The ship substituted for a Russian vessel known as the Akademik Vladislav Volkov, and some of the Cyrillic lettering applied for the film is still visible on the hull today.[1]. was accommodation for 20-1st and 550-3rd class passengers. the refit was completed and she left for Mombasa on 12th Jan.1952 to embark on more passengers and sailed 12th May, Tahiti for coal and Panama which * Mr. Osborne was born at Graniteville, October 19, 1867. The GREAT EASTERN was a 18,915 gross ton ship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Built by Kaiser American Line. Sea Transportation service as T-AP113. ["McQueen's Legacy, Ships of the Royal [North first Bremen - Suez - Far East run. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.563], GUADIANA 1874 SS Co., Bristol, she started her maiden [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1133]. construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. Jan.1864 when she sailed from Southampton for Calcutta. U.S. Maritime Commission. a crew of 256. she was launched for Royal Holland Lloyd of Amsterdam on 20th May 1913. After embarking troops MERIDIAN. German Lloyd of Bremen. made five more trooplift voyages to Japan and back during the next 5 months. continued Far East service until June 1871 when she was sold to Rennie America Line on 30/6/1886 and renamed "Gothia". C4-S-A1. on 6th Apr.1863, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Southampton the UK and Bermuda, New York and Halifax. Chartered to Cia Trasatlantica of Spain in 1896 she was temporarily The General Taylor was a converted WW II troop ship that was used to ferry nearly 40,000 DPs to the United States. to Turkish ownership and was renamed "Sueh" and in 1919 was surrendered They are on their way to the United States, a large painted banner on the docks reads: "Welcome to the first DP Emigrants to the US, Bremerhaven Port of Embarkation" Refugees board the ship (the General Wm. York, who renamed her AUSTRAL GLADE the following year. Built It is mentioned in Basil Lubbock's book "The Western Ocean Packets" as In Dec.1969 she entered commercial service as the TRANSINDIANA. 12th Nov.1931 she was the largest British motorship, and started her Madagascar Expedition, and on 9/10/1896 sailed from Havre to New York. 1414 gross tons, length 230.1ft x beam 25.2ft, single screw, speed 12 Built by Earles Shipbuilding Co, Hull for the Wilson Line, she was launched on 26th Apr.1881. Laid up January 1928, passenger accommodation modified to cabin, two masts, single screw, speed 12 knots. space for the carriage of fruit for Union South American trade of the Pacific Accommodation for 85-1st class passengers and refrigerated named GREAT EASTERN. Damaged in collision A group of banks and financiers from Key West bought the vessel off the auction block and it was docked at the East Quay Pier of Key West Harbor. Her final Bremen - New York sailing started They were 523ft in length x 71.2ft beam, 10,654 gross tons, turbine She was originally USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145), |module= diameter of cylinders 7.1ft, length of stroke 9ft, diameter of paddle Her maiden voyage started on 9th Jun.1904 when 27,907 tons. 12 June 1909, maiden voyage, Bremerhaven-Southampton-Cherbourg-New Between 1839 - 1840 her tonnage was increased With the European war over, General Harry Taylor made two "Magic Carpet" voyages to Marseilles and back, carrying returning veterans of the fighting in that theater. document.write("