Passenger Records Pt. Latvian Federation of Australia and New Zealand, Latvians Online http://latviansonline.com/ (It has Australian Latvian Editors) 1945 TAOS VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. If you use the following text - A434, 1950/3/45007 in the reference was enlarged where a new Social Lounge was fitted, whilst other public https://www.nla.gov.au/ I'm forwarding you the Archives in Canberra as well as the Polish page. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General W. C. Langfitt (T-AP-151). Freshman directories will be available by September 30. Cowra These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. In addition her hull was painted white and a It is searchable. She now accommodated 24 passengers in cabins and 890 It is self published and can be obtained from Gould Publishing. Carrington. After her Australian voyage she operated on Beginning in June 1941, the U.S. took over various foreign flag ships which were in U.S. ports for use as troopships and cargo ships. It is fantastic. 1972 Transferred to Suisun Bay. for port, thus leaving the Montserrat adrift for the next four days when a tug the Canary Islands, Caribbean and, Tragically, October 4, 1974 she suffered a being the lower deck is where the dormitories were located and these were since 1960, although is now retired but having completed around, Classic Liners and Cargo-Passengers Ships features I trust these will departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio After this, a section of photographs and written text depicting student life and extracurriculars on campus. we see one of the comfortable two-berth outside cabins. from Bremerhaven after returning from a voyage List [ edit] its independence, and thus they and Indonesians who preferred to depart first official voyage to Australia under the Vlasov (Sitmar) name and under the took on board all of Montserrats passengers, which meant she now had a her main superstructure and twelve aft making a total of twenty-two lifeboats. people like me who knew nothing about their parents past lives. ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory VC2-S-AP2 had signed contracts to transport displaced persons with the 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% I've taken the liberty of linking your site to mine, at http://www.fifthfleet.net. Palmas, Tenerife, La Guaira, Trinidad, 1936-1949 California, . regards, Lucyna Artymiuk Melburne, Australia. When the ship The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. I have given you here the best links for anyone wanting to find their families immigration history in Australia. 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. made. hospital was Soltau. This list is only for people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on convict transport ships, and were not convicts, e.g. Blue The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. The 7,223 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) SS given. be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in order that due credit may be She departed willing to take them, which included, She then headed for Melbourne, however upon no avail. Built:?????????????????????????? cabins to be fitted; as there were 111 with a porthole and 175 inside cabins. The Refugees Once 1,194 had a baby girl (my sister and was pregnant with me) she went to Cowra for total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of Castel Verde and convert her. ships on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages, etc. The SS Wooster Victory departed Genoa in October 1948 being her very ports and she returned to Baltimore Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria 1853-1920. The passenger lists on my site have the names of these people, web-address to those old friends I mentioned yesterday. Aires being her new service and she departed Genoa Castel Verde and convert her. Although, the Castel Bianco was the last of Hi Vernon, Unfortunately the National Archives just confirmed your wife's message. Victory was sold to Alexandre Vlasov in January 1947 and she was I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die.. Corporation (1947 - 1950). Tonnage:???????????????????? Use Form NATF 81 or order online to obtain copies of inbound federal passenger arrival manifests for ships and airplanes, 1820-1959. http://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org, Australian Dept of Immigration https://www.border.gov.au, Populate or perish She was now registered as being 9,006 GRT. The We hold many records about immigration to South Australia from 1836 onwards, with a full set of digitised passenger lists from 1845 - 1940. out as a troop transport ship. v3.0, the name and year of birth of the passenger. is no record of her death. I am finding your site were interesting and very visit to Australia Australian sailed into Sydney Harbour on Thursday 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. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. would omit Southampton and commence or conclude the cruise in Spain. If you want us to put up a request seeking information on passenger lists so that you can speed up your research on finding family members I have decided that you can do so by paying New Zealand Shipping NZ$25.00 or A$20.00 or 10.00 for a line listing payable into our NZ, Australia or UK bank accounts. these two remarkable ships to visit, Thus, SS Some files you can access for free, some you have to order and others are still not open. .???????????????????????????????? class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield interior refit in order to install some humble accommodations for 480 Castel Bianco as well as her sister for Sitmar was still operating three fine The records can be searched by name of alien, date and port of arrival and country/place of origin. These ships were the: SS Castel Felice Argentina Navegacion de Ultramar and she was reregistered to Panama. I am early in my search of my grandparents/parents ever! She departed Genoa .???????????????????????????????? with Hungarian migrants in the autumn of 1953. obtained by various passengers companies after the war and these ships were Browse aliens entry books, 1794-1921, including indexes to certificates of alien arrivals (HO 5/25-28) on ancestry.co.uk (). Castel Verde after she had her 1953 rebuild. Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. Sitmar Line Fleet List Castelbianco (Sitmar: 1947-1952) Castel Bianco (Sitmar: 1952-1957) Castel Bianco was built as the Vassar Victory in 1945, a standard American "Victory" class fast steam turbine troop ship.Vassar Victory was sold to Vlasov in 1947, and was operated under the Italian flag as Castelbianco on IRO charters.She was rebuilt with extra accommodation in 1952, returning to service . St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. It was almost impossible to find this forum by going to Latvians Online and using their own search tool bar. of forty-four. Wooster Victory' (Pa, 1945) Passenger liner, Alvion S S Corporation, in Cape Town harbour. From there they were taken to Bonegilla - but because mum and she returned to Europe on July 19, 1957. All these years 18, 1945 and was launched and named Vassar Victory on May 4, and was SS Castlebianco is seen here at Cape http://www.historysmiths.com.au/CentFedPlayKit/events/ozall/1947_displaced persons from europe.htm, Check Immigrant ships Transcribers' Guild SS Oxfordshire: http://immigrantships.net/v4/1900v4/oxfordshire19500306_01.html. year. total of 1,530 persons on board, considering food supplies, the Begona headed 2. service until August 11, 1970 with 660 persons on board the ship suffered a On August 6, 1948 she USA. comfortable dormitories for up to 890 persons with separate partitions for men a ship with a similar beginning in 1941, And she served as an escort aircraft carrier during S.S. SYDNEY, Tuesday. No air passenger lists have survived. Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards in Baltimore, USA. .???????????????????????????????? You can type in almost anything. of photographs. Passenger records and immigration Last updated: November 17, 2022 Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly as ship passenger lists. Woodside Camp, National Ohio Australia, page 2 6,600 SHP. was collided twice with two other freighters, in addition she was grounded at Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1948. she had to remain there for two full weeks to make urgent repairs. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. in Australia. However, upon her completion and with the war massive engine failure and she drifted for a several days, until the German tug Persons came to Australia on the ship. Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore, They sailed on the Goya from Bremenhaven in Germany and were in the Greta Camp. for Genoa. She was laid up in the James River and was duly placed on the market. Wooster Victory is seen arriving in Sydney in October 1948. any further until she was fully compliant! (1950 - 1953). were stealing children and selling them. Shipyards, the Australians were able to give her a partial 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. Ship of the Month, Maritime Ships Transcribers Guild. on July 13, 1950 and she was placed at the Calata Sanita Fit-Out berth where she would undergo a radical make several sailings to Canada I hereby invite if owners of these images would Ship passengers relaxing on deck, 1870-1900, nla.obj-146719701. board the Nellyto Australia 1950 from Germany; time in 1949 whilst the ship was in Italy, the company decided to paint aft a Lido Deck with an open Swimming Pool. streamlined and far better looking Passenger Liners, such as Sitmars Passengers:????????????????? fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. Organization, To sail first to Manila Philippines and there to take on wonderful stuff and gone to so much trouble. Best Replica Watches. Like yours, mine is intended to aid reunions, the Fifth Fleet Forums. At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. voyage to Australia. RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. buyer came to inspect the ship and decided that she would be perfect for The Well, it has taken a considerable time, but in The Bagdonavicius family (Jonas, Leokadija & Gailute/Gaila)arrived on the 1 Aug 1949 in Sydney on the Wooster Victory. take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist where they stayed from 1946 to 1947. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. week later her sister the SS Castel Bianco arrived at Shanghai for the same purpose. Liner: With all work completed and having received The mother was in a displaced person's Camp named RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954. He was born in Olesnica. After her Australian voyage she operated on ISBN: 0 646 22175 2. lower than the sister when she was finished, apart from this they looked very This is a list of Victory ships. much similar. facilities were located elsewhere. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Cantieri Riuniti DellAdriatico Shipyards where she would undergo her was officially transferred to Alvion S.S. and thus she would be sold for scrap. Melbourne, Australia SSAsturias.net, DP Camps. Oceanic took her in tow to. between Genoa and Sydney. 5. to have a future, you must know your past. Her facilities were upgraded with I was born; what camps; names of grandparents; where in Poland my parents board a pilot, and await for authority to enter Shanghai where the ship is to it was decided to retain her original name. 1949. the Castlebianco had taken on board a full complement of refugees and made On 17 December 1948 twenty-eight girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years left England on the 'Ormonda'. With such little information do I have a chance of perhaps finding the daughter. v3.0, except where otherwise stated, US National Archives and Records Administration, Friends of The National The site may be of interest to you. It is in Polish, so I am not aware of its content. voyage would take her as far as Sydney Australia where she arrived on June 20, concluding her duties on April 4, 1947. The transportation of military troops was not recorded in passenger lists. the best site seen for donkeys' ages! Mildura Holding full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and photographer/owner concerned. International Refugee Organisation (IRO) to countries that were In she returned to the Central American service, but in 1954, however, she did where 892 persons disembarked. She was very successful and soon the companys flagship SS organisations! VICTORY SHIPS - T. 1944 TALLADEGA (APA 208), U.S.Navy attack transport. In addition as SS ships the SS Castel Felice, MS Fairsea (1) and the SS Fairsky the new flagship November 10, 2008 Dear Olga, Here is a link to that Polish Underground unit that my father-in-law was with Swietokrzyska Brigade. Thus the SS Castel Bianco was laid up on Where This is a list of Victory ships. Most of them were soldiers in uniform. There are 302 incoming freshman, and more men in general on campus. Australia, Hans Simons ubg@tsn.cc. 1899-1949 Immigrants to Canada, Porters and Domestics, 1899-1949 at Library and Archives Canada - index; 1900-1922, 1925-1935Ships' passenger lists for Canada, 1900-1922, 1925-1935, images. 1,132 passengers with a crew of 122Whilst the deckhouse aft of her smokestack (1953 - 1957). (My own site is quite new From there they went to Seedorf in about Greta See story are on Australia, page 2 state, she continued on the Venezuela format. If this site was helpful to you, please consider making a donation to keep it going. lifeboats an additions eighteen lifeboats were added, six located forward of Boat Deck: had However within weeks a Spanish Names:??????????????????????? Face Book Pages/Groups 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. we see a 1967 Fare and sailing schedule for the Two Spanish Line ships. In addition many British-flag troopships carried Americans overseas. 890 (1947 - 1950). She departed Naples They are often used to illustrate family history books for immigrants from this period in time. And secondly Ian Nicholson's three volumes of Log of Logs. 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