ABOUT DUFFERIN 61-63

The Indian Mercantile Marine Training Ship, I. M. M. T. S. Dufferin, as it was then known, was built in 1904 and served as a troopship for the Royal Indian Marine (R.I.M.) until 1925. She was named after “The Marquess of Dufferin, Viceroy and Governor General of India, 1884-88.” According to a report in the Silver Jubilee Number of the “Indian Cadet”, the Dufferin magazine, in 1952

REUNION OF THE T.S.DUFFERIN BATCH OF 1961-1963
AT COONOOR FEBRUARY 2018

This reunion was a further affirmation of our ties as shipmates who shared two eventful and memorable years of training on the grand old lady of the Indian Mercantile Marine – I.M.M.T.S. DUFFERIN.

Our chief movers and shakers were, as before – Shashi Shantagiri and Nand Hiranandani. Venue was Coonoor where we managed, I believe, through the good offices of Ronald D’Rozario, to get accommodation at the Wellington Gymkhana Club. Ronald, who is from our Junior batch, lives in Coonoor with his family, used his membership to introduce us as guests and put down a solid base for our gang to have an excellent venue for four days. Some who could not get accommodation at the Club were put up at the Mciver Hotel close by.