Please Note: Mobiles, Tablets & Firefox and other search engines may not suitable. Bidding has ended on this item. We are very grateful to Paul Gover (1964-71) for these photographs from 1969/1970 showing scenes from British India's School Cruise ships, Nevasa and Uganda. Click the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for News Updates. (Cruise number 171.) I never got a chance to use it myself. Three days of force 10 gales during the time at sea. When I was just 13, I was lucky enough to take an Education Cruise on the SS Uganda, later to achieve fame as the Hospital ship for the British Forces involved in the Falklands Conflict. Ashleys Titanic Homepage. September 1974 cruise to Morocco from Liverpool: Santander, Vigo, Gibraltar, Ceuta/Tetouan and back over two weeks. One of the best jobs I ever had. Uganda was engaged in educational cruising, carrying 900 school-children in dormitory accommodation as well as 300 First Class passengers in comfortable cabins. description Object description. Although there is a pool it was usually roped off as more water out of it than in. Including spelling mistakes ! Please share any photographs of your cruise with the group. Sailings of Kenya, Uganda, Kampala, Karanja, Amra, Santhia, Sirdhana, Dumra, Dwarka and Rajula, also educational cruises by Dunera and Devonia S/R B.I. I wasn't on any myself mind you, but I do recall some Cragie High schoolmates ventured on trips in the early 70's to places like Gibraltar and Malta. Furtherwick Park School Cruise on the Mediterranean Sea - We flew to Venice and cruised to Rhodes, Santorini, Crete & Pompei. The seller has relisted this item or one like this. Academy pupils leaving for SS Uganda School Cruise This picture shows Invergordon Academy pupils outside Dingwall Academy (the muster point for Ross-Shire pupils including Dingwall and Tain) prior to leaving to join the SS Uganda on its Scandinavian/Baltic educational cruise in May 1972. Last Survivor Of The Titanic Dies Aged 97 ( off site link , opens in new window) SS Uganda sea cadets Wales, Adrian Hughes remembers. Rapidly rising fuel costs during 1974 had made her uneconomical. This is your group so please tell us about your school cruise and about the countries you visited. ... ally these replys and not many names. SS "Uganda" HC Deb 29 November 1982 vol 33 cc103-4W 103W ... the P and O cruise liner "Uganda" has been chartered for troop carrying to te Falkland Islands; and whether the future need for the liner was anticipated when it was returned to P and O. Hospital ship SS Uganda at war in the South Atlantic. These are photos from that cruise. She was built in 1952 as a passenger liner, and successively served as a cruise ship, hospital ship, troop ship and stores ship.She was laid up in 1985 and scrapped in 1992. NAVAL SURVEY SHIP IN THE ANTARCTIC. Cheese and Wine Cruise. She was laid up in 1985 and scrapped in 1992. The Boarding School at Sea initiative, where six girls and one boy got to sail aboard the SS Uganda, was organised to help them prepare for their ⦠Meeting point & Timings: In Entebbe, Lugard Avenue outside UWEC (Zoo) where safe parking is available and departure from the pier a short walk away. i left in 1974. Study abroad undergraduate, study abroad high school, school at sea - Explore now! With Reuben Goossens. I was on the Baltic cruise in 1966 when a pupil at Ferryhill GT School. Academy pupils leaving for SS Uganda School Cruise This picture shows Invergordon Academy pupils outside Dingwall Academy (the muster point for Ross-Shire pupils including Dingwall and Tain) prior to leaving to join the SS Uganda on its Scandinavian/Baltic educational cruise in May 1972. In 1981, a group of Wellsway pupils joined with children from other schools in Avon on a cruise around the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea on the SS Uganda. She was a very old ship, built in 1952 (though subsequently modernised in places) and very traditional. Extracted from "Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service" volume 69, Spring 1983 ... HMS OWEN THE ROYAL NAVY SURVEY SHIP DURING A CRUISE IN WHICH... Photographs. Fuel prices increased sharply in 1973/4 and Nevasa, with more powerful machinery as a former troopship proved less efficient than Uganda, so her career was once again cut short. MARCH 1961, HMS OWEN THE ROYAL NAVY SURVEY SHIP ⦠Some were later rebooked on the SS Uganda. SS Uganda Cruise December 1969 January 1970 SS Uganda was a British school ship taking groups of British, American and German students from Venice to Dubrovnik, Izmir, Haifa then west to Ceuta and on to Southampton. Last port of call was Venice and I flew home from there. Liz Williamson 22/07/2020 08:32:19. SS NEVASA wad.my first commission sailed on her when she was a troop ship . Please use Internet Explorer & Googl e for this page to load perfectly! There were a couple more cruises before Uganda was used as a hospital ship in the Falklands conflict (1982). SS Uganda, educational school cruise ship memories, merchandise/gifts. for East and South Africa by s/s Kenya s/s Uganda - Sailings & Fares, December 1964-June 1966 i was on yhe ss uganda for a school cruise in the summer of 1974,i was 14,we sailed from tilbury and visited norway ,sweden,denmark ,finland and russia.i remember the smell of the kitchens eminating through the ship as we boarded.id love to hear from anyone who was on the same cruise Had a marvellous time. Educational cruise ship SS Nevasa, as many dormitory and cabin passengers from 1965 to 1974 will recognise her. ( as written at the age of 13 years on-board the school cruise ship, February 1979. School Cruise photographs from SS Nevasa and SS Uganda. Italia Lineâs MS Giulio Cesare in 1952 to 1974. uganda's school trips - 1970's Popular in the 70's were the "educational trips" on board the ship, Uganda. Made friends with lots of different kids from Bishop Auckland, Darlington, etc. Educational Cruise, The Med - 1976. they then converted the SS Nevasa and started doing Educational Cruises for 11- 18 year olds (mosttly grammer schools from all over the UK ) the cruises on the Nevasa started in 1968 until Sept 1974 when the Nevasa was scrapped, the sistership the SS Uganda carried on doing Educational trips until 1977 , until the Falklands war ,when she was ⦠The perfect end to a safari or trip to Uganda, a sunset cruise on the lake accompanied by cheese platter and your choice of wine. did u go to asheligh school if so please leave your name and names of a few friends so we can possible put a face to your name. The quoits competition is ⦠She was built in 1952 as a passenger liner, and successively served as a cruise ship, hospital ship, troop ship and stores ship. ... Gordon Wild, Kevin Abbot, Gary Smith, pop haywood. 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