THE CRUISE INSIDER

The British auxiliary steamer SS Ceylon made cruising history in 1881 by being the first ship in history to not only take on a full-time luxury cruising role but also to carry out the first world cruise under the banner of the Inter-Oceanic Steam Yachting Co. Ltd. , but having read my previous article Following Fogg , you of course already know this. What you probably do not know, is that this was only the first half of her long and illustrious cruise career. After John Loc