Last voyage as Trooper. The Royal Mail lines, flagship 'Andes' (25,689 tons) docked at Southampton yesterday, Friday, at the end of her last voyage as a troopship. The liner, which derived from Singapore, will spend a few days at Southampton before travelling to Belfast for reconditioning as a passenger vessel. She has never made a passenger voyage, being completed at the outbreak of war and taken over immediately for trooping. Photo shows, Commodore R G Clayton, DSC, RD, RNR, (left) of the 'Andes' shakes hands with his chief officer, Lt Peterson on completion of the voyage at Southampton yesterday. 8 March 1947