The two ships in the photo are the P & O liner Chusan anchored in Gravesend Reach while the B & I liner Uganda waits at the landing stage to begin her maiden voyage to East Africa, the picture is the frontispiece in PLA monthly October 1952, a copy of which is in Grays Library.
By Andrew Burt (16/07/2013)
Grays Library has a copy of the picture of the two ships according to the caption the ship in the river is the P&O liner ‘Chusan’ and the liner at the landing stage is the B I ‘Uganda’ waiting to begin her maiden voyage to East Africa, the picture is in PLA monthly number 324: October 1952.
[Note: This comment (and a number of others) was not published at the time it was submitted. Our apologies to everyone for the mistake. John Matthews]
By Andrew burt - local studies Librarian (13/07/2013)
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The two ships in the photo are the P & O liner Chusan anchored in Gravesend Reach while the B & I liner Uganda waits at the landing stage to begin her maiden voyage to East Africa, the picture is the frontispiece in PLA monthly October 1952, a copy of which is in Grays Library.
Grays Library has a copy of the picture of the two ships according to the caption the ship in the river is the P&O liner ‘Chusan’ and the liner at the landing stage is the B I ‘Uganda’ waiting to begin her maiden voyage to East Africa, the picture is in PLA monthly number 324: October 1952.
[Note: This comment (and a number of others) was not published at the time it was submitted. Our apologies to everyone for the mistake.
John Matthews]
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