Sydney to Hong Kong
How long did it take to travel from Sydney to Hong Kong in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 14 days door to door, £75 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
- Sydney
- Sailing
- Wednesday 25 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Atria · Southern Cross Line · Sydney – Manila – Hong Kong – Shanghai – Yokohama
- Calls
- Manila
- via
- Brisbane and Townsville
- Arrival
- Hong Kong, Wednesday 8 April 1925
- Door to door
- 14 days
- Fare · First Class
- £75
- Fare · Second Class
- £48
The journey in 1933
- Embarkation
- Sydney
- Sailing
- Wednesday 27 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Atria · Southern Cross Line · Sydney – Manila – Hong Kong – Shanghai – Yokohama
- Calls
- Manila
- via
- Brisbane and Townsville
- Arrival
- Hong Kong, Wednesday 11 October 1933
- Door to door
- 14 days
- Fare · First Class
- £75
- Fare · Second Class
- £48
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