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| S.S. Uganda sailed as part of the British India Steamship Company with it distinctive black and white livery. By this time, the BISN had merged with the P&O Company but sailed under its own name as something of a budget brand. For example, the Uganda wasn’t equipped with stabilisers, she did used to roll and pitch quite a bit in turbulent sea. Uganda sailed to and from East Africa until 1967 by which time jet airliners were seriously damaging the profitability of long distance liner companies. The ship later converted to an educational cruise ship in the 1970s taking students to culturally interesting ports of call. Even more famously, the ship was converted into a hospital ship for the 1982 Falklands War campaign where it served with distinction and in a role which was a far cry from its original liner intentions. |
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