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Speculation Concerning Ann Dunham’s Possible Sea Voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, to Mombasa, Kenya in the early Spring of 1961.
It seems probable to me that Ms. Dunham, 18 years old and about 4 months pregnant, traveled via one of the passenger ship routes indicated on the timetable linked below. I believe it is likely that she traveled alone.
Worldwide 1962 Ocean Liner Sailing Schedules -- British India Line
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/l...ne=BIL&route=0
For example, assuming the sailing schedule was similar in 1961, she could have taken the following voyage -- Line 42, Around the World, Westbound via the Orient & South Africa,1962. On the leg from Hawaii to Kenya, it utilized the American President Lines, Messageries Maritimes, and the British India Line.
Travel Details, Line 42:
Depart from Honolulu, USA, March 7, with stops at Yokohama, Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Seychelles, and arrive at Mombasa, Kenya, April 25.
Thus, the minimum total trip time from Honolulu to Mombasa was slightly over 7 weeks. However, I presume passengers could arrange to make extended tourist stops at cities along the route, board the next ship traveling the same route and belonging to the same shipping line which stopped at that city, and then continue the journey. It probably would have been especially easy to arrange extended stopovers along the way in either Yokohama or Bombay, since these stops involved changes in shipping lines. We don't know long it actually took Ms. Dunham to travel via ocean liner from Hawaii to Kenya.
American President’s Line:
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?APL
Messageries Maritimes:
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?MES
British India Line:
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?BIL
Video: S.S. Lurline - Matson Liner sailing from Honolulu - from whiteships.com
Uploaded 3/26/2009 by ‘TheWhiteShips’
"A home movie of the SS Lurline on Boat Day in Honolulu. Taken in the early 1960s, this scene was a regular occurrence in Honolulu during the golden era of steamship travel (1927-1978). Each week, Matson's grand white passenger ships arrived from California or the South Seas, and later continued on their voyage across the Pacific...."
http://youtu.be/qsUOQWGgVWc
The related thread, 'BOAC: The August 1961 Trip from Nairobi to Seattle by Ann Dunham and BHO-II' is linked below:
http://www.wasobamaborninkenya.com/I...highlight=boac
It seems probable to me that Ms. Dunham, 18 years old and about 4 months pregnant, traveled via one of the passenger ship routes indicated on the timetable linked below. I believe it is likely that she traveled alone.
Worldwide 1962 Ocean Liner Sailing Schedules -- British India Line
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/l...ne=BIL&route=0
For example, assuming the sailing schedule was similar in 1961, she could have taken the following voyage -- Line 42, Around the World, Westbound via the Orient & South Africa,1962. On the leg from Hawaii to Kenya, it utilized the American President Lines, Messageries Maritimes, and the British India Line.
Travel Details, Line 42:
Depart from Honolulu, USA, March 7, with stops at Yokohama, Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Seychelles, and arrive at Mombasa, Kenya, April 25.
Thus, the minimum total trip time from Honolulu to Mombasa was slightly over 7 weeks. However, I presume passengers could arrange to make extended tourist stops at cities along the route, board the next ship traveling the same route and belonging to the same shipping line which stopped at that city, and then continue the journey. It probably would have been especially easy to arrange extended stopovers along the way in either Yokohama or Bombay, since these stops involved changes in shipping lines. We don't know long it actually took Ms. Dunham to travel via ocean liner from Hawaii to Kenya.
American President’s Line:
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?APL
Messageries Maritimes:
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?MES
British India Line:
http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?BIL
Video: S.S. Lurline - Matson Liner sailing from Honolulu - from whiteships.com
Uploaded 3/26/2009 by ‘TheWhiteShips’
"A home movie of the SS Lurline on Boat Day in Honolulu. Taken in the early 1960s, this scene was a regular occurrence in Honolulu during the golden era of steamship travel (1927-1978). Each week, Matson's grand white passenger ships arrived from California or the South Seas, and later continued on their voyage across the Pacific...."
http://youtu.be/qsUOQWGgVWc
The related thread, 'BOAC: The August 1961 Trip from Nairobi to Seattle by Ann Dunham and BHO-II' is linked below:
http://www.wasobamaborninkenya.com/I...highlight=boac