19290126 - 19290308 West Africa Cruise
In January, 1929, when Betty was 11 (and three quarters!) the family went on a cruise on the maiden voyage of the "Duchess of Richmond" to Freetown via Monte Carlo, calling in at twelve different ports - probably a "shake down" voyage as a test run, for the ship was intended for the regular Liverpool to Canada run. The itinrary was -
- Gibraltar, 30 Jan
- Monte Carlo, 2 Feb
- Majorca, 4 Feb
- Algiers, 5 Feb
- Tangier, 7 Feb
- Las Palmas, 12 Feb
- Freetown, 16 Feb
- Dakar, 18 Feb
- Tenerife, 21 Feb
- Casablanca, 25 Feb
- Cadiz, 2 Mar
- Lisbon, 4 Mar
- Liverpool. 8 Mar
Liverpool, 26 Jan
They set sail at midnight on Saturday, 26 January 1929.
Gibraltar, 30 Jan
Monte Carlo, 2 Feb
- Majorca, 4 Feb
- Algiers, 5 Feb
- Tangier, 7 Feb
- Las Palmas, 12 Feb
- Freetown, 16 Feb
- Dakar, 18 Feb
- Tenerife, 21 Feb
- Casablanca, 25 Feb
- Cadiz, 2 Mar
- Lisbon, 4 Mar
- Liverpool. 8 Mar
