Comments on: Across the seas on the passenger ship SS Corfu https://beingrubitah.com/across-the-seas-on-the-passenger-ship-s-s-corfu/ family conversations here Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth https://beingrubitah.com/across-the-seas-on-the-passenger-ship-s-s-corfu/#comment-196 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:41:03 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=8504#comment-196 In reply to Stephen John Treneman Knight.

Thank you for sharing your memories from this ship. Thank you for the correction on SS. It adds to my knowledge. I was only 5 years at the time.

– Leela

]]> By: Stephen John Treneman Knight https://beingrubitah.com/across-the-seas-on-the-passenger-ship-s-s-corfu/#comment-195 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:11:08 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=8504#comment-195 Hi, It was interesting to read your journey on the SS Corfu. I travelled on that ship (January 1959) to go to Singapore. I was 9 years old, and loved the whole experience (and absolutely loved Singapore and Malaya). I learned to swim in the swimming pool on the SS Corfu while in the Red Sea. I remember we watched films in the afternoon – first, a swim, then cream doughnuts while watching the film. I remember the smell of the ship (mainly tar and Diesel, I think).
By the way, many people (including myself until fairly recently) thought that SS stands for Steam Ship, but apparently I understand that it stands for Screw Ship or Screw Steamer (as opposed to PS for Paddle Steamer) – but there seems to be many different accounts about that.

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