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

Print this ticket

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

Print this ticket

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