London to Batavia
How long did it take to travel from London to Batavia in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 26 days door to door, ƒ 1331 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
- Getting to the port
- London → Southampton (by rail, about 2 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Southampton
- Sailing
- Friday 20 March 1925
- Steamer
- M.S. Prins Maurits · Oranje-Indië Line · Southampton – Genoa – Port Said – Colombo – Batavia
- Calls
- Genoa, Port Said, Colombo
- via
- Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and Aden, Sabang
- the Suez Canal transit
- the Suez Canal transit, about 24 h
- Arrival
- Batavia, Tuesday 14 April 1925
- Door to door
- 26 days
- Fare · First Class
- ƒ 1331
- Fare · Second Class
- ƒ 865
- Fare · Third Class
- ƒ 426
The journey in 1933
- Embarkation
- London
- Sailing
- Saturday 16 September 1933
- Steamer
- City of Glasgow · Empire Air Routes · London – Paris – Genoa – Naples – Piraeus – Alexandria – Baghdad – Basra – Karachi
- Calls
- Paris, Genoa, Naples, Piraeus, Alexandria, Baghdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore
- Night stops
- Genoa, Piraeus, Baghdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore
- via
- Gaza, Basra and Jask, Jodhpur and Allahabad, Bangkok, Medan
- Arrival
- Batavia, Friday 29 September 1933
- Door to door
- 13 days
- Fare · Single class
- £270
Transfer at Alexandria to the Oranje Air
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