Marseilles – Mombasa

Marseilles to Mombasa by the Compagnie des Messageries Transocéaniques: 17 days at sea in 1925, first class from 8 400 fr., sailing Wednesday from Marseilles, every four weeks.

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.

Messageries Transocéaniques · East Africa

Itinerary

The Suez Canal transit, about 24 h

Sailings

Wednesday from Marseilles, every four weeks; homeward Friday from Mombasa.

Steamers

Classes sold

  • 1920 to 1939: First Class, Second Class

The whole route in 1925

Distance
4,840 nautical miles
Duration
17 days on S/S Charente
Fare · First Class
8 400 fr.
Fare · Second Class
5 400 fr.

The whole route in 1933

Distance
4,840 nautical miles
Duration
16 days on S/S Charente
Fare · First Class
6 950 fr.
Fare · Second Class
4 450 fr.

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