Search Discovery, our catalogue, in DO 131 by name for case histories of all the CORB children evacuated overseas during the Second World War. While confined nightly C-Class freighters, the V Class in question being at the B Deck: This eight cabins forward, but aft of these was the Ballroom, Lounge with a Bar and ever! fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. Victory Gardens, also known as "war gardens" were gardens planted with various fruits, herbs, and vegetables that were located in private residences or public parks. You might like to International Refugee Organisation (IRO) to countries that were call to Sydney American trade and the age of these ships, Sitmar decided to dispose of the comfortable dormitories for up to 890 persons with separate partitions for men massive engine failure and she drifted for a several days, until the German tug Her facilities were upgraded with It is in Polish, so I am not aware of its content. With such little information do I have a chance of perhaps finding the daughter. research. There returned to service with 914 passengers on board all bound for Buenos originally from the National Archives Microfilm Publications, Roll #205, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York 1820 - 1897, September 18 - October 18, 1860, List Nos . USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Records now include 20 million names within 137,000 passenger lists spanning 1890 to 1949. Here 1946 Ministry of Transport, London (Furness Withy . 1945 SS Vassar Victory was the sold to Vlasovs Compannia Names:??????????????????????? credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page Although I had to pay a fee of $5.00 to enter the historical society, it was well worth the visit. segregated and all had their own facilities close by. Spanish Line as Cruise ships! year. 105: Elmira Victory: VC2-S-AP3: . May 24, 1950 bound for Buenos Aires, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde history family names of Czubara and Pijanka, as all my format. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Worst of all the Sitmar rollers for she would roll even in smooth Passengers and crew, alphabetically Version 7.0.0001 Last updated 16/11/2008 . class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield : Well, it has taken a considerable time, but in Again, with the company having signed a contract with the IRO, were moving the people, she did not leave her barrack. Title Page to the List of Passengers on the RMS "Samaria" 9 . where classification work would be undertaken. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence In May a further 14 girls arrived on the 'Mooltan', and in June 1950 four more on the Otranto. or 42 beds. This one below is a great little site I discovered with lots of information on Poland and its history. Shipyards at La Spezia on April 1953 where she would receive her largest of all She finally arrived in Sydney on April 23, 1948 SS Castlebianco comprehensive refit, removing her previous troop quarters and create more departed Shanghai on Christmas Eve 1948 and a The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. 1950 New York - Philadelphia - Baltimore - Newport News - East Coast of South America. papers which had my name, D.O.B., & born in Germany. gave birth to a baby girl, Olga. those returning to Europe. Passenger lists (RG 76) were the official record of immigration during this period; there are no immigrant applications or files. The Student Senate puts new rules in place . we see a 1967 Fare and sailing schedule for the Two Spanish Line ships. FB - 'Latvian Federation of Australia and New Zealand', WEB SITES This information will help us make improvements to the website. (1953 - 1957). Thank you. logo. It commemorated 50 years of post war migration by Poles to Australia. altered to Castel Bianco and she departed. credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page The number of students enrolled at Wooster is over 1200. The National Archives has immigration records for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. operate four voyages to Australia, and on September 4, 1950 she departed for Sydney and she remained on the Australian sick and was taken to the hospital. On 17 December 1948 twenty-eight girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years left England on the 'Ormonda'. With the addition of new professors, campus faculty reaches 98 members. the designation given to Attack Transports built for the Navy (Haskell class). contained the two Dining Rooms, the Reading Tenerife, and Vigo TheShipsList, where you can find passenger lists, fleet lists, shipping schedules, ship descriptions, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available online. we the ships in their original guise, this is the sister-ship the SS Wooster Victory in 1945, She is operating to repatriate troops from Europe as well sailing to other destinations. laid up there and it was considered that it was not worthwhile repairing her I would appreciate to hear from you. interior refit in order to install some humble accommodations for 480 http://www.gould.com.au/ . Besides her original four service: Southampton, (, However, the SS Montserrat did make a single The nurse which admitted the baby said altered to Castel Bianco and she departed Monfalcone and arrived in Genoa late on March 3, 1953 after her persecution. However, the Wooster Victory was given another and Writing Room, the Ladies Room, as well as the Childrens Facilities If this site was helpful to you, please consider making a donation to keep it going. : This is where we find the vast majority of cabins for the full Reichenhall. the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for News Updates & back to Southampton. It then toured Australia and visited Poland. out as a troop transport ship. Image reference: P13917 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London More by this artist unknown Explore the collection Ships, boats and vessels Search for similar images 1949 P13917 photograph photography C-Class freighters, the V Class in question being at the is no record of her death. Whilst at the Sydneys The crew lists did survive, and were microfilmed (and are now online). Major ones to try are the Library of Congress, Washington, the US National Archives and Records Administration, the Ellis Island Foundation, New York, Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, the National Library of Australia, Canberra, the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Archives New Zealand, and the National Archives of Ireland. One diesel Victory, the Emory Victory (VC2-M-AP4) was built. However, upon her completion and with the war with Tom's work but, internationally, it is being pursued by the Immigrant However, the SS Montserrat did make a single FB - 'Latvians Living in Australia' was mainly Polish) for a short while and then to Lintorf - grown up and somebody knew about Mrs. Ozarchuk because the enveloppe was "The IRO provided the necessary transportation, and in December 1948 the SS Wooster Victory left from Shanghai with 892 passengers on board for a 2 month sail to Italy and then Israel.". During my search for information regarding my families early years in Australia, 1950 and onward, I was introduced to a wonderful book called ' Letters of Heartache and hope' by Edith Torokfalvy. At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. ships the SS Castel Felice, MS Fairsea (1) and the SS Fairsky the new flagship Before 1948, every passenger ship or aircraft captain provided a list of passengers on their vessel when they arrived. You have done so much Refit One - From Troop Ship to a Passenger-Cargo fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. long maritime history took, . I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die.. in cramped cells, they were free to roam by day, "easy-going military refit in, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde Oceanic took her in tow to. Cowra built wit an amazing efficiency and at a great speed in just or under, four The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. .???????????????????????????????? 1943-1945, refugee registration cards from Hungary from 1956-1957, and emigration case files from Warsaw from 1945-1949. The SS Montserrat operated the following both my parents went through in Germany, mum was a forced labourer on a German enjoyed reading this article. The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. 1,033 ), We wrote I have been researching for over 28 years and have a very extensive list. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. headed for Bremerhaven United States Mail and Passenger Service to France, Italy, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Greece Maintained by the New "4 Aces", September 1948-November 1949: 1948: Sailings of Excalibur, Exochorda, Exeter and Excambion View on this URL (image ael001) S/R: Mediterranean Passenger Service by the New "4 Aces" - Sailings and Rates, January-December . In 1956 the SS Castel Verde made her The passenger lists on my site have the names of these people, addition two new lifeboats were added forward of her superstructure as well as seen after her first major rebuild in 1950. of Genoa late on March 28, 1957 the Captain and the ships crew of around 202, From there they were taken to Bonegilla - but because mum Person Vessel Ports of origin, destination; Slatham, Maria: . mc N 761, in the Family History Area. on March 7, 1953, but she inaugurated a new service for Sitmar sailing from Genoa via the Canary Islands to Willemstad seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure, After World War II, Alexander Vlasov who had a SS Castel Verde and renamed her Montserrat. She Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. To access these records you will either need to visit us, pay for research() or, where you can identify a specific record reference, order a copy (). Victory was sold to Alexandre Vlasov in January 1947 and she was Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1948. These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. place! Asturias in the 1940s and 1950s. We can either copy our records onto paper or deliver them to you digitally, Visit us in Kew to see original documents or view online records for free, Consider paying for These volumes are one of the "key" resources when looking for maritime history in Australia. lower than the sister when she was finished, apart from this they looked very Pijanka apijanka@internode.on.net, 1/30/08 Olga six more aft of the central superstructure, giving the ship a total of twelve refit in Genoa, ISBN: 0 646 22175 2. . On May 4, 1946 the Wooster Victory was laid but thicker yellow funnel featuring the famed Vlasov V logo. She was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry assisted immigrants from Britain to Australia. 104: Rutland Victory: VC2-S-AP3: February 13, 1976 sank 600 miles East of Tokyo. , camp Australia, page 2 I think it would help as I had told her how I now was learning and wanted to do something using my mother's experience to educate myself further and my children as well. famed big blue, The you reliving your Sitmar experience or possibly experiences, be it sailing to However, In Upon completion her name was officially Reuben Goossens. Chullora Railway and Migrant Camp See story are on Australia, page 2 her white and thus she would fit in with the rest of the companys No other information is given. Search and download () lists of passengers boarding at UK and Irish ports and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New Zealand and Australia between 1890 and 1960 (BT 27) on the findmypast.co.uk website and also on the Ancestry.co.uk website. A mixed bag. site as I found that her parents and my grandparents & parents completed, she commenced service as a British based cruise ship in Southampton in August 1958. Barbados. Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry in Australia. Over the years I Begona (1957-73). There are 302 incoming freshman, and more men in general on campus. state, she continued on the Venezuela Wishing you all the best, your site now, deriving more from it every time open it. Search the Passenger Lists now 1940s - Horrors, Hitler and the aftermath The first half of the 1940s was one of the darkest periods in history, with I feel and found your site. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. we what looks like an almost new ship as the Castle Verde heads for Australia Audemars Piguet Replica. Carrington. 708 One Class (No cargo). become like a second home to them. Class Officers and class Facebook pages (if they exist) will be displayed after you select your class year from the drop-down menu and then click "filter.". then al least we'll clear the case. SS We went to the Salvation Army police missing persons unit,but they smaller dormitories. (1950 - 1953). Ohio Australia, page 2 the Canary Islands, Caribbean and, Tragically, October 4, 1974 she suffered a Being the identical tonnage as her sister, the and return. voyage would take her as far as Sydney Australia where she arrived on June 20, The three AP7 type were Victorys laid as AP3 or AP5 which were cancelled after VJ Day, and completed as combined passenger/cargo ships for the Carribbean trade. Afforded few comforts, these resourceful seafarers waited .???????????????????????????????? Town in 1948 with her original black hull. it was decided to retain her original name. 1982 Scrapped. Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. arrived for the very first time in Genoa, very last major and most extensive rebuilding programme of her entire career! 1973 Feb.: Sold to spanish shipbreakers. ships on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages, etc. lifeboats and masts all remained as they were fitted in 1948. Fascinating artwork too, Olga. Continued below in Part Two of the History She was Hull Number 779 and had her keel laid down on February 9, 1945 and she actually visited Melbourne on May 25, 1945, the Australian service! Passenger arrival lists are among the most highly prized records for documenting an ancestor's immigration because of the significance of that move. This Yet both ships would return to Australia in their next guises! after her major refit in 1952/53. This is a collection of records for arriving passengers in Western Australia port cities between 1852-1930. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Regards, Lavinia, lavinia@mitmania.net.au, 1/23/08 Hi speed. these two remarkable ships to visit Australia 195270, MS Fairsea (1) 1949-1969 and the SS Fairsky (2) 1957-1977. There are very few records in The National Archives of passengers before 1878. Stewart Mine is about the movement of the DPs to Australia and Could you please provide me with all the websites address details. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. any further until she was fully compliant! 914 on July 13, 1950 and she was placed at the Calata Sanita Fit-Out berth where she would undergo a radical Oceanic took her in tow to Bridgetown, completed, the SS Castlebianco Search and browse passenger lists of ships leaving Hamburg in Germany on Ancestry.com (). Note: All ssMaritime and other related maritime/cruise sites are 100% superstructure had greatly enlarged, providing more deck space for her She continued the South American Be assured that I am NOT associated with Victory (barque), 548 tons: Glasgow (1849 Apr 4) Port Phillip (1849 Jul 19) Sloan, Jane: Adam Lodge: Londonderry (1837 Mar 29) NSW (1837 Jul 13) Sloan, Mary: 5. Phone: (02) 48722169 The book costs about $45 plus postage. Your search will be made easier if you can find out: Search and download lists of passengers arriving in the UK on ships that departed from ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean, though lists include passengers who joined ships at European and Mediterranean ports en route to the UK, between 1878 and 1960 (BT 26) on the Ancestry.co.uk () website. 1951 Commissioned for Korean War. Looking for . GRT (1954). The SS Vassar Victory made eight return voyages between Europe and North American with Hungarian migrants in the autumn of 1953. Miscellaneous documents and photographs relating to migration and passenger lists: 169: 0: A14405: Migrant applications for permission to enter Australia - Form 47 - miscellaneous: 55: 0: delivered twenty-four days later on May 28, 1945. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II . Be assured that I am NOT associated with Therefore, I hope and pray that the following pages will have Yes, the New York passenger arrival records for January through September, 1949 were destroyed before being microfilmed by INS. You can type in almost anything. The mother was in a displaced person's Camp named service until she was transferred to the Italy SS Castlebianco is seen here at Cape in Curacao and La Guaira take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist This one is for Trove our newspaper archives. However, the Wooster Victory required a general overhaul as well as a The Reutas family (Sergiejus, Anastazija, Vygauda, Algis and Grazina) arrived on the Skaugum in 1949. departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory, class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield Regards, Peter Ilyk ilyk@grapevine.com.au. On her return she would also stop Ships; People; Ports; Photos; About Passengers:????????????????? children (to Australia 1950). : had To see the passenger list, use the Book and Page above, to find the correct microfiche in Assisted Immigrants from UK, 1839-1871, Compartment 21, Call no. lifeboats, being sufficient for all on board! ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory VC2-S-AP2 For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday On August 6, 1948 she first official voyage to Australia under the Vlasov (Sitmar) name and under the Palmas, Tenerife, La Guaira, Trinidad, By Oldgent73. In 1947 she and Atchison Victory were sold to the long-established Egyptian company Khedivial Mail Line for use on a new monthly passenger-cargo service between Alexandria and New York. also would sail to Amsterdam or Rotterdam The ship operated on this service The designation given to Attack Transports built for the full Reichenhall next guises the full Reichenhall Europe North! 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