	Reina del Mar (1955–75)
Owner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company (1955–63); TSA & Max Wilson Group (1963–64); Pacific Steam Navigation Company (1964–73); Union-Castle Line (1973–75);
Route	As a passenger liner, United Kingdom to the western coast of South America. Then, more broadly as a cruise liner
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cost	£5,000,000
Launched	7 June 1955
Maiden voyage	3 May 1956
Out of service	April 1975
Home port	Liverpool, under Pacific Steam Navigation Company; Southampton, under Union-Castle Line;
Identification	IMO number: 5292402
Nickname(s)	Queen of the Sea
Fate	Scrapped, 1975
General characteristics
Tonnage	20,334 GRT
Length	601 feet (183 m)
Beam	78 feet (24 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbine – twin-screw
Speed	18 knots
Notes

Reina del Mar was a 20,334 GRT liner which was built by Harland & Wolff in 1955 for Pacific Steam Navigation Company (PSNC). It operated as a passenger liner from the United Kingdom to the western coast of South America until the early 1960s. The Reina del Mar was then a cruise liner that operated out of Southampton during the summer months and out of South Africa during the winter months. It was scrapped in 1975.