1940
| Dates |
Route |
Mileage
|
Passage Time
|
Speed
|
Voyage
|
Captain
|
Notes |
March 21, 1940 to
March 24, 1940 |
New York to
Trinidad |
1,962
|
3 days, 0 hours, 45 minutes
|
26.97k
|
WW #1
|
Irving
|
|
March 25, 1940 to
April 3, 1940 |
Trinidad to
Cape Town |
5,332
|
8 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes
|
25.19k
|
WW #1
|
Irving
|
|
April 4, 1940 to
April 11, 1940 |
Cape Town to
Freemantle |
4,808
|
7 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes
|
28.13k
|
WW #1
|
Irving
|
|
April 13, 1940 to
April 17, 1940 |
Freemantle to
Sydney |
2,252
|
3 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes
|
28.61k
|
WW #1
|
Irving
|
|
May 4, 1940 to
May 10, 1940 |
Sydney to
Freemantle |
2,383
|
5 days, 5 hours, 11 minutes
|
19.06k
|
WW #2
|
Irving
|
|
May 12, 1940 to
May 26, 1940 |
Freemantle to
Cape Town |
6,158
|
14 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes
|
18.28k
|
WW #2
|
Irving
|
|
| May 28, 1940 |
Cape Town to
Simonstown |
83
|
0 days, 5 hours, 45 minutes
|
14.43k
|
WW #2
|
Irving
|
|
May 31, 1940 to
June 7, 1940 |
Simonstown to
Freetown |
3,267
|
7 days, 3 hours, 47 minutes
|
19.04k
|
WW #2
|
Irving
|
|
June 8, 1940 to
June 16, 1940 |
Freetown to
Clyde |
3,443
|
7 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes
|
18.57k
|
WW #2
|
Irving
|
|
June 29, 1940 to
July 8, 1940 |
Clyde to
Freetown |
4,233
|
9 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes
|
19.60k
|
WW #3
|
Irving
|
|
July 9, 1940 to
July 16, 1940 |
Freetown to
Cape Town |
3,507
|
6 days, 19 hours, 36 minutes
|
21.43k
|
WW #3
|
Irving
|
|
| July 17, 1940 |
Cape Town to
Simonstown |
85
|
0 days, 4 hours, 13 minutes
|
20.19k
|
WW #3
|
Irving
|
|
July 19, 1940 to
July 29, 1940 |
Simonstown to
Trincomalee |
4,744
|
9 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes
|
20.82k
|
WW #3
|
Irving
|
|
Aug 1, 1940 to
Aug 4, 1940 |
Trincomalee to
Singapore |
1,582
|
2 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes
|
25.23k
|
WW #3
|
Irving
|
|
Aug 5, 1940 to
Sept 16, 1940 |
Drydocked In Singapore
|
Sept 18, 1940 to
Sept 25, 1940 |
Singapore to
Sydney |
4,597
|
6 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes
|
27.74k
|
WW #3
|
Irving
|
|
Oct 20, 1940 to
Oct 24, 1940 |
Sydney to
Freemantle |
2,296
|
4 days, 22 hours, 12 minutes
|
19.45k
|
WW #4
|
Irving
|
|
Oct 26, 1940 to
Nov 4, 1940 |
Freemantle to
Bombay |
4,054
|
8 days, 3 hours, 32 minutes
|
20.84k
|
WW #4
|
Irving
|
|
Nov 9, 1940 to
Nov 15, 1940 |
Bombay to
Freemantle |
4,122
|
6 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes
|
28.58k
|
WW #4
|
Irving
|
|
Nov 16, 1940 to
Nov 21, 1940 |
Freemantle to
Sydney |
2,550
|
4 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes
|
25.95k
|
WW #4
|
Irving
|
|
Dec 28, 1940 to
Jan 3, 1941 |
Sydney to
Freemantle |
2,697
|
6 days, 2 hours, 25 minutes
|
18.42k
|
WW #5
|
Irving
|
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