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MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 22, 2013 by Mike FindingApril 22, 2013

Just today we have as new comment from a Mr John Rooney. The comment is right here at the bottom of the page, and anyone who may have been on that trip can add a similar post and swap stories. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travellers Tales | Tagged Queen Mary, Ronnie Scott, Southampton from Aden in 1960 | Leave a reply

My name is Alec Adams, I was on the 1961 ‘O’ cruise that traveled from Southampton

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 21, 2013 by Mike FindingApril 21, 2013

My name is Alec Adams, and was 14 at the time my school was King John Secondary School, Benfleet, Essex. I was on the 1961 ‘O’ cruise that traveled from Southampton, to La Corunna, Gibraltar, Lisbon and back via Lloret … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged 1961 ‘O’ cruise | 2 Replies

Kenneth Dick

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 8, 2013 by cynabunApril 8, 2013

You said you were on 1967 cruise and that you were at RHS….Edinburgh RHS? Did you go to Norway and Denmark? If so would love to see your movie.

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Jan 1961 was a very memorable cruise.

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 28, 2013 by Mike FindingMarch 25, 2013

A message from Pete Delduca on Saturday, June 26, 2010 Again I have to say that the MV Dunera was not a schools ship in 1960, those who think they sailed on the first school trip are mistaken. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Troop Ship Details | Tagged to Aden from Southampton in January 1961 | Leave a reply

Message from Robert Dean sent July 10, 2010

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 25, 2013 by Mike FindingMarch 25, 2013

This site is a wonderful surprise. I am a retired teacher, nearly 61 now, I had one of the most incredible experiences of my life when I sailed on a the Dunera on a 12 day school cruise around N … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged N Europe from Liverpool in July 1961. | Leave a reply

As Promised – messages that may have been missed are now being added

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 25, 2013 by Mike FindingSeptember 7, 2014

The OLD version of the site has been removed from the server now – it’s been out there as long as it needed to be, BUT (yes there’s a but!) it MAY mean that a few links back into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Site Management | Tagged Past messages to the Dunera site | Leave a reply

Message from R Davies sent July 27, 2010

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 25, 2013 by Mike FindingMarch 25, 2013

Sailed from Southampton August 56 en route to Cyprus then Singapore. Due to situation in Suez we put into Malta for a day.We were then told we would be sailing Via the Cape to Singapore. When we got to Gibraltar … Continue reading →

Posted in Dunera Singapore | Tagged Sailed from Southampton August 1956 | Leave a reply

Summer 1965 trip to Sweden, Russia and Denmark

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on February 16, 2013 by Dave HidsonFebruary 16, 2013

I had two trips on the Dunera, one over Christmas 1964 to Venice, Haifa and Genoa and the summer trip to Russia, which included a train trip to Moscow. I was with a group from the St Albans Boys’ Grammar … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Russia and Denmark, Summer 1965 trip to Sweden | 2 Replies

Australian Military Forces Forms Dunera Voyage: 12/06/1941

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on February 15, 2013 by Mike FindingFebruary 15, 2013

There are several mentions of the boys, Chris and Oswald Wolkenstein, in Alan Gill’s book “Interrupted Journeys”. Particularly interesting is the exact date they were released from Tatura Camp 2 to go to Xavier College in Melbourne – January 12th, … Continue reading →

Posted in War Time Travel | Tagged Dunera Prisoner of War, The Dunera Internees | Leave a reply

Re Bernards message Dunera 13.4.05

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on January 4, 2013 by Mike FindingJanuary 8, 2013

From Stanley Mayle on Monday, September 27, 2010 ————————————————————————— Re Bernards message Dunera 13.4.05 I sailed into Southhampton on her from Port Said on around 8th April 53. I hope she was tidied up for you Bernard after our non … Continue reading →

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YET again we’ve arrived safely in our new home!

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on January 3, 2013 by Mike FindingMarch 25, 2013

Some of you will have been seeing the photo above on the home page! THANK you for your patience! We have arrived at the new server and as far as I can see, we’re all systems go and hopefully not … Continue reading →

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A group of boys from Privet School, Gosport, Hants 1963

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on December 11, 2012 by Mike FindingDecember 11, 2012

I was on a school trip on the Dunera in November 1963 with a group of boys from Privet School, Gosport, Hants. One of the teachers was a Mr. Smith who taught metal-work. As I recall, we went by train … Continue reading →

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Scotland to Casablanca 1961/62

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on December 10, 2012 by Andrew GDecember 11, 2012

I was on this Casablanca trip from Glasgow. I remember Casablanca, Lisbon, Grenada and Vigo plus the horrendous crossing of the Bay of Biscay. Couldn’t take to the food or keep it down and lost 15 lb in weight in … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Scotland to Casablanca 1961/62 | Leave a reply

Our father was stationed in Penange.

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on November 28, 2012 by Mike FindingNovember 28, 2012

I was just three when my mother took me and my 3 month old sister out to Malaya to meet our father who was stationed in Penange. Three years later we sailed back on the Devonshire. I have some memorys … Continue reading →

Posted in MS Dunera to Malaya | Tagged Dunera trips to Malaya, Stationed in Penange | Leave a reply

Out to Malaya

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on November 22, 2012 by Mike FindingNovember 21, 2012

I was just three when my mother took me and my 3month old sister out to Malaya to meet our father who was stationed in Penange. Three years later we sailed back on the Devonshire. I have some memorys of … Continue reading →

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German Jewish industrialist Ottmar E. Strauss

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on November 22, 2012 by Mike FindingNovember 21, 2012

Hello, I’ve written a small book about the German Jewish industrialist Ottmar E. Strauss, for our local museum in Königswinter, Germany. For an example look at http://www.brueckenhof.de/strauss.pdf please. His brother, Nathan Strauss, emigrated to Great Britain. He was transported with … Continue reading →

Posted in War Time Travel | Tagged German Jewish industrialist, Ottmar E. Strauss | 6 Replies

I was on the Dunera cruise in 1962

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on November 21, 2012 by Mike FindingNovember 21, 2012

I have certificates, press cuttings The dunera shipmates club certificate, the letter from Hanmpshire County Council to all parents on notification of the day delay on the reverse side the times of all trains from different areas of arrival. My … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged I was on the Dunera cruise in 1962 | 2 Replies

Sheen Girls School 1963

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on November 21, 2012 by Mike FindingNovember 21, 2012

Sheen Girls school also went on a trip but I think in 1963 we went from Tilbury to Maderia Casablanca then on to Lisbon, we were delayed on the way back as rather rough in Bay of Biscay. On the … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Sheen Girls School 1963 | 2 Replies

More WW2 Photos, plus revamp of the Box Brownie ones!

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on November 7, 2012 by Mike FindingDecember 18, 2012

Some while ago I received a set of photographs taken with a Box Brownie camera, back in World War 2. I have just been sent another set that make a superb addition to those. I have set them all out … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting | Tagged box brownie photos, World War 2 Photos | 2 Replies

Hampshire Baltic MV Dunera Cruise 1962

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on October 19, 2012 by cydermanOctober 19, 2012

50 years this year Hampshire County Council Education Department charted the MV Dunera for a 15 night cruise to the ports around Scandinavia and other Baltic Ports which included Stockholm, Leningrad, now St Petersburg, Helsinki, Copenhagen, via the Kiel Canal. … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Hampshire Baltic MV Dunera Cruise 1962 | 4 Replies

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