Bombay to Hong Kong
How long did it take to travel from Bombay to Hong Kong in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 14 days door to door, £67 10s. in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Embarkation
- Bombay
- Sailing
- Saturday 14 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Kasumi Maru · Kaiyo Mail · Bombay – Colombo – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai – Yokohama
- Calls
- Colombo, Singapore
- via
- Penang
- Arrival
- Hong Kong, Saturday 28 March 1925
- Door to door
- 14 days
- Fare · First Class
- £67 10s.
- Fare · Second Class
- £43
The journey in 1933
- Embarkation
- Bombay
- Sailing
- Saturday 16 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Minato Maru · Kaiyo Mail · Bombay – Colombo – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai – Yokohama
- Calls
- Colombo, Singapore
- via
- Penang
- Arrival
- Hong Kong, Saturday 30 September 1933
- Door to door
- 14 days
- Fare · First Class
- £67 10s.
- Fare · Second Class
- £43
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