SS Nevasa: The golden era for Sunderland children which came to an end 50 years ago
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It’s 50 years since a golden era for Sunderland schoolchildren began to disappear. SS Nevasa, the former troop carrier which was converted to become a cruise ship, was taken out of service by 1974. By then, she had taken 188,000 students on educational cruises including thousands from Wearside. She had completed almost 200 voyages and sailed 745,000 miles. These pupils pictured leaving the Wear in June 1974 would have been among the last to have sailed on her before she was scrapped because of...

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