Gord,

Thanks to you too. No that's not my badge on display there, but it could
be!!! The strange thing is, having tried eBay, eBid ,QXL, LUKOL, and
whatever LUKOL threw up I did not achieve a single hit, and yet
TROOPSHIP kept coming up in my mind with a 'personal' connection.

Your assistance is appreciated.

Ricardo.

Gord Beaman wrote:
Thomas Schoene wrote:


Ricardo wrote:

If I'm in the wrong place I apologise, but I'm looking for any
information on the SS UGANDA. Amongst many items in my late mother's
estate is a small metal lapel badge bearing this name and a flag with a
white background and a diagonal cross in red.

The name seems to ring a bell as 'troopship' comes to mind, but I can't
recall anything else, nor have I been able to discover more elsewhere.

A Google search on the term "SS Uganda" will turn up lots of
information. And sci.military.naval might be a better forum for more
details. But here's a short history for you.

SS Uganda was built in 1952 and spend about 15 years as a passenger
liner on the UK-to-East Africa route. In 1967 she was converted to be
an educational cruise ship carrying school children on cruises around
Scandinavia or the Mediterranean. I'd guess that the badge might be a
souvenir from such a cruise. (The white flag with red cross saltaire was
the house flag of the British India Steam Navigation company, Uganda's
original owner.)

In 1982, Uganda served as a hospital ship for the Falklands war. From
1983 to 1985 she was chartered as a troop ship shuttling troops and
supplies between Ascension Island and the new Falklands garrison. She
was then retired and scrapped around 1987.



And further to Tom's info is that ebay has what appears to be
your pin for sale at: http://tinyurl.com/f2h2o

Many hits also from Google on the ship's name...