Sailing to the West Indies in 1927

[Muggins in Sussex]

Does anyone have any idea how long the voyage might have taken, please?

It was Dover to Curacao.

Thanks

[annswabey]

Do you know the name of the ship and when it left Dover?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I looked at The Times newspaper shipping details. A 12,500 ton mail ship took 12 days to do Southampton to Curacao in Feb 1927. Don't know if that helps at all?!!! lol

[Muggins in Sussex]

Thanks Ann and Merry

The ship was the Stuyvesant (Royal Netherlands Steamship Line) - with 23 passengers!!

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

There was a sailing from Dover April 23rd 1927.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Sept 24th and Dec 10th

I'm trying to find the arrivals! lol

[Muggins in Sussex]

It was the 23rd April sailing Merry - I don't know how to look for arrivals :o

Thanks

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Hmmmm.....after the ship left from Dover on the April sailing, on the 23rd, I can't find when it got there, but it got back to the UK on 23rd July having delivered and collected mail from the following places: Barbados, Trinidad, Guianas, and Windward Islands.

[Muggins in Sussex]

Thanks for that Merry - that is very helpful - the person (my grandfather I think)'s destination is given as Curacao and I have been trying to work out why and for how long he went there