Marseilles – Yokohama

Marseilles to Yokohama by the Compagnie des Messageries Transocéaniques: 35 days at sea in 1925, first class from 14 600 fr., sailing Sunday from Marseilles, fortnightly.

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 · Far East

Itinerary

• Marseilles → Port Said · 1,500 nautical miles
• Port Said → Colombo · 3,470 nautical miles · via the Suez Canal and Aden
• Colombo → Singapore · 1,580 nautical miles
• Singapore → Hong Kong · 1,440 nautical miles
• Hong Kong → Shanghai · 850 nautical miles
• Shanghai → Yokohama · 1,050 nautical miles

The Suez Canal transit, about 24 h

Sailings

Sunday from Marseilles, fortnightly; homeward Saturday from Yokohama.

Steamers

• S/S Garonne
• S/S Dordogne
• S/S Durance
• S/S Isère

Classes sold

• 1920 to 1939: First Class, Second Class

The whole route in 1925

Distance

9,890 nautical miles

Duration

35 days on S/S Garonne

Fare · First Class

14 600 fr.

Fare · Second Class

9 550 fr.

The whole route in 1933

Distance

9,890 nautical miles

Duration

35 days on S/S Garonne

Fare · First Class

12 000 fr.

Fare · Second Class

7 850 fr.

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