sentences:  On 17 October 1960 the ship was arriving at Las Palmas when an explosion occurred in the engine room killing seven crewmen.In July 1965 a long-planned acceleration of the Cape mail service was introduced, reducing the passage time by two days.The new schedule required only seven ships rather than eight and "Capetown Castle", like her near sisters "Athlone Castle" and "Stirling Castle" did not have enough speed to maintain it.