London to Buenos Aires
How long did it take to travel from London to Buenos Aires in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 20 days door to door, $549 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); Cherbourg → Le Havre (by rail, about 5 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Southampton
- Sailing
- Friday 13 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Susquehanna · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Le Havre, Rio de Janeiro
- via
- Lisbon
- Arrival
- Buenos Aires, Wednesday 1 April 1925
- Door to door
- 20 days
- Fare · First Class
- $549
- Fare · Second Class
- $356
- Fare · Third Class
- $176
Transfer at Le Havre to the Franco-Platine
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- London → Southampton (by rail, about 2 h, estimate); Cherbourg → Le Havre (by rail, about 5 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Southampton
- Sailing
- Friday 15 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Susquehanna · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Le Havre, Rio de Janeiro
- via
- Lisbon
- Arrival
- Buenos Aires, Wednesday 4 October 1933
- Door to door
- 20 days
- Fare · First Class
- $482
- Fare · Second Class
- $313
- Fare · Third Class
- $154
Transfer at Le Havre to the Franco-Platine
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