SailingSunday, March 19, 1939 @ 1600DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
WINDHUK (1936-1939 Passenger liner of Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie : 1939-1942 Interned at Santos :1943-1948 U.S. Troop Transport :1948-1957 Decommissioned to U.S. Pacific Reserve Fleet : 1966 Scrapped) |
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Advert for Deutsche Ost- Afrika Linie's WINDHUK sailing Southampton to Cape Town in March 1939 |
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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 |