Paperback - 168pp
ISBN 0 906894 02 6
Published by Positif Press (Oxford) 1981

SCHOOL AT SEA

This unique paperback book describes the experiences of an Oxfordshire school's pupils who were part of the iconic hey-day of school cruising in the 1960s and 1970s when the British India ships SS Dunera, SS Uganda & SS Nevasa became floating boarding schools.

Written by "party leader" and teacher at Gosford Hill School Kidlington, Mrs Mary B Russell, and filled with accounts and photographs of the places visited, this is a must-have for anyone looking for a genuine souvenir of the glory days of British India when they offered around 60 such cruises every year.

When made redundant on the East Africa route, SS Uganda was converted to an educational cruise ship at Howaldtswerke AG at Hamburg. Her passenger capacity leapt from 300 to 1200 and tonnage increased to 16,607 tons.

In her new role she sailed her maiden voyage on 27th February 1968 and delighted school children, their teachers, passengers and crew for 14 years cruising mainly Scandinavia and the Mediterranean, but going as far afield as Russia and the Canary Islands together with her sister ship SS Nevasa until 1974 when Nevasa was withdrawn and scrapped - Uganda (known as the "UgTug" in the crew bar) ploughed on.

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