1939 Advertising poster by Anchor Line, Glasgow for their passenger cruises

Advert for Deutsche Ost- Afrika Linie's WINDHUK sailing Southampton to Cape Town in March 1939

DEUTSCHE  OST-AFRIKA  LINIE

(GERMAN  AFRICAN  LINES)

SOUTHAMPTON  -  CAPE TOWN

In  15  Days by the new

Express  Steamers

PRETORIA

&  WINDHUK

 ( 17,000  tons  gross )

NEXT  SAILINGS

s.s.  PRETORIA  -  Feb 19

s.s.  WINDHUK  -  Mar 19

HOLIDAY  TRIPS  TO

CANARY  ISLANDS

Wm.  H.  MULLER  &  CO.  (London)  Ltd.,

66 – 68  Haymarket,  London  S. W. 1

or  Local  Agents

   A very full history of WINDHUK is on Wikipedia “USS LEJUENE (AP-74”

Essentially 1936-1939 Ocean passenger liner

                   1939-1942 Interned at Santos (Brazil)

                   1943-1948 U.S. Navy Troopship "U.S.S. LEJUENE)

                   1948-1957 Decommissioned to U.S. Pacific Reserve Fleet

                   1966  Scrapped

1939 Advert by Anchor Line for their sailings and tours to New York for the World's Fair

Federal Steam Navigation's refrigerated cargo liner SUFFOLK launched at John Brown's, Clydebank

Donaldson Line's ATHENIA berths in Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Donaldson Line's ATHENIA berthed at 14 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, at 1400 on 2nd August 1939.

The following day, 3rd August, she shifted to berth 16/17 Prince's Dock.

ATHENIA left Glasgow on 5th August.

Wikipedia has a complete description of the career and loss of ATHENIA in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia

Bibby Line's DERBYSHIRE leaves Birkenhead for Eastern Ports

BIBBY  LINE

LONDON  and  MIDDLESBROUGH 

to

MARSEILLES,  PORT  SAID,   SUEZ,

PORT  SUDAN   and   RANGOON 

LIVERPOOL,   SWANSEA,   NEWPORT,

ROTTERDAM,   AMSTERDAM,

ANTWERP    and   HAMBURG 

to

GIBRALTAR,   MARSEILLES,   PORT  SAID,

SUEZ,   PORT  SUDAN,   COCHIN,

COLOMBO   and   RANGOON 

m.v. DERBYSHIRE

Closing Birkenhead  Rangoon Aug 9 other ports Aug 10

Sailing Birkenhead Aug 11

m.v. SHROPSHIRE 

Closing Birkenhead  Rangoon Aug 23 other ports Aug 24

Sailing Birkenhead Aug 25

Taking Goods at Through Rates for Cairo and

Jerusalem (with Transhipment at Port Said), Bassein,

Moulmein, Mandalay and Chittagong (with Transhipment

at Rangoon by special arrangement) and for Tuticorin (with Transhipment at Colombo)

BIBBY BROS. & CO.,

Martins Bank Buildings,  Water Street,  Liverpool 

or

ROXBURGH, COLIN SCOTT & CO. LTD.,

69 Buchanan Street,  Glasgow 

Programme of Sunday Evening Concert on Anchor Line's CALEDONIA in the Mediterranean

Bibby Line's SHROPSHIRE leaves Birkenhead for Eastern Ports

BIBBY  LINE

LONDON  and  MIDDLESBROUGH 

to

MARSEILLES,  PORT  SAID,   SUEZ,

PORT  SUDAN   and   RANGOON 

LIVERPOOL,   SWANSEA,   NEWPORT,

ROTTERDAM,   AMSTERDAM,

ANTWERP    and   HAMBURG 

to

GIBRALTAR,   MARSEILLES,   PORT  SAID,

SUEZ,   PORT  SUDAN,   COCHIN,

COLOMBO   and   RANGOON 

m.v. DERBYSHIRE

Closing Birkenhead  Rangoon Aug 9 other ports Aug 10

Sailing Birkenhead Aug 11

m.v. SHROPSHIRE 

Closing Birkenhead  Rangoon Aug 23 other ports Aug 24

Sailing Birkenhead Aug 25

Taking Goods at Through Rates for Cairo and

Jerusalem (with Transhipment at Port Said), Bassein,

Moulmein, Mandalay and Chittagong (with Transhipment

at Rangoon by special arrangement) and for Tuticorin (with Transhipment at Colombo)

BIBBY BROS. & CO.,

Martins Bank Buildings,  Water Street,  Liverpool 

or

ROXBURGH, COLIN SCOTT & CO. LTD.,

69 Buchanan Street,  Glasgow 

Menu for Farewell Dinner on Anchor Line's CALEDONIA on a Mediterranean Cruise

September 1939 sailing schedule of Donaldson Line of Glasgow : 2 days before UK at war with Germany

   This sailing schedule was published on 1 September 1939, only two days before UK declared war with Germany and thus started the Second World War.

   ATHENIA, at the top of the schedule, was sunk by torpedo from a German submarine on 3 September and was the first British ship to be sunk in the War.

Donaldson Line'S ATHENIA scheduled to leave Glasgow for Quebec and Montreal (Canada)

   This sailing schedule was published on 1 September 1939, only two days before UK declared war with Germany and thus started the Second World War.

   ATHENIA, at the top of the schedule, was sunk by torpedo from a German submarine on 3 September and was the first British ship to be sunk in the War.

Donaldson Line'S SULAIRIA scheduled to leave Glasgow for Quebec and Montreal (Canada)

   This sailing schedule was published on 1 September 1939, only two days before UK declared war with Germany and thus started the Second World War.

   ATHENIA, at the top of the schedule, was sunk by torpedo from a German submarine on 3 September and was the first British ship to be sunk in the War.

Donaldson line's ATHENIA torpedoed by a U-boat north of Ireland

ATHENIA was torpedoed by German submarine U 30 and 98 passengers and 19 crewmen lost their lives.
Wikipedia has a very informative account of ATHENIA's career and loss in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia

Donaldson Line'S CORTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Buenos Aires and Montevideo

   This sailing schedule was published on 1 September 1939, only two days before UK declared war with Germany and thus started the Second World War.

   ATHENIA, at the top of the schedule, was sunk by torpedo from a German submarine on 3 September and was the first British ship to be sunk in the War.

Cunard Line'S ANDANIA scheduled to leave Glasgow for Quebec and Montreal (Canada)

   This sailing schedule was published on 1 September 1939, only two days before UK declared war with Germany and thus started the Second World War.

   ATHENIA, at the top of the schedule, was sunk by torpedo from a German submarine on 3 September and was the first British ship to be sunk in the War.