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The early years...

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SS Uganda, with the Holy Loch and Argyll Hills behind her, about to commence her sea trials on the 15th July 1952. The following day she achieved a speed of 19.245 knots on the Skelmorlie Measured Mile. Source: Courtesy of Jim Mackintosh Photography.

Through the cut...

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SS Uganda passes sedately through the Suez Canal in 1954. Passage would be in convoys of around twenty ships, with one convoy each day in each direction. Source: Courtesy of Ambrose Greenway.

Homeward bound...

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SS Uganda homeward bound in the English Channel in January 1959. The hulls of all B.I. passenger ships had been repainted white with a black band in 1955. Source: Courtesy of FotoFlite.

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