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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.
ALL POSTS AND COMMENTS NEED PRE APPROVAL SO PLEASE DONT WASTE MY TIME TRYING TO POST PORN LINKS
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: SS Uganda Christmas 1974


Author:
garrodhutchison
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Date Posted: 05:28:16 12/23/20 Wed
I was part of the Sea Cadet group on the Christmas and New Year Cruise 1974. I don't remember the Cruise Number
We flew Dan Air to Dubrovnik, the trip included Greece, Antalya in Turkey, Israel, Santorini, Naples & Malta.
I would be interested to hear from anyone that was in the same group and to see any photos.

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Subject: I was on a 1979 cruise


Author:
Chris Clemmens
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Date Posted: 23:09:38 12/05/21 Sun
I remember my time on this ship fondly.
I think I just turned 11, we left from Southport docks (I think). Their was a band playing i am sailing when we departed. Our dorm was near the front of the ship. Which left most of us sea sick for days. We had a few boring class lessons and all we wanted to do was go to the back of the ship and choose records on the juke box. I think I choose pop music talk about. We went to Tangiers, Morocco, Gibraltar, Portugal cant remember where else. I won a ticket to visit the engine room and even was allowed to have ago on at steering the ship and setting the engine speed under a watchful eye of the captain.
was a great adventure for a 11 year old first time away from parents.

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Subject: Anyone remember cruise No. 092 november 1980


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David Holmes (Mortimer Wilson)
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Date Posted: 03:00:56 04/18/12 Wed
I was on the Uganda in november 1980.we flew laker one way and danair the other, got on the ship at Naples and of at Split can remember calling at Rhodes Egypt and Yugoslavia ,i remember the cruise No.was 092 and from reading on here found that we must have got off the ship on 17th Nov 1980,if anyone can remember it are where else we called would be good to hear from you David Holmes

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Subject: SS Uganda 1979


Author:
Nicki
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Date Posted: 20:06:38 10/19/16 Wed
Sailed on the SS Uganda on Feb 23rd 1979 with finham park school in Coventry. We flew from Gatwick to Naples and returned to Venice to fly back. Didn't get to Alexandria as there was a force 9 gale so we couldn't sail in to the port

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Subject: ss uganda 1980


Author:
sue (happy)
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Date Posted: 12:06:17 05/29/15 Fri
Hi there im looking.for people who.sailed on.the uganda in 1980 with bromford junior school we went to casablanca lisbon.gibralter there was some.where else but i cant remember it was a great experience and fun for us all i remember zoe millman and my cousin paul.thomas and i had a nose bleed on.the rock of.gilbralter cant remember alot but would be nice to hear from.anyone who was with us aswel

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Subject: SS Uganda November 1969 - South Hampton to the Med.


Author:
Martin (Norton Canes Comprehensive near Cannock, Staffs.)
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Date Posted: 19:47:09 01/12/17 Thu
This was a fantastic adventure for a class of 14 and 15-year-old boys and girls. It was a very cold and snowy November in 1969 when we sailed on the SS Uganda for the Mediterranean from South Hampton Docks. Storm force 10 with 11 gusts as we crossed the Bay of Biscay meant two days of being sick. My dormitory was Hillary. On board were a group of children from Malta who were heading home, having been on a similar trip visiting the UK. It was the first time they had seen snow. We arrived at a warm and sunny Rock of Gibraltar and took a taxi ride to the summit to meet the Barbary Apes, who stole my sunglasses. Then onwards to Malta and the port of Valletta. Next was the port was Alexandria in Egypt with a bus ride through the desert to Cairo and the Pyramids. I remember Egypt and Israel were still hostile and there were soldiers everywhere although they were very friendly and wanted to see the long thin bladed daggers we had bought as souvenirs with the new 50p decimal coins that had recently been introduced. We past dozens of massive artillery guns in the desert aimed at Israel. After the long hot bus journey we arrived at the Pyramids and I stood next to the Sphinx. It was Ramadan and we were amazed to see thousands of men and boys (no women) dressed in pyjamas. I took a ride on a flee-ridden camel and had to rescue a class mates camera from an Arab gentleman that offered to take our photo. We also visited the Cairo Museum and I remember the windows and glass display cases has protective tape stuck to them in the shape of a X. I also will never forget standing in front of TutanKahmans golden death mask and looking into its eyes, which seemed to follow you everywhere. A superb experience. Next pot was Piraeus in Greece and a trip to see the Parthenon atop the Acropolis. Hope I've got the right way round. Our last port of call was Venice. What a fantastic city. I remember disembarking (that's a nautical term) and walking over a bridge leading to St Marks Square and then looking to our right we saw the Bridge of Sighs, and then on to the Doges Palace. We departed Venice via water taxi to the airport and flew back. I wish I could it all again. With love to Sally Verden from Peel, Isle of Man. I hope you remember me.

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Subject: Re: School Cruise 1969 from Tilbury


Author:
Rob Overett
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Date Posted: 20:19:46 09/14/14 Sun
I was on the cruise from Tilbury with Wargrave Piggott school to Casablanca, Madeira, Tenerife and Lisbon. And, I remember the first 4 days, wet, rough, diesel fuel smell below deck, and watching the heaving swell from the common room at the stern as the soft drinks went flying. Ships concert, a lovely lass called Isabelle from Congleton, the discos. And the girls from St Peter Port who waved goodbye to me in the coach when we went home. That made my day! A fantastic experience that stays with me to this day.

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Subject: SS Uganda school cruise November 1971 (I think)


Author:
Griffiths
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Date Posted: 07:48:09 02/27/24 Tue
I remember travelling by train with south Wales school children to Gatwick, flying to old Yugoslavia and meeting up with SS Uganda in Split. Finally ending the cruise in Cyprus , where we flew back to Gatwick a long 5 hour flight.Does anyone else remember this cruise.

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Subject: School trip january 1978


Author:
Derek (Stockley)
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Date Posted: 08:16:32 01/23/21 Sat
I was on the cruise which included Malta, Tangiers, Athens in Januart 1978. I would be interested to hear from anybody who may have been aboard and share some memories

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Subject: Great time, food not so good


Author:
Tony Wye
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Date Posted: 23:59:17 04/28/05 Thu
I went on Uganda in September 81. P&O had some deal with British Airways so I went with other kids whose parents worked for BA. Our Dorm was in the bowls of the ship. I remember all the other kids were from Liverpool, couldnt understand anything they said.

We went to Lisbon, Malaga, Ajaccio (Corsica), Rome & Athens. There was one other place but I cant remember its name (maybe a greek Island). We flew back from Athens on Laker Airways.

I distinctly remember the guy in the canteen who used to give out bread and butter as you walked in, he was indian and had a patch over one eye on his glasses.

Still have really good memories.

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Subject: SS Uganda Med school Cruise Jan 1977


Author:
Neil (Summerell)
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Date Posted: 14:00:06 08/26/21 Thu
Hi,
Bit of a long shot. Did anyone attend this cruise? Fondest memory, awfully rough sea from Malta to Alexandra. Then on to Rhodes, Istanbul, Athens.
Met with some English students based in Malta, due to parents working there.
We were from Nailsea near Bristol.
Great if someone can link. Thanks.

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Subject: Looking for a friend from 1978


Author:
Jennifer Pope
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Date Posted: 13:45:44 02/25/23 Sat
When I was in Grade 9 on a school trip in 1978. I met lots of people, but one friend, Penny, became my penpal! She was from England. We traveled the Mediteranean. I would love to reconnect after so many years.

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Subject: SS Uganda late 1970 sailing out of pisa (missed out on egypt, isreal & turke


Author:
Susan Stocks (nee Coate
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Date Posted: 13:36:12 11/22/23 Wed
We sailed from the port of Pisa, through the Straits between Italy & Scicily. On to (not necessarily right order) Malta, Crete, Cyprus, Santorini, Greece & Corfu then back to Italy. I was in Houtman dorm & Muster Station D. Belle Vue Girls school. Among the students on board were Dunsta le Grammar, a German Gymasium (Curt!). One crew member I recall was known as Poodle! Anyone with more me.ories?

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Subject: Happy schooldays


Author:
Stephen Patterson
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Date Posted: 23:53:32 01/17/23 Tue
Was on a cruise on the SS UGANDA,December 1982,remember it was possibly going to be cancelled due to the Falklands conflict,think there were about 300 kids that flew out from Glasgow,first ever time flying,was lucky to have a window seat,remember flying over the Alps,as an eleven year old can still remember how blown away by it I was,sailed from Valletta to Rhodes,where we also visited Lindus,the place where they shot some of the movie,The Guns ofNavarone,then onto Israel and Jerusalem & Bethlehem,next stop was the beautiful Island of Mykonos,where I remember our teachers coming back with loads of local booze,final destination was Athens,always remember on our way up to the Acroplis,we were all in shorts and T shirts,all the locals were wrapped in there Winter clothing,being 11,we couldn't understand why they were cold,absolutely great experience for schoolkids,great memories

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Subject: Sailed Late June 1974


Author:
Marjorie (McCance)
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Date Posted: 22:18:45 10/08/23 Sun
I wonder if anyone can help with my recollection. I was on a school trip on the SS Uganda in 1974. I thought it was near end of term, June. I recall we docked in Lisburn and soldiers ran on. When they realised we were all school children they gave us white flowers to wear and said we would be safe to go see their city. I have checked and the Carnation Revolution happened on 25th April that year. Which explains the white flowers I recall. Perhaps I am getting the month we went on the cruise wrong but I would love to know if anyone else remembers this happening Thanks

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Subject: 27th September 1972 cruise from Swansea


Author:
Roger T (Memories)
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Date Posted: 12:23:02 09/27/23 Wed
Sailed 49 years ago today on the Uganda calling at Lisbon,Santa Cruz (Tenerife),Casablanca and Gibraltar. We were due to go to Lanzarote but couldn’t dock because of a large swell in the harbour.

Tenerife was like an island paradise back then with few large hotels. Most of us bought cheap electrical equipment there as it was abundant.

I had my 15th birthday in Gibraltar and I had to kiss all the girls in our party. Most embarrassing as I was very shy then. All in all it was a great cruise and the weather was lovely.

We were all sent to our muster station for a test drill and the announcer said “this is where you stand when the ship is sinking” !. Very disconcerting for a young lad.

In 1974 my Dad,who was a teacher at my school, took a party on Uganda and flew to Dubrovnik and then sailed to Beirut and Santorini.

Lovely memories.

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Subject: SS Uganda Christmas cruise


Author:
Rebecca Kinnersley
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Date Posted: 12:02:50 12/11/17 Mon
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone remember a cruise in December 1980? We flew to Athens then went on to Rhodes, Haifa (Bethlehem and Jerusalem), Corfu, Dubrovnik (before all the bloody bullet holes in the beautiful stone work) then Taormina in Sicily and finally Malta. I cannot remember my dorm. I was from Alsager Comprehensive, and we shared with a bunch of girls from Birmingham. Apologies, but they bullied the shit out of us and I was terrified the whole time. My sister was sick as a dog and ended up in the hospital for 3 days. I was just seasick. I remember doing an ad-hoc fancy dress and seeing the teacher end of the ship - a world away! I lost a ton of weight as food was so lousy. I remember everyone slowly getting off the bus in Rhodes and someone racing to back to tell us there was a cafe that did cheese on toast and we all legged it there!
The weather was vile and most kids were sea sick a lot of the time.
Despite this, it was an amazing journey. It inspired a lifetime of travel for me. To date, I have lived in 6 different countries!
My other abiding memory is of the youngest crew member ringing in the new year. His name was Nick Hardesty, and I lusted after him for years - LOL! Needless to say, he never even knew I existed. I wonder if he stayed in the Merchant Navy or moved on?
Anyway, all the best to my fellow cruise-ees wherever you are.
Becca Hennard

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Subject: Naples 1982 Passengers / BBC needs memories.


Author:
Ashley(Runt) Forum Admin
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Date Posted: 19:47:30 10/29/10 Fri
Hi all,
I`ve been contacted by BBC South about an item they want to make concerning the SS Uganda.
Here`s the text from the message I received.

`Hello, I'm researching for a TV piece about SS Uganda and trying to find someone who was on the cruise which disembarked at Naples in 1982 because of the Falklands conflict. I need someone who lived in the south of england at the time.

can you help?

Simon Marks
BBC South`

If you were on this cruise if you could contact myself I`ll pass your details on to Simon.

yours,

Ashley
Forum Admin

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Subject: School cruise 1982


Author:
Neil Spruce (Nostalgic)
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Date Posted: 00:39:27 03/01/23 Wed
I was on the cruise in september 1982. First one after the falklands. I even got interviewed by john craven for newsround. I was with fazakerley comprehensive school in Liverpool

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Subject: NYOW on the UGANDA


Author:
Kathryn Webber
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Date Posted: 19:43:06 04/28/12 Sat
In August 1973 the National Youth Orchestra of Wales joined the Uganda for a cruise to Oslo, Hamburg, Antwerp, Brussels and Le Havre (for Paris). Concerts were given at every port. In spite of the logistical difficulties of rehearsing on board ship and getting the orchestra and their instruments on and off the ship the trip was a great success. The ship's company were most supportive of the venture and were rewarded with a concert in a church at Montipellier on the last night of the cruise. The programme included Sibelius Second Symphony and the soloist in Marcello's Oboe Concerto was a youthful John Anderson, currently principal oboe with ECO. The conductor was Arthur Davison and the trip was led by B.J.Griffiths of the WJEC. I was a young member of House Staff accompanying the orchestra.

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Subject: SS UGANDA May 1976


Author:
Colin MacDonald
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Date Posted: 16:52:21 05/26/22 Thu
No mention of the cruise I went on. Sailed on Sunday 23rd May from Greenock to Belfast; Lisbon;Madeira;Casablanca;Vigo;Belfast back to Greenock.
Remember big room with jukebox wher we would hang out in the evening.No real memory of food. Found memories of time on the ship. Shame nothing like it now for children.

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Subject: Med school cruise nov 81


Author:
Lesley
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Date Posted: 13:20:51 08/22/14 Fri
I went on SS Uganda with the gleed school spalding in nov 1981, we flew to Italy to board the ship, visited Greece, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Cyprus, Yugoslavia , Egypt, we ending up in Malta where we flew home from, I would love to hear from anyone who went on that cruise.

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Subject: Remember what Dorm you stayed in ?


Author:
SS Uganda Fan
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Date Posted: 00:39:53 02/11/16 Thu
Thought it would be fun for everyone that visits this great forum and that stayed in a domitory aboard the SS Uganda to mention it here ... To get the ball rolling ... Mungo Park.

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Subject: Med Cruise October 1979


Author:
Julie Sharpe (nee Parker)
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Date Posted: 20:58:06 10/02/08 Thu
I sailed on the Uganda in October 1979. I attended the Gleed Girls School in Spalding, Lincolnshire. We flew to Athens, then sailed to Izmir, Istanbul, Haifa, Santorini and finally Naples. My memories include sailing under the Galata Bridge in Istanbul. I didn't think we were going to get underneath it! Walking through the Grand Bazaar. Buying a bottle of 100% pure bottled water (out of a tap)from Jerusalem! Going for a donkey ride up a zig-zag path in Santorini. We got the anchor stuck there! The ship tipped to one side. In the end the anchor had to be cut free before we could continue with our cruise. I remember the dorms! About 10 pairs of bunks that hung from chains. Captain Clarke and Action Man. When we got back to school we had to write something about our cruise. I wrote a poem. Don't know why I remember this after all these years. I just do. It was an experience I will never, ever forget.

The ship SS Uganda is very long and wide.
It takes you 30 seconds to get from side to side.

The indians who served our food were very black and thin.
They dished the grub up every day with a wide and happy grin.

In the dorms not much room. Out of bounds from ten til noon.
The bunks were comfy but did squeak. Thank the lord we did not leak.

The weather in the Med was good. It did not rain throughout.
On Saturday the sea got rough and tossed us all about.

Now Captain Clark and Action man, their voices loud and clear.
Told us we were all quite safe, that we should have no fear.

We sailed to Naples our last port. The place to disembark.
Behing we left Uganda to fly home in the dark.

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Subject: SS Uganda/Oct.79/Israel - day trips out from Haifa


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James Richards
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Date Posted: 09:18:44 11/06/21 Sat
The October 1979 Lincolnshire Cruise featured (not in this order) Naples and Sorrento (no Pompeii as closed on Monday!), Istanbul, Izmir-Ephesus, Santorini and the greatest highlight among many highlights - Israel as seen on two days coach travel from Haifa. I know we (obviously) did the sights of Jerusalem and Bethlehem (and Nazareth?), I remember being told we were looking at the Plain of Armageddon. Then there was Tiberias by the Sea of Galilee and looking over the "Sea" to the Golan Heights. But what I really want to know is - which Kibbutz was it that allowed us to go to changing rooms, change into our bathing attire and go and swim in the Sea of Galilee; which I did and in that way saw shoals of the tiny cichlid fish and the pied kingfishers above us diving in to the water to grab them. I know it was about 35 degrees centigrade that day, despite the month, so my trunks were nearly dry by the time I had walked back to that changing room! Does anyone know which Kibbutz with a bathing place close to the shores of the "Sea" that could have been? I have tried various ways to find out and have even seen some pictures from an SS Uganda cruise that featured the Kibbutz - but no name is given. Can anyone help me out with this?

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