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Hello and welcome to the SS Uganda message board.
I hope that if you have sailed on the Uganda that you will use this message board
to post your recollections of your time on board. Maybe your looking for class mates
or if you where aboard at the time of the Falklands war your memories would also be welcome.
Looking for friends /shipmates/forces friends or want to trade memorabilia relating to SS Uganda then post it here.

BTW I`m looking for the cardboard cut-out model
that used to be sold in the ships souvenir shop.

( I sailed on her in Feb 1979 with the Northampton School for Boys .)

Yours ,
Ashley

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Subject: 1974


Author:
Jim Allison
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Date Posted: 07:19:34 02/24/02 Sun
Memories - They never leave you - To anyone who reads this from 1974.
Santander, Lisbon, Roterdam and TheChannel Islands.

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Subject: SS Uganda Baltic 1969 Hit sandbank "oops"


Author:
Martyn Boon
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Date Posted: 20:55:46 05/01/02 Wed
At the age of 13 years I was very privalaged to be able to go on the SS Uganda Baltic cruise from Bucklers Mead School Yeovil on June 24th 1969. I think we were the first party of school children to go to Leningrad and on our way we sailed through Danish islands. On our approach to Leningrad at approximately 5am a piolet boarded to ensure our safe arrival, unfortunatly we ended up on a sand bank, and as we were in our bunks at the "pointy end" we felt the full force of the impact. As we were all "dislodged" from our bunks we all decided to get dressed (dispite the unearthly hour) and go up on deck, to our surprise we were now clear of the sand bank and sailing past what seemed like thousands of submarines and battle ships. On disembarkation we were played ashore by the Red Army Band. On our return to the UK we encountered the worst ever weather the Uganda had ever experienced, I have actually saved newspaper cuttings of the time which discribes the day to day events of the cruise and one report says that out of 960 children not one had been sick but I can asure you we proved that reporter wrong.

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Subject: SS Uganda - Troopship


Author:
Simon
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Date Posted: 20:04:17 05/09/02 Thu
I sailed aboard the Uganda as a member of the military crew (after the Falklands war) and remember the bad food, dodgy server and water coming into the dorms through portholes. Also doing PT on the flight deck & getting covered in soot from the funnel - happy days

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Subject: SS Uganda Whoops hit sand bank


Author:
Martyn Boon
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Date Posted: 18:31:28 06/21/02 Fri
Dear Ashly, I have the requierd articles from newspapers with information of my trip on the SS Uganda. The files that we have scanned on to are machine are far to big to email and would take some time. So if you have a home address I could send you a copy of all the information I have. Many thanks Martyn

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Subject: edcational cruiseson Uganda


Author:
Laurie Haworth
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Date Posted: 10:38:26 06/26/02 Wed
I first sailed on ss Uganda in 1970 on a cruise out of S'hampton to Vigo,Lisbon,Gibraltar &,I think,Casablanca.It was suchb a wonderful experience, I then helped to organise cruises for Gloucesteshire schools, until Mrs 'T' purloined Uganda for the Falklands war.Most of the cruises were fly- cruises out of Gatwick and places visited over the 13 cruises I took part in included Egypt Israel,Malta Naples,Sicily,Tunisia,Santorini,Crete,etc.etc.They were happy times and I was very glad to take my son with me on
one of them.I have read with sadness the story of the Uganda after the falklands War and I would be happy to hear from any fellow party-leaders about their memories at dorothyandlaurie"aol.com(Sorry about the" instead of the correct symbol.My Pc IS playing up this morning),
Laurie Haworth,
Forest of Dean,Gloucestershire.

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Subject: Thank you Geoff


Author:
Ashley ( Runt )
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Date Posted: 01:02:13 07/31/02 Wed
Thanks Geoff for the copy of "Where in the world" / "The Uganda sound" record.

Ashley

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Subject: Uganda memories


Author:
Charles Oxley
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Date Posted: 19:19:00 08/10/02 Sat
I was an Electrical Officer on board in 1985 after the conflict ferrying troops between the Falklands and Ascension. My memories centre on the dire state of the ship in those rough seas. My cabin floor was always wet with seawater,there were concerns about the amount of fresh water we had on board ... evap problems,I think, and the generators were in a very poor shape too. The food was bloody awful but it was a truly memorable experience!

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Subject: 1:3000 scale model of SS Uganda


Author:
Ashley ( Runt )
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Date Posted: 00:39:40 07/18/02 Thu
Hello all,
I`ve just came across this by accident.
Found a company that makes cast metal models for war gaming
and they do a 1:3000th scale model of SS Uganda.
http://www.navwar.freeserve.co.uk/3000modernships.htm
I think that works out at about 2 1/4 inches long.
It only costs £1:10 so I`ll send of for one and let you know.
Thank you to all who have written on the forum and I hope that we can reunite a few old shipmates.

Yours
Ashley

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Subject: Comming Soon : The SS Uganda Gift Shop


Author:
Ashley ( forum Admin )
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Date Posted: 23:42:32 09/18/02 Wed
Coming soon:
In association with the Uganda Trust.
The trust has supplies of original souvenirs from the Uganda gift shop and I`ll be setting up an on-line shop for you to browse and order from the listed stock.
The stock includes :
Key rings
Pens
Place mats
Hats
Wall plaques
Prints (three stages of Uganda liner/cargo school/passenger liner hospital/troop ship )
Car sticker
Postcard
and lots more.

So keep watching the forum for latest news on the shop.

Ashley

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Subject: looking for a friend


Author:
david brady
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Date Posted: 12:32:18 09/22/02 Sun
i sailed on the uganda in may 1981 im looking for a girl i met on board .she was americain but lived in tripoli her name was kirsty duvell .is ther anyway i can track addresses for people on board at that time ?

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Subject: Good Times


Author:
Sue Richter
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Date Posted: 10:32:23 11/12/02 Tue
In 1980/81 I went on a school trip aboard Uganda. We visited Gibraltar, Sicily, Italy, Greece and Turkey. It was a fantastic experience even the hurricane force winds in the Bay of Biscay!
I remember the Leaning Tower, (you could still climb it then), lots of museums and churches, and the kind of belly laughs you only get as a child.
Uganda will never be forgotten by anyone who sailed on her.
Sue.

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Subject: SS Uganda Book


Author:
Chris Lister
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Date Posted: 19:01:28 12/11/02 Wed
Just got the SS Uganda book. Any one not got it and thinking about getting it, GET IT. The rest of you get it to! Its a fantastic read and I can not put it down now. The history and details are a credit to those who put it together!

It is a very worth while purchase, worth every penny (and I dont buy many books myself). It would also make a good present for someone too!

Must go now another chapter calling, I can hear the common room calling!

Merry Christmas Ship Mates!
Chris Lister

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Subject: S.S.Uganda


Author:
Jo.k
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Date Posted: 23:41:44 06/06/02 Thu
I sailed on Uganda in '82 with my school Denbigh High from North Wales and is still unforgetable.
We went around the Med and my kids get sick of me saying "I've been there" all the time but it was such an experience for all of us that went we were so lucky.

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Subject: 1970 - Barely a ripple !


Author:
Nigel C
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Date Posted: 00:33:26 12/24/02 Tue
Sailing from Tilbury meant a 100 mile bus journey to the docks, in fact more people were sick on the bus than on board ship ! We went to N. Germany, Leningrad (Moscow), Stockholm and Copenhagen. Food was odd but plenty of it, we were in Cousteau and the girls miles away through the labyrinth of corridors ...
Memories include :- Competitions for cleanest dorm (sad), Tivoli Gardens, whistling at the Russians and drinking their vodka fire water... Also smoking their fags which consisted of a hollow cardboard tube with a little manure(?) at the end. They threw loads of badges at the ship when we left and I still have a couple somewhere.
We were heading into Leningrad and I remember hundreds of condoms floating past. It was hot and sunny virtually every day. We saw the Varga in Stockholm. Happy days...

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Subject: MY FATHER BILLY WORTH.


Author:
mark worth
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Date Posted: 17:56:37 01/19/03 Sun
my father served on the ship ss uganda in the 1950s(approx)he visited india a few times.im trying to contact any one who knows him.please email me if you have any infomation,thank you very much,mark william worth.

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Subject: funny cruise stories


Author:
Richard Haworth
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Date Posted: 11:42:38 01/20/03 Mon
I, like so many others, have fond memories of being onboard Uganda at the age of 10. I have a website with some memories, history and pics of Uganda and Nevassa. Have a look at the bottom 5 links on this page, I hope you like them http://www.theforestreunited.co.uk/forest4/forestmemories.htm . If you have any amusing stories you could share with me, I would love to add them to my site.

Does anybody remember seeing/starring in the Children's Film Foundation comedy caper 'All At Sea', set on the Uganda?

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Subject: Ships Log cruise num 407


Author:
Richard Jones
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Date Posted: 11:17:50 01/24/03 Fri
Hi to all who were on cruise num 407 oct 10 1974 starting at Liverpool,Ceuta,Malta,Instanbull,Corfu,Dubrovnik,then flying home to Cardiff.It would be nice to have a reunion.

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Subject: Where are you


Author:
Richard Jones
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Date Posted: 16:13:41 01/24/03 Fri
WHERE ARE YOU ELERI HUGHES GET IN TOUCH

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Subject: sailed on the uganda in 1976


Author:
nick sargent
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Date Posted: 07:07:13 02/11/03 Tue
was on ss uganda from southhampton 1976 to morroco to malta haffi-isreal, corfu,rhodes,venice and return to gatwick by dan air (turbo prop) a great trip great memories for sussex schools.thank you ss uganda

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Subject: Uganda Model


Author:
Robert James
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Date Posted: 16:51:41 02/15/03 Sat
I sailed aboard Uganda in March, 1975, one of 60+ Canadian teens aboard that voyage ~ great memories! Question ~ has a model of the Uganda ever been produced? A plastic kit (Airfix, are you listening?) @ 1:450 or 1:350 scale would be something worth developing. A English friend is shipping over the 'Nexus' plans (a future scratch-build project) ~ does anyone know of their quality / detail? Also, I once owned (since lost) a color-cutaway poster of Nevasa. I have the same for Uganda, and is wondering if anyone has 'Nevasa' they are willing to part with? Thanks ~ Robert James

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Subject: Fun on the Uganda


Author:
Lorraine Johnston
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Date Posted: 13:53:14 02/16/03 Sun
I was lucky enough to do two cruises on the Uganda in 1976 and 1977-Norway, Denmark and Germany the first time and Norway, Denmark and Holland the second. The first trip we were on the dormatories were full(imagine our sadness!!)and we ended up in en-suite cabins instead. We had a ball!
Next time it was back to slumming it in the dorms but since we were above the waterline we were grateful for small mercies-the boys in our group christened their below waterline quarters 'The black hole of Calcutta' I don't remember the food being terrible but the all-pervading smell of curry cooking(presumably for the crew) had me hanging my head over the side a couple of times! I remember that you weren't allowed to take food out of the dining room and having to resort to shoving my orange down my sock and making my escape like a prisoner from Colditz past the guard(it could have been a waiter on door duty!)
To anyone who has read it, does the Uganda book give details about how many thousands of deck quoits were lost or thrown overboard over the years that Uganda transported mischievious children?!! I clearly remember that being more popular sport than the official version of the game!
Also,can anyone explain to me why dormatory lockdowns and patrolling teachers were serious business at night and being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time was punishable in ways so horrible you could only imagine, yet our group of 12 -14 year olds were taken to the centre of Amsterdam and told 'you have two hours free, be back here by 3pm' then left to our own devices in the red light district! After all, there's only so much Delft pottery you can look at before the side streets beckon!
My favourite souvenir was the SS Uganda sailor doll in the traditional velvet suit with the sailor hat with SS.Uganda written on the band-sadly not available in the on-line shop.
I still have my Uganda log, posthumously written in after our return and under threat of corporal punishment if it wasn't done, so I guess we must have been having too much fun to bother with it while we were away!

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Subject: ss uganda cruise to norway and denmark may 1973


Author:
Duncan W illey
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Date Posted: 20:44:20 03/30/03 Sun
Its almost thirty years since i was privaleged to sail on this wonderful ship.As an eleven year old it was such an exciting time for me visiting Savanger,Oslo,and Copenhagen.
I have shared my memories with my children and realise that they have missed out on a special time in maritime history.For any one who has sailed on the SS UGANDA or has any connection with her i strongly recommend the book advertised on this website and thank Marion Browning and all those responcible for getting this book into print.
If there is any one out there who was on the same trip as i
was it would be great to hear about your thoughts. SS UGANDA is a special ship and will long be remembered.

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Subject: Party Leaders


Author:
Laurie Haworth
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Date Posted: 10:07:53 04/01/03 Tue
It would be great to read some memories from party leaders, especially the surviving alcoholics

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Subject: Hurricane Force 12


Author:
Richard Walter
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Date Posted: 02:24:28 04/14/03 Mon
I was on SS Uganda in 1982 or 81 (I think!). I was about 16 or 17. We were supposed to pick the ship up in Venice (flew from Gatwick) but there was an Air Traffic Controllers strike in Venice, and we picked it up instead in Split, the then Jugoslavia. Disappointing to not see Venice. Was supposed to stop at Rhodes, but Force 12 Hurricane winds kept us at sea (too dangerous to dock, besides everyone was having so much fun puking everywhere!) so we never saw Rhodes either! Did see Ephesus, Alexandria, Pyramids, Athens. Great memories. My parents stumbled upon the ship when it was laid up on the River Fal after the war. They took lots of pictures and sent them to me. What a sad thing she looked. Sorry she is now probably part of several hundred Toyota's somewhere. I still haven't been to Venice or Rhodes!

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Subject: ss uganda 1973 trip


Author:
graham adams
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Date Posted: 16:19:00 06/09/03 Mon
from auchinairn primary school nr bishopbriggs glasgow
i remember well my trip on the uganda sick as a pig for the first three of a five day trip
i was sick on one of those poor indian guys that had just stuck his head out from below to look up big mistake !!
i was sick on the headmaster mr magilvery at the first lifeboat drill and the kitchens scrambled egg (smelt terrible)
we went to santander in spain , lisbon in portugal and some place in france i cant quite remember the name of and was sick there too no land legs after being on a ship then i guess i finaly got my sea legs and set myself to enjoy the little time left,
anyone who was on the cruse to spain portugal and france from the bishopbriggs area please feel free to drop me a line

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Subject: SS Uganda - 1980 ?


Author:
Colin Owen
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Date Posted: 10:35:28 07/04/03 Fri
I had the SS Uganda experience sometime early eighties. Memory is a terrible thing to lose so I'm trying to rebuild a picture in my mind!

Does anyone out there remember exactly when this sequence of ports could have occured.

We flew into Split, then Corfu, then Alexandria, going to Cairo to see the Pyramids. Next we sailed to Haifa, and went to Bethlehem and Jersualem. From there we went to Santorini. We were meant to stop at Dubrovnik, but went straight to Venice instead.

It was an incredible voyage of discovery for a 12/13 year old, and would dearly like to know more information about when it was!

Thanks anyone who can help.

Colin

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Subject: SS Uganda `The Story of a special ship`


Author:
Ashley (forum admin.)
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Date Posted: 00:43:38 07/28/03 Mon

UGANDA: The story of a special ship



In association with the SS Uganda Trust.


Hi everyone,
For those who have read the posts from
Alan Cullen and Marion Browning and wanted to know more about the book
mentioned "Uganda: The story of a special ship" ,
you can now read all about it HERE



The page includes a short history of the ship ,
details of the book and how to get a hold of your very own copy.
All profits go to the Uganda Trust which is a registered charity.




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Subject: SS Uganda / SS Nevassa


Author:
Roger E Haddock
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Date Posted: 18:23:32 08/05/03 Tue
The SS Uganda Story is a fabulous book well worth the money,
several crew were on nevassa when i did my school cruise
I have fond memories of BISN and the educational cruises,the book has brought it all flooding back
Anyone who was on Nevassa Cruise 126 in 1965 please can you contact me-i was with a party from St Mary`s CofE school Hendon .
I collect BISN memorabilia,and have in interest in maritime radio.
Excellent forum keep up the good work .
Cheers Roger

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Subject: SS UGANDA CRUISE 16th -29th JAN 1982 cruise No. 270


Author:
Adrain Hughes
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Date Posted: 19:46:49 08/16/03 Sat
i was lucky enough to sail on her for these two weeks with my freind jeffery jones, we were both from neath wales and were sea cadets.
i work the whole fortnight in the gallies along with bob from salisbury (seacadet) who i think joined the navy soon after.
i bunked with fordy from liverpool, jock from cambletown and others who i cannot remember.
jeffery 'ginger' jones was killed on his 17th birthday on the motor bike his parents bought him that day along with another guy.
i was 15 on the cruise and remember action man, brian the chef , dai the baker (welsh)
and all those lovely younge school girls.
caroline and sarah from st. helier jersey.
paula/pauline and fiona from crawley.
and of course carolyn horne from east lothian scotland ( who i spoke to recently)sexy girl.
love to hear from anyone who was on that cruise 'cos my camera was crap and i only have memories of that trip.
i love that ship and would do anything to get those memories back.
please get in touch.
cheers adrian.

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Subject: SS UGANDA CRUISE 16th -29th JAN 1982 cruise No. 270


Author:
Adrian Hughes
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Date Posted: 19:47:55 08/16/03 Sat
i was lucky enough to sail on her for these two weeks with my freind jeffery jones, we were both from neath wales and were sea cadets.
i work the whole fortnight in the gallies along with bob from salisbury (seacadet) who i think joined the navy soon after.
i bunked with fordy from liverpool, jock from cambletown and others who i cannot remember.
jeffery 'ginger' jones was kille on his 17th birthday on the motor bike his parents bought him that day along with another guy.
i was 15 on the cruise and remember action man, brian the chef , dai the baker (welsh)
and all those lovely younge school girls.
caroline and sarah from st. helier jersey.
paula/pauline and fiona from crawley.
and of course carolyn horne from east lothian scotland ( who i spoke to recently)sexy girl.
love to hear from anyone who was on that cruise 'cos my camera was crap and i only have memories of that trip.
i love that ship and would do anything to get those memories back.
please get in touch.
cheers adrian.

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Subject: uganda cruise 1976 from athens


Author:
geoff shaw
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Date Posted: 19:09:43 08/27/03 Wed
would like to hear from anyone on that cruise i still have my old sickbag used for autographs and have many photos and good memories.
i was lucky enough to be head prefect and remember the late night dorm patrols .
great trip.
shame shes gone

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Subject: MED CRUSIE


Author:
BRUCE McLACHLAN
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Date Posted: 23:33:01 10/25/03 Sat
HI,
I REMEMBER A GREAT CRUISE TO THE MED (1980 - 81)(APART FROM THE BAY OF BISCAY & SICK BAGS) WHEN I WAS IN PRIMARY 7. I REMEMBER THE WATER TASTING LIKE "RUST" AND SOME WEE CLOWN IN THE NEXT DORM ( A SMALL GUY WITH A "HITLER" PARTING AND A HOOKED NOSE THROWING A BIG BAG OF MASSIVE BEATLES FROM SOME BEACH INTO OUR DORM)..........ALSO THIS IS WHERE I MET MY BEST MATE (MARK CLAPPERTON WHO ENDED UP BEING MY BEST MAN @ MY WEDDING) WHO GOT THE GIRL THAT WE ALL FANCIED!(YEP WE WERE ALL IN P 7!) ....HERE NAME WAS LYNNE STEVENSON I THINK....

THE ONLY THING I REGRET ABOUT THE CRUISE WAS I ONLY HAD ONE FILM IN MY CAMERA AND DIGITAL CAMERAS & VID WERE NOT INVENTED
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WERE ON THE SAME CRUISE!
bruce@mcbrucie.freeserve.co.uk

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Subject: MED CRUSIE


Author:
BRUCE McLACHLAN
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Date Posted: 23:35:50 10/25/03 Sat
HI,
I REMEMBER A GREAT CRUISE TO THE MED (1980 - 81)(APART FROM THE BAY OF BISCAY & SICK BAGS) WHEN I WAS IN PRIMARY 7. I REMEMBER THE WATER TASTING LIKE "RUST" AND SOME WEE CLOWN IN THE NEXT DORM ( A SMALL GUY WITH A "HITLER" PARTING AND A HOOKED NOSE THROWING A BIG BAG OF MASSIVE BEATLES FROM SOME BEACH INTO OUR DORM)..........ALSO THIS IS WHERE I MET MY BEST MATE (MARK CLAPPERTON WHO ENDED UP BEING MY BEST MAN @ MY WEDDING) WHO GOT THE GIRL THAT WE ALL FANCIED!(YEP WE WERE ALL IN P 7!) ....HERE NAME WAS LYNNE STEVENSON I THINK....

THE ONLY THING I REGRET ABOUT THE CRUISE WAS I ONLY HAD ONE FILM IN MY CAMERA AND DIGITAL CAMERAS & VID WERE NOT INVENTED
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WERE ON THE SAME CRUISE!
bruce@mcbrucie.freeserve.co.uk

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Subject: Cruise No. 295 December 1982


Author:
Geoffrey Holloway
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Date Posted: 15:02:45 11/09/03 Sun
Chesterfield School was booked on the December 1982 cruise, however there was the small matter of the ship being requisitioned for use in the Falklands. I remember reading every newspaper for information of the war, and hoping that the army would get a move on and defeat the Argies, just so that the Uganda would return in time for MY cruise. Its amazing how selfish you can be when you're 14 and leaving the country for the first time.

Memories include being very sea sick, terrible packed lunches and visiting "carpet land" with one of the teachers.

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Subject: Sick Bay


Author:
Charles Clark
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Date Posted: 22:55:03 11/18/03 Tue
My "sister" Angela Wilson and I sailed on the Uganga 1975 with Highlanders Academy Greenock(in the trust of Miss Mcarthur) sailing from leith we travelled to Norway Sweden Denmark & Holland before returning to the banks oh the clyde.For the first 3 days I was so sick I had to stay in sick bay..........but was well worth it.

Pionts of interest I remember.
Last night Fancy dress with the Captain
Laundry room an those wicked irons
Muster station drill
Meal dinner trays and cheese triangles
Smell of deisel on board
June Campbell...............my class mate whom I simply loved to death
Class rooms
cinema
evening disco, to the sounds of Showadywady Bay City Rollers, Rubbettes, Mud,etc...........Hmmmmmm

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Subject: April 82 Cruise


Author:
James Day
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Date Posted: 22:54:27 11/21/03 Fri
I was an 18 and 19 year old passenger on the April 82 cruise during which she was requisitioned, my second trip. Some memories from that voyage are:

The trip to the Pyramids and the cancellation of the planned light show there so we could return to the ship for an early departure.

My leaving shortly before departure from Alexandria to head back to the port shops, noting that I was leaving the ship only half an hour or so to the planned last boarding time and checking carefully to be sure I'd be back in time.

Talk that it was very unusual and somewhat dangerous to be leaving the port at night.

Some vessel occasionally showing lights behind us as we transited to Naples at high speed. Anyone have any idea which vessel this was?

Bothering the poor purser, who was doing his inventory.

Watching the school parties disembark to TV coverage at Naples. A quick trip to the airport and home for everyone, no sightseeing in the city.

50% refund of the cost of the trip.

The food was good or excellent, on both the earlier school trip and this one.

A shipboard infatuation with a young woman who was herself interested (most wisely!:)) in someone other than me.

An exciting tip for a definitely unworldly youth.

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Subject: OCT 74 CRUISE NUM 407 NORTH WALES SCHOOLS


Author:
RICH JONES
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Date Posted: 13:01:36 01/30/04 Fri
To Anyone who was on that cruise from Holywell high school??? I have a group photo and I am trying to put names to faces.

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Subject: Found on Ebay -- STD 8MM HOME CINE FILM - SS UGANDA CRUISE


Author:
Ashley- Forum Admin.
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Date Posted: 23:09:50 02/04/04 Wed
Came across this on Ebay :
STD 8MM HOME CINE FILM - SS UGANDA CRUISE
Wish I had some spare cash to bid for this.
If anyone from the forum does acquire this film let us know.

Yours ,
Ashley (Runt)
Forum Admin

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Subject: S.S.Uganda Cruise 259


Author:
Rob Rutsch
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Date Posted: 00:08:57 02/17/03 Mon
I was fortunate to have sailed on this ship I believe it was 1971 travelling by caledonian to Pisa by air and then boarding the Uganda at Leghorn.Quite a few students were sick whilst still tied up to the Dock.We went to Pireous (Athens) Rhodes,Beirut,Haifa,Then back to Venice where we were fogbound for 24 hrs.Which of course meant another "last night party"!!!!.I have fond memories of the Ship it was the trip of a lifetime if any one remembers that cruise drop me a reply Gloucestershire and Dorset were on that Cruise

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Subject: Message from SS Uganda Trust, Nevasa memories wanted for new book.


Author:
Ashley on behalf of M Browning(SS Uganda Trust)
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Date Posted: 22:18:59 03/06/04 Sat
Dear Forum Reader,


The book we launched in 1998 , UGANDA The story of a very special ship,
has been so well received that we have decided to research for a new book.
This time it will be about another well loved ship - NEVASA.


Even if you cannot help yourself, perhaps you may know of somebody who can.
We are looking for people who were associated in any way with the ship e.g. building of the ship and her launch, ship`s company, passengers while trooping, students, teachers, independent cabin passengers, shore staff etc. We wish to cover her whole career from 1956 to 1975.


We also would welcome photographs of NEVASA ,both slides and prints.


I look forward to hearing from you shortly. We still have some UGANDA books for sale if you know of anybody who would like one (Special offer of £23 including postage for UK only)


Please feel free to contact me by writing, email or telephone.


Yours sincerely


Marion J. Browning


Secretary SS UGANDA TRUST


UGANDA TRUST


TARVEN

CORFE LODGE ROAD

BROADSTONE

DORSET

BH18 9NF


Tel: 01202 694338


EMAIL: browning@tarvencorfe.fsnet.co.uk



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Subject: Uganda Summer 1970


Author:
Cliff Cadman
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Date Posted: 18:46:27 03/23/04 Tue
I was acadet with B.I. and sailed on the "Big Ug" in the summer of 1970. I joined the ship in Greenock and for the next three months enjoyed the time of my life. I spent most of the time as staff cadet which meant being involved in the entertainment of the students organising games, discos etc. We visited the Baltic, the Azores,and the Canaries. We also under took two adult cruises one for the Scottish National Trust and another from Dublin for some religious organisation.I also remember the Staff Captain giving a lecture to the crew in Hindi about the men landing on the moon at the time. Shame we have no equivalent today!

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Subject: ss uganda 1975


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nat mains blantyre scotland
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Date Posted: 11:02:45 03/30/04 Tue
I WAS ON THE 1975 CRUISE TOHELSINKI LENINGRAD VISBY AND COPENHAGEN.WE SAILED FROM DUNDEE AND CAME BACK TO GREENOCK.ANY OTHER FORMER PUPILS FROM BLANTYRE HIGH SCHOOL OUT THERE?

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Subject: Med cruise on Uganda


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Mary Graham
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Date Posted: 10:00:18 09/10/08 Wed
I cruised on the Uganda with fellow pupils from Grangemouth High School in early 70's from Greenock visiting Malaga, Barcelona, Gibraltar and Lisbon. Had a wonderful time and remember with glee some of the many antics my fellow shipmates got up to. Our teachers must have had the patience of saints! Is there anyone out there who remembers this particular cruise. I think it was July 1971 or 1972.

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Subject: 5th engineer 1973- 1974


Author:
brian jewson
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Date Posted: 00:19:24 04/15/04 Thu
served as a 5th engineer on uganda having been transfered from the larger p&o cruise ships operating in the pacific. uganda was a culture shock from the regular p&o liners. i remember my cabin being twice the size of himalaya,iberia,etc. as for the food it left p&o for dead. yes- the bloody soot was a pain in the neck at times but who,s perfect. good ship, good times, fantastic memories that no one would believe if you told them

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Subject: chef on uganda in the 1950,s


Author:
stefan jennings
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Date Posted: 08:36:26 05/02/04 Sun
does anybody remember my father leslie morton jennings who was chef on the uganda in the 50,s or my mother who is alive and well, who ran the nursery on board during the same time. most interested to hear from anybody who does. stefan.

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Subject: SS Uganda book


Author:
Alan Cullen
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Date Posted: 20:30:07 07/17/02 Wed
I, along with some colleagues in the SS Uganda Trust, co-authored a book about the SS Uganda. 400+ pages, 400+ photos, covers the life of the ship from launch in 1952 to her end on a beach in 1986. Price £27 inc. p&p by cheque payable to the SS Uganda Trust at "Tarven, Corfe Lodge Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9NF". The Trust is a registered charity number 1020247. Any profits towards the objects of the Trust.

I was fortunate to have cruised three times onboard the SS Nevasa whilst at Pinner Grammar School. Unfortunately this fondly remembered ship did not have such a dramatic life as the Uganda, so unlikely to write a book about her, but would love to hear from anybody with memories.

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Subject: Final voyage before the Falklands


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Simon Gunn
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Date Posted: 08:57:02 11/05/02 Tue
Hi, Fantastic site! I was aboard the Uganda when she was requisitioned for the Falklands War. At the time I was 11 years old and at Clifton Hall School in Edinburgh. I travelled with a party of 3 others from Edinburgh Accademy. I don't remember the names of any of the Accademy guys and didn't keep any logs of the places we visited. Anyone who sailed on this voyage I'd love to hear from you.
Best wishes, Simon Gunn

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Subject: June 1972


Author:
Derek Griffin
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Date Posted: 22:25:22 08/03/04 Tue
Does anyone remember the cruise circa June 1972. Started Greenock and visited La Rochelle, Casablanca, Cadiz and Oporto.

My memories:
· Not giving a toss about our dormitory score;
· The boiled egg which seem to accompany every meal!!
· Lessons on board ship…what a waste of time!!
· Watching Kelly’s Heroes in the cinema;
· The plonker who jumped into the pool fully clothed!!
· The map showing our position;
· Smuggling a bottle of port on board at Oporto.
· Not feeling sorry for the poor blighters suffering from seasickness;
· The madness after lights out!!
· Irene Kelly
· My mate who got off with her!!

I was a pupil at St. Michael’s Academy, Kilwinning in Scotland. We teamed up with St. Andrew’s Academy, Saltcoats for the trip.

Best wishes,
Derek Griffin

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Subject: thanks for the memories


Author:
Liz Marion Smith
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Date Posted: 20:43:47 08/22/02 Thu
In conversation about a school trip I took in the '70's I mentioned the SS Uganda to a friend. Curiosity took hold and I found this website and lo and behold, fellow travellers!! What an honour. We took a Spring trip from Ottawa with a group from Elmwood School for girls, flying Dan Air to Venice where we boarded. Memories include Matron chasing us down trying to get us to lights out (herding cats), bilges overflowing (what a sight), volcanic eruptions on a really stormy night, a Turkish nightclub where the guitarist sent a note asking me or one of my table to marry him (interesting as a teenager)...
I had heard the ship sank in the Falklands War. Am I correct in this assumption?
I have not taken another 'cruise ship' though I have continued to travel. Why spoil the fun?
Cheers
Liz Smith

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Subject: School trip - December 1975


Author:
Jeremy Bloomfield
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Date Posted: 20:06:07 08/29/04 Sun
Crikey what a lot to remember. I've just visited The Smugglers Cottage at Tolverne (near the King Harry Ferry) where the Uganda was moored prior to her last voyage. The Smugglers has devoted a whole room to photos and memorabilia and is well worth a visit if you are in Cornwall.

The trouble is what to say about such a grand ship. For me, the highlight of my cruise was standing on deck, almost alone, as the ship edged from the harbourside at Port Said. At the same time over the tannoys was played Rule Brittania (or similar !!). Still brings a lump to my throat

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Subject: MED. CRUISE WITH LIVERPOOL GIRLS


Author:
MARCELLE IRVING
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Date Posted: 06:57:51 12/15/08 Mon
I found this site by accident and am so glad that I did (hope it's still going?). I sailed on the Uganda in either 76/77, can't remember now! I went to a girls school in Liverpool (Queen Mary High School), and I think we sailed from Liverpool. Ww were a small school and only a small group as most parents couldn't afford such a trip; we were the lucky ones. I remember being the only kid who wanted to go on the Baltic cruise but was out voted. We visited Madeira, Lisbon, Casablanca and Vigo and maybe more places but I can't remember. I do remember the trip to the sardine canning plant in Lisbon, put me off them for years, lol. I also remember the awful dormitories and everyone being sick all over the place and the awful canteen and worse food. We used to try and sneak out of the dorms at night but it was a ricky business, lol. There was a lovely crew member with a white beard, a big man, so gentle and kind. I also remember us getting dressed up in fancy dress and parading in front of the guests, we all went as snow white an the seven dwarfs (the dwarfs all on their knees with their shoes taped to the front of them like little feet!!), we didn't win but we got a lot of laughs from the guests. We used to play songs on the duke box all the time and I remember ELO had a huge hit at the time called 'It's a living thing' or something like that. There must have been loads of kids but I only remember a school from London, the boys and girls were great and I had a bit of a crush on a boy called Dave; didn't we all have crushes? I kept my badge for years and my muster station badge too but lost them eventually. It was one of the best experiences of my life, I was one lucky girl. I'd love to hear from anyone who remembers that particular cruise.

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Subject: Easter 71


Author:
Simon Blease
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Date Posted: 14:46:16 09/07/04 Tue
Easter 71...as the saying goes we went out boys and came back men! Flew Dan Dare Comet 4C Gatwick to Venice. Sailed to Piraeus, Malta, Tangiers and Lisbon. Home to Southampton through the obligatory Bay of Biscay Force 10. Great sport sliding across the dining hall on plastic chairs, especially on the hot bovril that the poor catering staff spilt from the urn they had carefully brought up from the kitchen. The piano in the lecture hall broke loose from its moorings, smashing all the seats and resulting in no more lessons (shame).
Getting watches nicked on Tangiers beach, taunting 'Chopper' Harris, the Ships Master, being able to use up our old pre-decimal currency on Malta (every bus trip 6d) and losing our 13 year old hearts (but nothing else sadly)to a group of 16 year old Canadian Ladies. Such is the stuff of an educational cruise!

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Subject: ASCENSION TO THE FALKLANDS


Author:
John Sergeant
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Date Posted: 14:58:02 09/12/04 Sun
I sailed on the Uganda from Ascension to the Falklands in August 1984, I was a 20 year old RAF Policeman on my way down for a tour of duty,it took 10 days to get there and this was my first time on a ship of any description and what an introduction to the sea,this was winter in the south atlantic and boy oh boy was it rough the further south we got, doing PT on the deck was a life threatning excercise on some days, I remember my cabin was very comfortable and the food was good, I now remember that trip fondly and the ship made what was difficult time a memorable one. shame she came to an end so soon after, would have loved to of seen her again.

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Subject: SS UGANDA CRASH


Author:
GEORDIE
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Date Posted: 00:56:50 08/25/03 Mon
WAS ONBOARD UGANDA APPROX 1972 WHEN A SHIP CRASHED INTO IT IN VENICE AT START OF SCHOOL TRIP THEY REPAIRED IT AND WE CONTINUED WITH CRUISE

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Subject: dirty dozen


Author:
wurzel
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Date Posted: 15:01:45 06/01/02 Sat
are there any members of the dirty dozen around you know who you are.life was a gas in the u gang.does any one remember the squaddie who came in the bar and ate a sandwich of .... for a case of beer.

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Subject: Christmas Cruise 77


Author:
Gerry Olsen
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Date Posted: 01:09:04 10/22/04 Fri
Wow. Years of memories just came flooding back to me in a heartbeat. I was one of approx 30 Canadian kids who took part in the Xmas 77 cruise from Ceuta down to Banjul with stops along the route. I was devastated to find out the the old girl had been payed off and sold for scrap. The "Uganda" truly was an educational experience for me, and to quote another "we left as kids and came back men". I would love to hear from anyone else who was on that cruise. Funny... I don't remember the food as being that bad. When someone else mentioned the metal meal trays I had to laugh...I remember that the galley smelled heavily of bunker fuel and the hatches between the dorms were well guarded but you could always find a way. Fantastic site... please keep up the great work. Cheers

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Subject: SOA - School Office Assistant


Author:
Gordon Johnston
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Date Posted: 05:03:36 11/14/02 Thu
Hello all...My wife has a life-long dream of visiting Venice, and it looks like this may be the year. As a result, I have been looking at cruise lines on the web and came across P&O today, which reminded me of my cruises of a lifetime, and prompted me to do a search on SS Uganda. That's what brought me to this wonderful site!

It was 30 years ago this year that I had the privilege of "working" on the Uganda as a School Office Assistant. The "job" wasn't a paying one, but my travel and passage were complimentary; it was a unique situation where I could have the fun of the students side (selling stamps and padlocks, DJ-ing the student dances), and the luxury of cabin and meals, the same as the cabin passengers.

In actual fact, I did two cruises, back-to-back: #273, The Holy Land Cruise, and #275, The Easter Holiday Cruise, with destinations including Venice, Piraeus (Athens), Malta, Tangiers, Corfu, Famagusta, and Haifa (Jerusalem).

This evening I dug out the now yellowed envelope that holds such things as an invitation to the Captain's table for dinner, a couple of dinner menus, my ship's log and a copy of the "Good Morning" Uganda news (which I diligently typed up and ran off on the Gestetner each morning around 5 a.m.

I have such fond memories of the students I met in March,1972, most of whom were from U.K. and Ontario, Canada.
These two cruises were to train me for another adventure: a 1973 cruise through Scandanavian Europe, on the Nevasa..but that's another story.

Thank you for a wonderful reason to look back in time. Perhaps I am now motivated to scan some of my slides and post them on the web.

Cheers,

Gordon

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Subject: ss uganda- many memories


Author:
mike holt
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Date Posted: 07:57:54 03/29/05 Tue
just found the uganda site and will certainly be ordering the book

i have many happy memories of 3 or 4 cruises with my parents from 1975 to 1979
brings back days of cocktail parties , fantastic views of Gibraltar from the sea and a passion to do some more cruising with my own family
if any one remembers me ,please contact me via my email address- my parents we called joan and ron ( now deceased ) and we lived in cheadle hulme cheshire

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Subject: SS Uganda wotaship


Author:
Cpt Smith
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Date Posted: 22:33:11 03/09/02 Sat
This site is great,Just stumbled across this page and thought i would say hello,I remember the SS Uganda pretty well after my trip to Stavanger,Aarhus/Arhus and Amsterdam i think in 1974.I have read a few messages in your site i too have very fond memories of SS Uganda,i recall the first morning at sea woken by some sicko knocking out a tune just like that mad bird on hidee-bloody-hi!!and amazed that i couldnt stand straight as the ship ploughed through the cold North sea,and breakfast! oh joy watered down orange juice and something else on a plate,the food trays being whipped away by the indian kitchen staff,the waves spraying up and soaking you as you watched the mops and deck quoits sail by,there was another reason as not to lean on the railings for too long,and that was someone on the next deck up was bound to spit on you,it was nearly compulsary!!! 10 years old and away from home for the first time can be a bit scary but is nothing when i discovered that our dorm was WELL below the water line and i regularly skipped quickly past the thick water tight doors just in case they decided to suddenly shut!!Well toast is nearly ready and i could go on for hours but i must go now glad i found this place seeing a picture of the ship does give me good memories,pity the old girl is gone but i suppose better she was lost at sea than torn apart in some scrap yard.Oh and one final note does anyone remember how all the drinking fountain were choked with buns and everywhere stank of sick, oh to be 10 again....

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Subject: ssUganda


Author:
Laurie Haworth
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Date Posted: 18:13:03 07/18/02 Thu
Am interested in buying or bidding for a model of ss Uganda. Any offers?

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Subject: 1971(ish) Gibralter, Ceuta, Minorca etc


Author:
John Cargill - Royal School Armagh
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Date Posted: 17:57:17 06/11/05 Sat
Hi. I found the book Uganda...The story of a very special ship in my local library today. (June 2005) It brought back wonderful memories of a special trip with school friends. I'll have to work out what year it actually was...probably August/September 1971(ish) with a number of school parties from Ulster and rest of UK.

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Subject: 81 from venice to malta...


Author:
David Watterson
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Date Posted: 09:57:29 06/29/05 Wed
This has brought back a lot of memories (some repressed....) I was on the Uganda in (I think) 81, we left from Venice & went to Haifa (with a tour to Jerusalem & Bethlehem), Dubrovnik, Rhodes, Bodrum, Limassol & Malta - probably not in that order. I was there as a Sea Cadet, it had cost my parents STG90 for the trip. The Sea Cadets didn't do any classes on the ship like the school tours had to, instead we were split into teams and allocated a lifeboat that we had to 'refurbish'. I was in charge of the Captains lifeboat (#2 on the port side from memory), and there was a competition for who did the best job. We had the smallest lifeboat, so we repainted the whole thing inside with bright orange paint from the Bosun & won the competition. I can't remember the prize. I do remember drinking $1 a bottle wine from a place on the waterfront at Bodrum, and falling flat on my face while waiting for the liberty boat to come & pick us up. I also remember magaing to buy a carton of John Player Special cigarettes from the Duty free at Heathrow, and then having to hide them for the whole trip as I was too young to smoke! the Sea Cadet officer that took us had done a lot of trips, his name was possibly Dave ? Was great fun, I don't think I have even thought of it for 20 years though...

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Subject: 1979....it's disco time!


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Colin Bruce
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Date Posted: 23:28:27 07/01/05 Fri
Last night me a my best school pal got to reminiscing about the uganda and were both surprised to find out neither of us had gone onto the net to see what was around! So here we are! I was on the Baltic 1979 and the "med" (not quite!) in 81. How lucky was I?!!
It was great though we were a bit like cargo I suppose. I recall a very good quip from a classmate replying to a snooty passenger as follows as we strayed out of bounds!

Passeneger " you're not supposed to be here- this is for paying passengers"
Sandra(!) "what do you think we are....cargo!"

I actually was a very sad schoolboy and wrote a daily diary which I actually still have. Amongst the "interesting items it says what the music was we were wakened with each morning. Imagine my horror as a 15 year old waking up on the first morning to "Yes Sir I can boogie! by Baccarra!!
Good times indeed. Has the ship been scrapped completely and dismantled. I'd love to get on it again.
Anyway. Just my thoughts (Hi mel!)

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Subject: Uganda 1983


Author:
anyacofre nee smith
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Date Posted: 07:41:56 07/18/05 Mon
Hi does anyone remember a deck cadet officer Iain Hutley and also a lad named Derek Fry who I think worked in the dining room. This was early 1983 when the Uganda worked with the falkland Islands taking passengers to and from Assencion Island.

I look forward to hearing from someone soon
Many thanks
Anya Cofre

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Subject: April 1971


Author:
Jim Mitchell
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Date Posted: 00:02:01 08/25/05 Thu
Sailed from Leghorn, after arriving by plane from Gatwick, via Canada on DC8. Three week cruise, through the straits off Sicily(rough water), plenty of us were sick. Onto to Gibraltor, Malta, Crete, Athens, Turkey, Lisbon, Floernce & Pisa.(not in correct order) Same memories as others, awful food, couldn't wait till we docked to eat at the closest restaurant. A number of others from Britain, Rosalind(?) and a few from America. Was able to talk my parents into allowing me to go to the bar on ship, that cider was strong ! Remember the one class on board, picture of Russian ship with women crew members chained to their stations below deck. From then on we all sat out classes in the lounge. Great experience, anyone on same cruise ?

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Subject: falklands


Author:
ian
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Date Posted: 22:43:15 08/26/04 Thu
what a great site,I sailed to the Falklands in 1982 the lasting memory was of a wave hitting the ship at the level of the dance hall and looking throught the oposite window at raging sea. scary times. Its good though that the messages are mainly from times of peace as really however dramatic the Falklands Conflict was the Uganda should be remembered for all the joy it gave to thousands of children.

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Subject: My Cruise


Author:
Mike Whitney
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Date Posted: 10:53:56 10/27/05 Thu
I was lucky enough to have sailed on the SS Uganda twice, the first was about 80/81, my second trip was the first sailing after the ship had retured from the Falklands, we sailed from Southamption to Cadiz in Spain and for a couple of days we had John Craven on board doing a report for Newsround.

Just noticed somebody referred to Action Man, i remenber him well, i also remember watching Rocky 3 in the cinema.

My other memories included hot chocolate in the restaurant of an evening, stupid lessons during the day.

My most vivid memory was being washed down one on the decks by a big wave whilst sailing to cadiz, very scary.

Great site keep up the good work.

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Subject: ssuganda


Author:
mike holt
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Date Posted: 13:46:03 01/17/06 Tue
hello to everyone

i went on a total of five ss uganda cruises between
1973 and 1979 with my parents

prior to this i went on nevasa in 1972

we went to the baltic and the med

i wil never forget my time on ss uganda it was magical

it any one remembers me , please email

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Subject: cpt Flinders


Author:
Max Flinders
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Date Posted: 19:05:56 01/23/06 Mon
Hi my grandfather was captain of the SSUGANDA.
CPT F FLINDERS does anyone remember him?
i would love to hear a story about him no matter how small.
cheers max

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Subject: July maybe August 1973


Author:
Alan W Smith
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Date Posted: 14:17:53 02/19/06 Sun
Anybody out there on the cruise (to Germany (close to border with East), Gydansk, Helsinki and Copenhagen.

I was with Hamilton Grammer and I think Uddingston were there as well.

Funniest memory was one of the younger lads copeously vomiting into a drinking fountain on-board following the stop in Germany. Strong stuff that German beer!!

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Subject: Sailed and fell in love on the Uganda in 77


Author:
Arthur Chappell
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Date Posted: 17:05:20 04/01/06 Sat
I was on the SS Uganda for a Baltic cruise with my school, Moston Brook (Manchester, England) in 1977 - My rather bullying classmates kept trying to fix me up on dates but I found my first girlfriend by myself, or rather, she found me much to everyone's surprise, including my own, though the relationship was ended soon after the cruise, as we were too far apart - she lived in Edinburgh at the time. I would like to hear from Louis Pegauson again (she may well have married since then of course, in which case that is her maiden name, 0. I was disheartened in the Falklands War years when propaganda reports were leaked that falsely claimedthatthe ship had been sunk by the Argentinians,and even more saddened later when the ship was decommissioned. She took meon my first trip abroad, and to my first experience of romantic love. She is very special to my memories. Good to see sites like this keep her memory alive. Arthur Chappell www.arthurchappell.clara.net/contents.htm

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Subject: Rod Stewat's Sailing - the SS Uganda anthem


Author:
Arthur Chappell
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Date Posted: 11:43:37 04/02/06 Sun
Every night on the cruise, if I remember, the last song was always Rod Stewart's Sailing, then used as a theme song in the popular BBC documentary fly on the wall docu-soap about life on board the Ark Royal. - It was always the last chance to smooch my young lady friend, before we had to go back to our school party- dormitaries, though one night I found myself hugged through it by her lady teacher, who was rather too hot to handle for a 15 year old kid like me, and my girl ran off sulking in jealosy about that, which may have been the teacher's attention. I find that song has a special resonance for me ever since.

I recall also the puritanical pensioner who ruined the mood and moment of my first true kiss by hitting me with his walking stick and telling me and Louise (the girl, not the teacher) off for being so disgusting at such an age - It was just a kiss....!!!

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Subject: hospital ship


Author:
Tim
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Date Posted: 19:27:41 04/04/06 Tue
My experiance of the Uganda revolves around it's use as a hospital ship during the Falklands conflict. It was comfortable enough, considering I had spent some time previous to my residence accomodated in bashas and slit trenches.

It was warm and dry and, although in considerable pain, I was going home.

I put my combats in for laundry and they disappeared. got home dressed as a sailor.

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Subject: REVIEW OFTHE SS UGANDA WEBSITE ONLINE


Author:
Arthur Chappell
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Date Posted: 13:16:33 04/02/06 Sun
I have added a review o fthe SS Ugnda website to a review/abstracts website at http://www.shvoong.com/portfolio/sign-in/ You can readthe review directly at
Abstract at - http://www.shvoong.com/www/personal-sites/170468-ss-uganda/ Please offer it ratings on the 1 to 5 scale. Many reviews there including over 60 by myself attract lots of visitors but few offer the critiquing potential from the 1 to 5 star rating system. I have given the SS Uganda site a full five star rating, naturaly.

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Subject: Uganda Staff


Author:
Laurie Haworth
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Date Posted: 12:42:51 09/12/02 Thu
The Students' Entertainment(?)Officer was known(affectionately)to Gloucestershire Party Leaders( and he proved it to some gullible young female teachers) as 'Action Man' I'd love to know what happened to him, when Uganda was decommisioned and I wish him well, in spite of the fact that , when I embarked for the last of the Gloucetershire cruises,his greeting to me was'Oh dear,not you again!! Maybe I was a trouble-maker.

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Subject: morrocco lisbon gibralter early eighties


Author:
ally
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Date Posted: 00:14:44 05/15/06 Mon
hi i was on the uganda early eighties with kilbowie primary school we went to morrocco gibralter lisbon and another portuguese port (forget now )remember playing table tennis and listening to the jukebox and the cinema don't remember much more anyone else on this trip and mabye fill in some blanks cheers
ally

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Subject: SS Uganda, Last voyage from Mombasa, ca 1967


Author:
Terry Greenwood
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Date Posted: 01:00:09 06/30/06 Fri
I served on the Uganda as Third Radio Officer for her last voyage to East Africa. I was responsible for getting the ship's newspaper printed overnight so the First Class passengers had the latest news at their breakfast tables. I received the news in morse code typing it directly onto Gastetner (?) copying paper ready for instant printing.

We had a great send-off from Mombasa but had other great parties upon leaving Durban, Beira, Mozambique (as it was then), Dar-es-Salaam and up to Mombasa. Other ports of call after transiting the Suez Canal homeward bound were Naples and Barcelona.

I remember we had a Goanese (Portuguese India) crew and that was the first time I had heard of curry, let alone tasted it. I live in Arizona now and often dream of having a decent curry again.

Upon disembarking in London Docks, we all thought it was a disgrace that she was being converted to a school cruise ship. However, now I have read the great experiences the kids had and the memories they are sharing with their kids now, I am even prouder of the old girl!

..._._ (morse code for 'END')

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Subject: diary of my uganda cruise from 1977


Author:
Arthur Chappell
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Date Posted: 13:39:05 06/16/06 Fri
I have added a retrospective diary of my experiences on my Uganda cruise, based on memories and the few documents and photos I have, but I hop this is as accurate an account as I could make it 25 years later.
http://www.arthurchappell.clara.net/ssuganda.htm Enjoy.

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Subject: Med Cruise 1980/1981


Author:
Louise
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Date Posted: 01:52:27 07/02/06 Sun
Hi,
Can anybody help me, I'm trying to recall the date I went on a school cruise?

The year was either 1980 or 1981. We flew from Cardiff to Split and then sailed to Greece (Athens, Rhodes, Kos), Egypt, Cyprus and Turkey (not necessarily in that order!).

I do remember having a great time but also remember being laid up in the hospital quarters, missing Egypt, as I had terrible sea-sickness! I can relate to those who talk about the food - it was sometimes awful - and the trays it was served on were not too appealing.

The lessons were ok, though I recall managing to skive off some of them by locking myself in the loos. Oh, the things we would do to get out of classes!

I have a couple of photos that I am happy to share with anyone who is interested.

Please help - this one is driving me mad!!

Thanks,
Louise

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Subject: SS Uganda Med. 1968/69?


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Stephen Martin (hard to believe)
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Date Posted: 23:31:12 10/06/06 Fri
Looking back I find it hard to believe I was able to go on such am amzing trip. I was with a group from Dumfries Academy on a cruise from Venice to Southampton.
We flew in a Dan-Air plane (ex Brtish Eagle 707) to Venice.
Sailed from there to Dubrovnik (wow, communists, and some of the lads got really drunk on the cherry brandy, stomachs pumped in ship's hospital, it was a bit scary walking on the top of the old city walls), Piraeus (Athens, wow again), Tripoli (hard to believe, wow Leptis Magna), Lisbon (nice pavements).
I think the food was OK, I just remember the all-in-one stainless steel trays. The whole ship smelt of disinfectant.
I still have a picture somewhere taken during the emergency drill. I think it was taken by a photographer on the ship.
I threw up on the Bay of Biscay.
It was a priviledge to be allowed to go on a trip like that.

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Subject: uganda cruise april 81 ( it hink)


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barry whitford
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Date Posted: 21:18:06 10/20/06 Fri
we departed in march or april 1981 on a laker airways dc-10 flight which was delayed by 24 hours due to air traffic flight and flew to split in yugoslavia.i remember it was a warm sunny day and we arrived at the port and saw the ship sitting there.the boys were sent to mallory dorm and we had a bunks susspended on chains.i think the food was quite bad but we were on an adventure of a lifetime we departed split for athens-haifa-alexandria-and ended up in venice on our last day.we were stopping in cypress but due to bad weather we continued to haifa in israel.the trip was one i will remember for ever and as a direct result i have travelled much of the world.

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Subject: 1975 Engineers


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Kevin Fitz
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Date Posted: 22:34:58 11/12/06 Sun
I served during 1975 as a 5th engineer with many memories
hitting the quay in Helsinki, lifeboat practise in Dundee and having to climb back in through dining room windows and many more. any other ex engineers got any photographs of inside the engine room spaces, strange that I can still remember where many of the valves were.Oh yes and the bond locker at the end of our alleyway, same side as the entrance to the `fiddly` as I recall.

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Subject: memories of madeira portugal 1969


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phyllis & julie Allen (twins)happy (happy)
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Date Posted: 21:48:04 11/14/06 Tue
Hello anyone that remembers us,the twins julie &phyllis allen. we remember trevor waldron & his mate steve. being very rough over bay of biscay,& eating dry crackers to help the se sickness. if anyone remembers us please reply. love to reminese.

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Subject: Jan 1981 cruise 270? or 271?


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Adrian Hughes (extremly happy)
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Date Posted: 11:59:36 11/15/06 Wed
Looking back over the years, its hard to beleive that its been 25 yrs since i sailed as a Sea cadet on the Uganda.
I was one of Two Welsh sea cadets in a group of 50 or so . my self and a ginger lad called Jeff Jones( who sadly died on his 17th birthday)i was lucky enouhgt to work on board in the galley with a number of other cadets , Bob from Salisbury, elaine ? and a few others.
Remember chef and welsh backer Dai.
also remember Fordy from cheshire and his mate and jock from cambletown. also remember with vivid adolescent tingles . Carolyn Horne from port seaton scotland , sarah and caroline from St Helier jersey and many more whos names have been lost in the passing of tides,
had the best two weeks of my life on board.
we flew from Gatwick to Malta. boarded the ship and sailed to Alexandira. day trip to pyramids and then back onto Crete and then onto split where we all flew homw.
remember and still love the rod stewert song Sailing, which played every time we sailed out and leaving ona jet plane which played on the last day of the trip.
my email is
a.d.hughes@btinternet.com if any one remembers the trip and wants to get in touch.
take care all and bon voyage..

great site and even greater ship .

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Subject: Easter cruise 1979


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john a barlow
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Date Posted: 09:10:02 12/01/06 Fri
I went on Uganda I think in Easter 1979 .
It seems like a lifetime ago but I can still remember it quite well .It was abseloutely fantastic ,we had a brilliant time.
We went to Pompeii, Delphi ,Cyprus,Ephasus, Israel,Kos and Athens.
I have been reading the messages and I had forgotten how shockingly bad the food was.Concrete chocolate cake with horrible butter cream and the only English the stewards knew was Bobby Charlton.
We had a load of Canadians in our dorm who were a real good laugh.
One of them ,Bill Ramsey,tracked me down about ten years ago but I lost his phone number .
Get in touch again if you read this .
I remember being really proud of her when she went to the Falklands and more than a little sad when I heard she had been scrapped.
It was a real, life experience, something that you will never ever forget.
Something I do remember is my Mum and Dad scrimping and saving to pay for it and me having to earn all my spends
It was a real privelage to go

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Subject: Another Uganda Message board .


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Date Posted: 11:46:41 12/06/06 Wed
Hi all just came across another place where people have posted stuff about SS Uganda.
Pop along and have a read but don`t forget that this is `THE` place you want to post to (-:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=8492794
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BTW My Website`s `Ashley`s Titanic Homepage` / `SS Uganda Log` will soon me moving due to a switch of ISP`s .
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Cruise Critic">ATH and SS Uganda Log new home.
Still working on site but should be fully funtional within the next few weeks.
Don`t worry though as `The SS Uganda Shipmates Forum` will still be here and the same URL .

Merry Christmas to all and a happy new year.

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Subject: request pictures of ssuganda as ahospital shipi


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leslie Aldridge
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Date Posted: 18:21:47 07/01/02 Mon
Anybody serving on ssuganda as a hospital ship have you any photos to share, I would obviously pay for reprints .

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Subject: pictures of uganda as a hospital ship


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les aldridge (saving lives)
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Date Posted: 05:37:23 12/13/06 Wed
I am still wanting photos or interested in anybody writing about the conflict and ss uganda involvement .

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Subject: Assistant Matron


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Alana
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Date Posted: 16:21:56 12/24/06 Sun
Wow this brings back memories just stumbled across this forum.
I was lucky enough to work as an asmat..Assistant Matron on the ship from Early 82 till she got took as a hospital ship.
I was one of the nurse's that would give you the sick bags !!
Or go with you on the land tours...or try and find you when you crept out of your dorms in the night s!!
Life aboard was so much fun .....So sad when it ended.

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Subject: 1978 Gordon School Gravesend


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Chris Neary
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Date Posted: 06:21:21 07/17/04 Sat
1978 -
EMB Southampton, Valencia, Palermo,Khios (Cancelled due to bad weather), Istanbul, Athens (Stop over due to flight cancellation)Flight to LHR.

What I do remember :-

"Jilted John", "War of the worlds" and "Sandy" on the Juke box in the common room (If I EVER hear "Hopelessly devoted to you it will be too soon!).

People getting seasick over the Biscay especially Deborah Pink (boy did I feel sorry for you!) lucky I was used to ships, having a Captain as a Father and all, otherwise I might have joined you on the aftdeck.

Trying to figure out how to get through the watertight doors without raising the alarm on the bridge, so we could get to the girls dorms. let me just say it helps to have a Captain as a father (wink wink nudge nudge!)

A wierd memory comes back of some guys singinig "Plasic elephant and me" (God knows why my feeble brain has catalogued that!) but it was from the rag show.

Somwhere on a greek island one of the girls from Dover Grammer got really wrecked on Ouzo, I remember feeding her as much bread as I could to try to sober her up before returning to the ship.

I played the Trumpet for the Student rag show and on the aft deck (ahem!) wearing a silver suit (Which was for my stage show. I still havn't lived down the wolf whistles but hey! it made me popular with the girls! :) ).

The rotton sods of a crew who played "I'm leaving on a jet plane" upon disembarkation and sent all the girls into a frenzy of sobbing"

What I don't remember :-

What was wrong with the food? Seemed ok to me!

If your cabin floor got wet then who was silly enough to leave the porthole open? Our cabin was at the waterline. I remember checking the porthole size for regulation shoulder width, well you never know.

Greetings to:-

Nichola Stubbings of Istead rise, (I still think of you I hope you persued your microbiology career)

Old school friends Tom Nealy, Nicholas Boston, Andrew Stuart? Deborah Pink (Thank you for your support!), Deborah Kaye.

Finally to the girl I met from Dover Girls grammar School whom I fell in hopelessly love with, and tried to spark up a relationship after the cruise. But you know, shipboard romances never last :(

Anyone else who was on that cruise or remember "The boy with the silver trumpet", it would be a great to see how you got on in life.

I still have a T-shirt from the Uganda covered in signatures, girls phone numbers and the odd "kick me" written on it somwhere :)

Tempus fugit!

Regards to any and all shipmates. Email me.

Chris Neary
Torquay
Devon

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Subject: mooring in falmouth harbour


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martyn
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Date Posted: 17:03:07 01/30/07 Tue
after 2 trips to the falkands on the great ship it sadden me to see her come in to falmouth harbour in what i must say was a in a bad shape being strip down we were aloud on it for 1 last look my mates and myself who sailed on her had 1 last drink on her behalf

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Subject: SS UGANDA Christmas 1976


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Clark Warden (Great memories)
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Date Posted: 16:59:30 02/05/07 Mon
It was great to find a forum dedicated to those who experience cruising aboard the good old SS Uganda. I was on the Christmas 1976 cruise to the Holyland. I'm sitting here thinking of all the things I remember and it's quite surprising all the little memories that come flooding back from over 30 years ago. 30 years ago!?!? Crikey, that's scarey!! The trip was an inter-schools group from Northern Ireland. I had just turned 15 and was the only pupil from my school, Friends' School Lisburn. Most of the group were from Bangor Grammar School. We went on a weekend break prior to the cruise so that everyone could get to know each other. I remember we flew out on 18 December 1976 from Belfast to Brindisi on the very southern tip of Italy via a DanAir comet. From Italy the itinery was Antalya in Turkey, Piraeus in Greece, Haifa in Israel, Kos in the Greek Islands and Malta. I'm not sure if that's the correct order. We were supposed to go to Beirut but a lot of trouble started there and it was cancelled. There are lots of little random memories that are springing to mind here... playing deck hockey on the longer journeys between ports and loosing quite a few of the pucks made of rope over board, a horrendous storm in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, some poor girl dropping her camera into the sea as we boarded one of the motor boats to take us from ship to port; smuggling bottles of Ouzo on board and having our dorms searched by the crew. They never did find our bottles that were well hidden around the pipes; Raiding some of the girls dorms in the middle of the night; catching a bad cold and loosing my voice for about 5 days which was awful; the cold pork pies that we got with the pack lunch; the food on board; the great on board discos in the evening; memorable songs include Dancing Queen by Abba, Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee, and of course Sailing by Rod Stewart which always ended the nights. Watching Bugsy Malone in the onboard cinema; riding a camel in Jerusalem; a torrential rain storm in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve night; Our muster station was called Young Husband and we had a pin badge to wear; all members of our dorm being up in front of the Captain for unchaining someones bed and throwing it into one of the swimming pools... terrible; the great banter in the dorms in the evening; the 7 inch vinyl record that we all got on departure; running across the runway at Malta airport to catch the flight home, which we almost missed... and so many more great memories. I haven't seen any of my fellow cruisers since we broke up at the end of the trip. I wonder where they all are? Clark Warden.

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Subject: Uganda Nov 71


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Joannne Davies
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Date Posted: 20:55:30 02/06/07 Tue
I remember a school cruise Nov 71. The weather was excellent and my school, Hazelwick, Crawley, had a group of about 20. We flew to Venice and visited Cyprus, Athens and Kos, going through the Corinth Canal. All I remember clearly were the tin trays for food and the bunks. Compared to present cruise ships she was tiny. My Dad said she was used as a troop transporter when he was doing national service.

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Subject: Maiden Voyage 1951


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Audrey Lewis (nee Colman)
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Date Posted: 17:32:02 09/11/09 Fri
Is there anybody out there who sailed on SS Uganda maiden voyage in 1951? I joined the ship at Tilbury replacing a last minute cancellation. Mombasa was my destination where I met up with my fiancee. We were married in a little African Church near Mombasa on September 6th 1952.

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Subject: holy land cruise


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kev perry
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Date Posted: 18:34:29 02/11/07 Sun
Hi was anyone on the mediterranean cruise in december 1976/1977 i cant remember .We flew from gatwick to Pireaus in Athens did the holy land gibralter greek islands ,Naples and pompeii.Iwas with the grove school in sussex and would to hear from anybody on this trip.

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Subject: Sadly thirty plus years dulls the memories.


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Lesley Ellis
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Date Posted: 13:56:17 02/21/07 Wed
I sailed on the Uganda in June 1975 - the Baltic cruise to Visby, Helsinki, Leningrad and Copenhagen. We sailed from Dundee (if my memory serves me well) and the roughest crossing was of the Pentland Firth. Loads were calling for 'Hughie and Ralph' that night. Disappointingly we were in the bowels of the ship and only saw dayight when we went up on deck. I do remember the daredevil game of jumping through the watertight doors as they began to close.Our dorms were a bit sparton and millitary like and our teachers were constately on the prowel to prevent any Hanky Panky going on. I met a young lad called Dave from Dundee at the evening disco, and was later caught kissing him in a classroom - strictly forbidden in the evenings- and of being told by my teacher that my life was practicaly over and my reputation ruined beyond saving. I have a feeling Dave dumped me after that. I think our first port of call was Visby and our teacher insisted we visited the Apothacary's shop, clearly a high point in his itinerary. We were more interested in the hunky blond chaps lying on the grass sunbathing. I feel we were just dumped there and made the best of it for our selves and similarly in every other port bar Leningrad. Memories of Copenhagen consist of almost being killed by a tram - forgetting or not being told the traffic came from your LEFT!! of a large department store we were asked to leave for being unaccompanied and Tivoli gardens at night where we screamed so much on the roller coaster we could hardly speak the next day. Helsikni is a blurr apart from the Sibelius Monument - the Silvery tubes you could walk under and the Olympic stadium. Leningrad is a different matter. This was the first time I'd seen a gun. Soldiers checked our bus before we left the dockside and as he walked down the bus aisle I could have touched it. Our tour bus was quite tired and well used. Even at 12 I could see this was not an affluent city. It was quite shabby in parts and although the buildings were painted it was a colourless city. Some russians tried to buy my Levis from me whilst were we taking photo's of Peter the Great on Horseback. (Sadly I'd chopped his head off - photographically speaking). I was taken aback by the ostentation of the Winter Palace Gardens and all of the Gold coloured statues. I recall a water feature where you got wet when you were not looking. Our teachers insisted we did not purchase any ice-cream fom the vendors in the gardens because hygiene reasons. Still we did it any way and survived. Not forgetting the shopping experience - I cannot remember if this was close to the ship but all it had for sale was Russian stacking dolls.
Yesterday I found my Muster station badge - Van Diemen and the SS Uganda badge. From the loft my husband produced the Helsinki Tourist map (all in finnish strangely),a plan of the Bridge of the Uganda (the educational bit) and a tourist brochure of Moscow. We were supposed to go there but for some reason ended up in Leningrad. Sadly my photo's are long gone (including a school group one taken onboad) my Ships Diary and the small green identification card we had for the Soviet Union. Still HAPPY HAPPY MEMORIES.

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Subject: Cruise Nov-Dec 1969


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Margaret Davies (Memorable and enjoyable.)
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Date Posted: 11:54:31 09/18/09 Fri
I remember the SS Uganda so well. I went with Hall Green Bilateral School in Birmingham. We visited Malta, Gibraltar, Alexandria, Cairo, Athens and Venice. The cruise cost GBP62. I took GBP10 spending money which was an absolute fortune - I had saved it from a paper round.
My Dad had had a works accident the year before and my Mom struggled with money, but didn't want to see me go without.
I remember writing a diary - one item I still recall was "we had mock turtle soup today and steak." Both of these were luxuries back in 1969.
We still did lessons onboard ship, but they didn't seem to be an issue.
I loved this cruise, it has inprinted on my mind ever since.

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Subject: Late 70's cruise


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M.Tomlinson
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Date Posted: 12:58:11 04/15/04 Thu
The cruise was in 77 or 78 I think.
Flew Laker airbus to Malta,Alexandria,Haifa,Antalya,Corfu, Navarino Bay and back from Venice...Our school was Gleadless Valley ,Sheffield ...learnt how to play pontoon, some dodgy camel whips with knife handles...an experience never to be forgotten,saw places you only dreamt of and often come across a pen with the ship in the handle at my mums...Good times

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Subject: Sailed on the SS Uganda in 1959


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Sandra (D'Souza) Correa (Wonderful Memories travelling on the SS Uganda)
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Date Posted: 23:38:08 03/01/07 Thu
I remember wonderful memories during our cruise on the SS Uganda. I travelled with my sister and mother and we were treated like royalty. I was fairly young but I remember many details about the ship. We sailed from Mombasa to Cape Town and it took us roughly a week to reach our destination. I have never forgotten my child-hood cruise holiday and the wonderful memories have coaxed me to take other cruises. God bless all who travelled on the beautiful SS Uganda.

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Subject: SS UGANDA BALTIC CRUISE 1980


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Darren Allix
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Date Posted: 10:39:22 11/03/05 Thu
I would like to hear from anyone who was on this ship the same time as me,It was 1980 when i spent over two weeks on board this incredible boat.
We had a host of schools onboard this vessel,my school was St Nicholas in Laindon Essex,we also had Chalvedon School from Essex on board with one of my best mates Matthhew Harris making it one the most memorable trips of a lifetime.
What stands out was that the original cruise included a visit to moscow and leningrad,however due to the olympic games being held in Russia that year we was given a alternative visit to berlin, which included a trip to the east through check-point charlie,which was just incredible.we also visited visby,copenhagen,stockholm,helsinki,on a truly remarkable 2 weeks,My parents met me at the port of copenhagen,where i spent a few hours with them on there own holiday,before returning to the class where we was entertained by a night at Tivoli Gardens.
Anyone remember Mrs Collop who was head of our party,and Mr Paul.

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Subject: Med. Cruise September 1982


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Fergal Lawlor
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Date Posted: 17:02:49 07/14/02 Sun
I sailed on the Uganda in September 1981 or 1982 with what seemed like then half the kids from Liverpool. I was 12 years old and can remember the ship very well - the accommodation - I use the term lightly - was terrible. We were stuck in the deepest depths of the ship with uncomfortable bunks hanging from the wall on large chains. Conditions were most uncomfortable - hot amd smelly and the food inedible. However, I did manage to sneak into one of the bars in an area off limits to the children and couldn't believe the opulence - it was like the last days of the Raj. Anyway loved the sailing more than the places we visited. I was amazed to hear of the typhoon incident I always thought she was broken up after the Falklands.

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Subject: model wanted


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Stu Beer
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Date Posted: 21:02:12 08/08/04 Sun
I am after a model of the Uganda,if anybodys got one to sell or knows where I can get one it will be most appreciated.I was lucky enough to sail on her in October 81 departing from Athens If anybody else was on board send a reply

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Subject: Robinson Crusoe


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Alana
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Date Posted: 00:08:12 01/07/07 Sun
I don't remember the Cinderella play but I did the Robinson Crusoe play...
Ron Furlong was Man Friday in that one...
Keith Parson was Aladdin(what he had to do with Robinson I dont know !!LOL.
I actually did the painting of the secenery for that one with Ron Furlong and Rodger Knight.
Then playes a tropical maiden...
Rmember the Uganda song ?
As for the sneaking into the girls cabins I found a few of you...LOL

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Subject: Finally scanned some photos - 1978


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Geoff Sheppard
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Date Posted: 00:36:02 03/24/07 Sat
At long last some offerings from 1978 - cruise 881 Dundee, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Madeira, Coruna, Glasgow. Sailed as a School Office Assistant which meant being free to go everywhere - school, passenger and crew areas.

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Subject: Lets try that again - photos from 1978!


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Geoff Sheppard
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Date Posted: 00:41:43 03/24/07 Sat
At long last some offerings from 1978 - cruise 881 Dundee, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Madeira, Coruna, Glasgow. Sailed as a School Office Assistant which meant being free to go everywhere - school, passenger and crew areas.
And this time, here is the link http://www.fototime.com/inv/BCD79B1AF0FE96B

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