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In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
India to the UK. Anyone know please?
pete
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wrote:
> In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
> India to the UK. Anyone know please?
> pete
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A tramp steamer moving at around 8 knots...perhaps 2 months
or thereabouts. More if it make stops along the way.

On or about Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:25:00 +0100, an entity identified as
proudly proclaimed:

>In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
>India to the UK. Anyone know please?
>pete

Wasn't India part of the U.K.?

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No no no.
I was a crewmember of a British vessel in the early '60s (note properly
placed apostrophe). I have forgotten the exact number of days, but not
over a fortnight. Suez canal route.


On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:54:11 -0700, Ghostrider wrote:

>
> wrote:
>> In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
>> India to the UK. Anyone know please?
>> pete
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>
> A tramp steamer moving at around 8 knots...perhaps 2 months
> or thereabouts. More if it make stops along the way.

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Ghostrider took 10 lines to impart the following:

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> wrote:
>> In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
>> India to the UK. Anyone know please?
>> pete
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>
>A tramp steamer moving at around 8 knots...perhaps 2 months
>or thereabouts. More if it make stops along the way.

Bzzzzt! Methinks you are travelling the wrong route, and
in the wrong era. Ever heard of the Suez Canal, and of
diesel compression-ignition?
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In message <>,
Frosty took 12 lines to impart the following:

>On or about Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:25:00 +0100, an entity identified as
> proudly proclaimed:
>
>>In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
>>India to the UK. Anyone know please?
>>pete
>
>Wasn't India part of the U.K.?

No it never was. It *was* part of the British Empire -- Britain and
India severed political ties in 1947,
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took 5 lines to impart the following:

>In the early '60's how long would it take a freighter to sail from
>India to the UK. Anyone know please?
>pete

That's a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question, if
you want a precise answer (which I don't have).
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:28:59 -0400, Ishmale <>
wrote:

>No no no.
>I was a crewmember of a British vessel in the early '60s (note properly
>placed apostrophe). I have forgotten the exact number of days, but not
>over a fortnight. Suez canal route.

I have just spoken to an old sailor and he says 3 weeks to get from
India via Suez to the UK providing no stops en route. I think this is
a little too long and your post does seem more realistic.
pete



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