The early years...

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.

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Through the cut...

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.

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Homeward bound...

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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