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ndani kyema, My Story - Ray Moore 23
The ship we travelled on from Melbourne was the SS Nellore, a ship of just under
7000 tons which had been built in Greenock on the south bank of the River Clyde in
1913. Originally owned by the P & O line, it was purchased in 1929 by the Eastern &
Australasian Mail Steamship Co. About four years after our trip, in 1944 it was
torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 77 lives.
We had to stay in Hong Kong for a
few extra days unexpectedly, and the
shipping company paid for us to stay
in the Peninsula Hotel, one of Hong
Kong's finest. This was not hard to
take, and Alan and I made the most
of the endless supply of good food
that was at our disposal. Then we
were off to Shanghai and I was about
to enter another stage in my life.
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The ship we travelled on from Melbourne was the SS Nellore, a ship of just under
7000 tons which had been built in Greenock on the south bank of the River Clyde in
1913. Originally owned by the P & O line, it was purchased in 1929 by the Eastern &
Australasian Mail Steamship Co. About four years after our trip, in 1944 it was
torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 77 lives.
We had to stay in Hong Kong for a
few extra days unexpectedly, and the
shipping company paid for us to stay
in the Peninsula Hotel, one of Hong
Kong's finest. This was not hard to
take, and Alan and I made the most
of the endless supply of good food
that was at our disposal. Then we
were off to Shanghai and I was about
to enter another stage in my life.
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