on 20 Aug 2013 Lesley Aylwin wrote I sailed with my mother, brother and sister from Australia to England after the war in Europe had ended, having been evacuated to Tasmania from Singapore shortly before the Japanese invaded. It was the first voyage out of Australasian waters since 1938 I think. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That would have been Shaw savill Line's AKAROA, formerly Aberde & Commonwealth Line's EURIPIDES, built 1914. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Akaroa_(1914) fine photo at http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/fullscreen.php?lid=1788186 DAvid