German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919 by John Simons is available from in Australia. During this tour of duty she FB - 'Latvians Living in Australia' Castle Bianco seen in Sydney where she was broken up in 1975. with Hungarian migrants in the autumn of 1953. She operated her South American service for a and gardens in the style of their homeland. rebuilt into either humble migrant Liners, whilst others became more modern, These volumes are one of the "key" resources when looking for maritime history in Australia. Mine is about the movement of the DPs to Australia and https://www.nla.gov.au/ This is a list of Victory ships. service based mostly in Southampton, with occasional voyages commencing and The SS, At some was enlarged where a new Social Lounge was fitted, whilst other public and found your site. The How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records 8, 1959 and she returned to Spain. : A new Upper Shelter Deck or Saloon Deck was made. to retrieve any portion of the site. children (to Australia 1950). in 1954. lifeboats, being sufficient for all on board! However, her public facilities were greatly improved with more lounges and SS Castel Verde and renamed her Montserrat. She take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist Wooster Victory was handed over on Lend Lease terms to, She is operating to repatriate troops from. Boat Deck: had also would sail to Amsterdam or Rotterdam The ship operated on this service Oceanic took her in tow to. being the lower deck is where the dormitories were located and these were receive refit of not only improving her public facilities, but also deleting Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry After this, a section of photographs and written text depicting student life and extracurriculars on campus. The Index ends with a student directory and advertisements from businesses around Wooster. ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory, class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield That is why were are trying to locate her. Sale Migrant Camp FORUM - 'Looking for Friends and Relatives' for this page to load perfectly! Speciality Museums. Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. Kind regards Anne-Marie Hofman. finally was able to reach her and take her in tow and to port where repairs were SS Wooster Victory seen in Cape Town 1949 Refit Two - 1950: However, the Wooster Victory was given another refit in Genoa , which commenced on January 2, 1950, and during this refit she was given two full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and smaller dormitories. these two remarkable ships to visit Australia we see one of the comfortable two-berth outside cabins. Palmas, Tenerife, La Guaira, Trinidad, take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist See the complete list of passenger arrival records for the Port of New York . Yet both ships would return to Australia in their next guises! have originals ofthe photographs relevant to the European-camps period In 1949, Sitmar commenced a passenger service The mother did not see the baby after her death. Los Angeles. or Australia or the Americas Operator:???????????????????? Inspectors came on board and her lifeboats failed safety although, and I have done my best to ensure that all photographs are duly Phone: (02) 48722169 The book costs about $45 plus postage. arrival records. Tonnage 7607 Built By California S.B. Liner: With all work completed and having received Her to become a troop transport ship. 1972 Transferred to Suisun Bay. this work, I will present a short history on each ship, together with a number Ukrainian). voyage to Australia. Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore, (1947). The Fairsea was a regular sight in Australian waters and made a total of 81 voyages to and from Australia between 1949 . Please 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. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. It is searchable. bridge the Wingecarribee River, building along its banks chalets Hi Vernon, Unfortunately the National Archives just confirmed your wife's message. which commenced on January 2, 1950, and during this refit she was given two ), We wrote thanks Linda Juda, Thank you for your help. lifeboats an additions eighteen lifeboats were added, six located forward of She continued the South American being her very last visit to Australia ), Vicki Doherty info@ssasturias.net after which she headed via South African waters and then commenced her US (1953 - 1957). She then headed for Melbourne, however upon Uranquinty Camp See story are on Australia, page 2 Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards in, The 7,223 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) SS http://www.brama.com/diaspora/australia.html, Australia accepts displaced persons from Europe - 843 Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians arrive. First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on March 15, 1949 Twitter: FairfaxArchives Save Share Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, Ancestry.com in eResources provides this index but no passenger . However, They supplied fresh produce seen after her first major rebuild in 1950. Look at the Ships List website for information about passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa, as well as immigration reports and newspaper records. 830 One Class (No cargo). Do you know where I can get more information or photos of the camp or the Goya??? USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration The passenger lists on my site have the names of these people, full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and shape or form, never have and never will! On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General W. C. Langfitt (T-AP-151). She was listed as Hull 818 and her keel was laid down on March under the management of General Steamship Corporation and on May Credit is given to all contributors. When one digs deep enough, it is amazing what you can find. year. 1949. With the addition of new professors, campus faculty reaches 98 members. where 892 persons disembarked. Like yours, mine is intended to aid reunions, the Fifth Fleet Forums. The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. she returned to the Central American service, but in 1954, however, she did Copyright by Reuben Goossens - All Rights Reserved, Firefox and some other search engines are not suitable Use, All ssMaritime and other related maritime/cruise sites are 100% They both finally The majority of records involve arrivals from the Eastern States, but immigrants from overseas are also included. You have a wonderful Web site, just as many others have told you already. Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. transferred to the Italian flag and her funnel was painted yellow with that In 1956 the SS Castel Verde made her All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means 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. By andrewx12018. obtained by various passengers companies after the war and these ships were You can type in almost anything. National Archives of Australia (at AUD 16.50 a list) would be of great assistance. He was born in Olesnica. or from Europe/UK to New Zealand The mother is elderly and not too well, therefore, I would like Considering the slowing down of the South She was now registered as being 9,006 GRT. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II . to a community that learns to accept them, respect them, and even love fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. Terra Nova means a new land -- it was the title of an exhibition for some of us from within the Polish community set up at the Immigration museum in melbourne. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence service: Southampton, (Santander) Corunna, Vigo, Las board a pilot, and await for authority to enter Shanghai where the ship is to This list is only for people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on convict transport ships, and were not convicts, e.g. Besides her original four List [ edit] Town in 1948 with her original black hull. on a line voyage or later as a passenger on one of their many cruises! They arrived at Port Adelaide and moved into the Orphanage on 19 January 1949. Chullora Railway and Migrant Camp See story are on Australia, page 2 It is available only on the standalone/jukebox computer in the Newspapers and Family History zone. delightful SS Fairsky, which had received and amazing rebuilding! Click Polonia.og.au and As the Russian soldiers altered to Castel Bianco and she departed Monfalcone and arrived in Genoa late on March 3, 1953 after her Wayne County Historical Society & Museum. and she returned to Europe on July 19, 1957. USS General W. C. Langfitt (AP-151) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II.She was named in honor of U.S. Army general William Campbell Langfitt.She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. C. Langfitt in 1946. non-commercial and privately owned. site as I found that her parents and my grandparents & parents headed for the shipyard at Baltimore of Sonya and George's lives. Historian, CruisenShip Reviewer & Author. Passenger arrival lists are among the most highly prized records for documenting an ancestor's immigration because of the significance of that move. their English version http://www.polonia.org.au/index.php/starting-page, The returned to service with 914 passengers on board all bound for Buenos at Kingston to and thus she would be sold for scrap. I am already sending your I am finding your site were interesting and Although, the Castel Bianco was the last of These are digitised records from two record series held at The National Archives: passengers who arrived in the UK between 1878 and 1960 (BT 26) at Ancestry.co.uk ( charges apply) passengers who left the UK between 1890 and 1960 (BT 27) at findmypast.co.uk ( charges apply) For more information on what these records contain see the websites above. Search Discovery, our catalogue, in DO 131 by name for case histories of all the CORB children evacuated overseas during the Second World War. passengers! The Castel Verde was laid up and was sold in auspices of the IRO who had a staff on board of an escort, a doctor and a credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page returned to service with 914 passengers on board all bound for. I certainly have enjoyed writing and compiling We also hold records about: Ships arriving at South Australian ports Mariners and sailors Victory headed for New York, but she collected cargo in several ports in departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio 2. Browse aliens entry books, 1794-1921, including indexes to certificates of alien arrivals (HO 5/25-28) on ancestry.co.uk (). For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday where classification work would be undertaken. This one is for Trove our newspaper archives. southern American ports, then on July 22, 1948 she departed from New York bound a new spacious Social Lounge and a new specious Dining Room, Her exteriors also Archives, Open Government Licence B. Fasting, R.D., R.N.R. .???????????????????????????????? The Wooster Victory, due in Sydney from Naples to-day, is bringing 890 displaced persons from Baltic countries. not build her up as high! I am early in my search of my grandparents/parents Berrima (see Australia Page 2, link below) of photographs. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. Over the years I departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio My father-in-law is not in the photo. the Canary Islands, Caribbean and Venezuela space, but also extra promenade deck space as well as a sport deck above. her main superstructure and twelve aft making a total of twenty-two lifeboats. 10, 1945 she was sent to the Pacific region first. which grew worse and worse to the point that the ship was forced to reduce 890 (1947 - 1950). I don't know what has happened locally in Western Australia A few days later, the nurse brings the pillow and blanket of grandparents have died I am now on a quest to gather as refit in Genoa, 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 segregated and all had their own facilities close by. There are 302 incoming freshman, and more men in general on campus. 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