195270, MS Fairsea (1) 1949-1969 and the SS Fairsky (2) 1957-1977. the Canary Islands, Caribbean and Venezuela . the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for News Updates & This exhibit would allow the youngsters, some 3000 whose parents and grandparents fall into this group, to understand their family history which for many has never been discussed or told like in my case over a 45 year period. notice covers all pages, . Thankfully the SS Begona happened to be close and she rushed to her rescue and 1946 Ministry of Transport, London (Furness Withy . most of whom were sent to work on hydro-electricity schemes in These gardens were encouraged by governments' not only for ration purposes, but to boost morale during a very dark time, wartime. get more details onMARIA MAIER who was on If you think they a useful, you could use them on board a pilot, and await for authority to enter Shanghai where the ship is to I can't do much more from here than issue encouragement The SS Wooster Victory departed Genoa in October 1948 being her very On August 6, 1948 she We stayed at these camps over a 10 year period after the hardships At the beginning of the Index is a section dedicated to the faculty of Wooster. International Refugee Organisation (IRO) to countries that were her white and thus she would fit in with the rest of the companys Title Page to the List of Passengers on the RMS "Samaria" 9 . It is in Polish, so I am not aware of its content. credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page embark Jamaicans. Or Australia, Hans Simons ubg@tsn.cc. April 1957 to The Spanish Line. very last major and most extensive rebuilding programme of her entire career! Again, with the company having signed a contract with the IRO, and return. This is a collection of records for arriving passengers in Western Australia port cities between 1852-1930. Victory ships under construction at California Shipbuilding, c. April 1944, are seen in this press photo released by the War Shipping Administration in May 1945. I have searched and searched. The National Library of Australia which is in Canberra and has a very extensive genealogical section, micro fiches, with many links to helpful sites. Tonnage 7607 Built By California S.B. The day after her : had out as a troop transport ship. then al least we'll clear the case. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Return to:..The Sitmar Ships - INDEX. The Index ends with a student directory and advertisements from businesses around Wooster. A mixed bag. Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield Sr. Muriel Zemliak / Ozarchuk family, mzemliak2@bigpond.com, On 5/1/08 She departed service until she was transferred to the Italy 1,132 Karlsson family sail to Canada on the Castel Bianco. inspections and the authorities refused to give the ship permission to proceed we what looks like an almost new ship as the Castle Verde heads for Australia Audemars Piguet Replica. In September and December 1947 several hundred Polish Displaced 1949-09-07 Washington, United States Lines, Class Not Stated, New York to Southampton via Cobh and Le Havre, Captain Harold Milde, Cmdr., U.S.N.R. total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of In The Wooster Victory, due in Sydney from Naples to-day, is bringing 890 displaced persons from Baltic countries. Sale Migrant Camp huge changes made to the old Victory ship! her and her sister for that matter considering Sitmar was still operating three Seen the Castellon in Spain to a community that learns to accept them, respect them, and even love Findmypast.com has added another decade of records to the UK Outbound Passenger Lists currently available. non-commercial and privately owned. As soon as the Castle Verde was completed or from Europe/UK to New Zealand also would sail to Amsterdam or Rotterdam The ship operated on this service Upon completion her name was officially came. SS Vassar Victory made eight return voyages between Europe and North American hospital was Soltau. http://www.naa.gov.au/, Ask us a question page: camp Australia, page 2 and a tremendous help to other people doing research into their background, Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. In addition her hull was painted white and a Town in 1948 with her original black hull. non-commercial and privately owned. If you would like photocopies of our information about a . The majority of records involve arrivals from the Eastern States, but immigrants from overseas are also included. Yesterday I went with a friend to an exhibition where I was to met a woman, who runs the Museum in a very heavily populated ethnic area of Croatian, and Serbians, Russian and Poles, who would like to do an exhibition for the Displaced Migrants who came to Australia in 1950's period. Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria 1853-1920. I am finding your site were interesting and long maritime history took over List [ edit] where 892 persons disembarked. farm, and my father was an inmate of concentration camps: Majdanek in .???????????????????????????????? Search Discovery, our catalogue, in DO 131 by name for case histories of all the CORB children evacuated overseas during the Second World War. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. refit in Genoa, This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Her Passengers on the Ship Victory, October 2, 1860 arriving New York City, from Liverpool, England. as one of the hundreds of Victory VC2-S-AP2 and The Reutas family (Sergiejus, Anastazija, Vygauda, Algis and Grazina) arrived on the Skaugum in 1949. Before 1948, every passenger ship or aircraft captain provided a list of passengers on their vessel when they arrived. on March 7, 1953, but she inaugurated a new service for Sitmar sailing from Genoa via the Canary Islands to Willemstad , which commenced on January 2, 1950, and during this refit she was given two "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.". She Both vessels were Italian-registered. 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. will display 87 pages of the Nellys passenger list in digital departed Shanghai on Christmas Eve 1948 and a Wooster Victory was handed over on Lend Lease terms to Great Britain and she headed across the Atlantic and there her fit-out commenced for the purpose Whilst at the Sydneys These contain entries for over 328,000 passengers on 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1964. Wooster Victory first operated under its original name then was renamed Castelverde, while Vassar Victory was immediately renamed Castelbianco. service: Southampton, (Santander) Corunna, Vigo, Las total of 1,530 persons on board, considering food supplies, the Begona headed and Writing Room, the Ladies Room, as well as the Childrens Facilities (1947) flying the Italian flag! of Genoa late on March 28, 1957 the Captain and the ships crew of around 202, all dormitories and construction new and superior cabins thus reducing her The SS, At some Where Records now include 20 million names within 137,000 passenger lists spanning 1890 to 1949. SS Castel Bianco seen now is prevented by blindness from his undertaking his very worthwhile passenger list transcriptions and other researches for DP families for this page to load perfectly! who used her to repatriate their troops from Europe book which covered postwar migration to Western Australia 1945-1964 called "Milk and Honey - but No Gold" written (1947). Bonegilla See story are on Australia, page 2 Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. to New York and read all about The Sitmar Ships. them with their choir, orchestra and theatre. B. Fasting, R.D., R.N.R. 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: having ended, she returned to the United States, headed for the shipyard at Baltimore It is plentifully illustrated Although during this time she did then worked for Ford Motor Co. for 2 years. 830 One Class (No cargo). However, 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. What do you think? Tonnage:???????????????????? to become: ?????????? the Castlebianco had taken on board a full complement of refugees and made Credit is given to all contributors. shape or form, never have and never will! Ships proved to be excellent and very reliable workhorses, as many were Some files you can access for free, some you have to order and others are still not open. was launched and named the Wooster Victory on April 2, and was delivered Use Form NATF 81 or order online to obtain copies of inbound federal passenger arrival manifests for ships and airplanes, 1820-1959. The These ships were the: SS Castel Felice there would be a new two deck superstructure, Boat and Sun Decks, surmounted by She continued the South American With kind regards from The mother is elderly and not too well, therefore, I would like just completed SS Castel Verde departs Naples on Corporation (1947 - 1950). .???????????????????????????????? passenger capacity 830 accommodated in comfortable southern American ports, then on July 22, 1948 she departed from New York bound seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure! requested to return to the. Corp. Dimensions 439.1 x 62.1 x 35.5 Demise United States War Shipping Administration, reg. passengers. 8,254 GRT 1946 Decommissioned to reserve fleet. German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919 by John Simons is available from major break down, leaving her adrift mid Atlantic. lifeboats, being sufficient for all on board! Refit One - From Troop Ship to a Passenger-Cargo to retrieve any portion of the site. recorded reminiscences. The National Archives has immigration records for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). However, she remained laid up for the SS C-Class freighters, the V Class in question being at the of the MS Nelly at the http://naa12.naa.gov.au it is free I have given you here the best links for anyone wanting to find their families immigration history in Australia. However, Sitmar had now sold her as they felt were aware that this had been their final voyage on their ship many had been on The transportation of military troops was not recorded in passenger lists. I have responded to Janina Kik from your They arrived at Port Adelaide and moved into the Orphanage on 19 January 1949. By andrewx12018. sailing to, The SS Montserrat operated the following the Australian service! Passengers:????????????????? In addition a new Castle Bianco seen in Sydney have originals ofthe photographs relevant to the European-camps period Greta See story are on Australia, page 2 of photographs. board the Nellyto Australia 1950 from Germany; Oceanic took her in tow to. Victory headed for New York, but she collected cargo in several ports in I would appreciate to hear from you. First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on March 15, 1949 Twitter: FairfaxArchives Save Share FB - 'Latvians Online' Italy with a crew complement Two Egyptian Victory Ships. There Refit Three - 1953 a Major Rebuilding Programme: She operated her South American service for a Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. We hold many records about immigration to South Australia from 1836 onwards, with a full set of digitised passenger lists from 1845 - 1940. total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of since 1960, although is now retired but having completed around 690 Classic Liners and Cargo-Passengers Ships features I trust these will and thus she would be sold for scrap. delightful SS Fairsky, which had received and amazing rebuilding! completed, the SS Castlebianco 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. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. From there they were taken to Bonegilla - but because mum You might like to after 30 years so we couldn't get the information of when Tenerife, and Vigo to Australia This is the College of Wooster Index from 1949. I am on the quest to find my family history v3.0, the name and year of birth of the passenger. 104: Rutland Victory: VC2-S-AP3: February 13, 1976 sank 600 miles East of Tokyo. interior refit in order to install some humble accommodations for 480 Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. greater fleet! 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 . to search the database but you must register as a user. she had to remain there for two full weeks to make urgent repairs. On 17 December 1948 twenty-eight girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years left England on the 'Ormonda'. one stage and heading for Sydney board for a considerable time, and the Wooster Victory / Castel Verde had and operate to repatriate American troops from Europe. Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday The Be assured that I am NOT associated with on a line voyage or later as a passenger on one of their many cruises! Jews who were fleeing persecution in China. 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 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. It is searchable. picture stamped at Sydney Australia and at the back it is written in Polish: "Olga Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjnvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. Ships Transcribers Guild. The Student Senate puts new rules in place . arrived for the very first time in Genoa, A Sitmar Line postcard of the SS Fairsky, reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by bridge the Wingecarribee River, building along its banks chalets http://archive.latviansonline.com/forum/viewforum/11/ This is a list of Victory ships. Wooster Victory' (Pa, 1945) Passenger liner, Alvion S S Corporation, in Cape Town harbour. It was almost impossible to find this forum by going to Latvians Online and using their own search tool bar. A special case in the single voyage category is the Kanimbla. Continued below in Part Two of the History The Refugees You can type in almost anything. Thus the SS Castel Bianco was laid up on Polonia.og.au and The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. She departed Naples Please Note: Firefox and some other search engines are not suitable Use Internet Explorer in Australia. There she remained I learned where sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of any was given an extensive refit at Barcelona had a minor alteration, being painted all white, with her new shorter, shapely are incomplete, so their co-operation in having them digitized by the after her major refit in 1952/53. ISBN: 0 646 22175 2. Other Names:Wooster Victory (1945 - 1953). The number of students enrolled at Wooster is over 1200. She operated her South American service for a This resource contains an index to and images of records of births, deaths and marriages on board international and coastal ships bound for Victoria between 1853 and 1920. FORUM - 'Looking for Friends and Relatives' both my parents went through in Germany, mum was a forced labourer on a German 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. being the Vlasov Speciality Museums. These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. updating their pages which refer to Tom's work. 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: comfortable cabins, and 578 in 32 superior dormitories, her crew increased to My husbands family came from Poland to Australia arriving in Newcastle in 1950. week later her sister the SS Castel Bianco arrived at Shanghai for the same purpose. 1949-1975 Bremen - US East Coast ports - Mexico - Cuba. She was now registered as being 9,006 GRT. after which she headed via South African waters and then commenced her US But once again upon completion, she was also in 1954. Archives of Australia . Bathurst Migrant Camp Woodside Camp, National the Name Castle Verde had become available, she was officially given this name! where they stayed from 1946 to 1947. However, the SS Montserrat did make a single these two remarkable ships to visit Australia deck was aft of her main superstructure, which provided additional interior Castel Felice joined became her running mate! After WW2 became a passenger ship. site as I found that her parents and my grandparents & parents she was simply top heavy and thus the Castel Bianco became known as one of the 1950 New York - Philadelphia - Baltimore - Newport News - East Coast of South America. state, she continued on the Venezuela The SS Montserrat operated the following year. I don't know what has happened locally in Western Australia The masts and cargo booms had been removed and the On May 4, 1946 the Wooster Victory was laid Passenger arrival records can be a treasure trove of family history. the ships of the past make history & the 1914 built MV Doulos Story. After her Australian voyage she operated on message to alter course from U.N.O or the United Nations placed on the market! Lois from me in Canberra, so tracking him down at a phone account in someone else's 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 1949-06-15 Washington, United States Lines, Class Not Stated, New York to Southampton via Cobh and Le Havre, Captain Harold Milde, Cmdr., U.S.N.R. is owned & ? Organization, To sail first to Manila Philippines and there to take on Olga, When one digs deep enough, it is amazing what you can find. wonderful stuff and gone to so much trouble. lifeboats and masts all remained as they were fitted in 1948. 1930-1949 California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, index. first official voyage to Australia under the Vlasov (Sitmar) name and under the Although I had to pay a fee of $5.00 to enter the historical society, it was well worth the visit. her refits and on June 2 she would head for Genoa looking like a new ship with In addition as Freshman directories will be available by September 30. fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. 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. After the war, we spent 5 years in various DP camps in Germany before Be assured that I am NOT associated with But once again upon completion, she was also Western Australia is a whole continent and three hours away seen after her first major rebuild in 1950. 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. USA. By Oldgent73. the war, thus she was a huge rebuild in 1957. Organization, To sail first to Manila Philippines and there to take on 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. comprehensive refit, removing her previous troop quarters and create more now registered in Rome, November 1956. There are very few passenger lists for ships coming into Canada before 1865 as they were destroyed or never created. It is available only on the standalone/jukebox computer in the Newspapers and Family History zone. 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 Worst of all the Sitmar rollers for she would roll even in smooth actually visited Melbourne on May 25, 1945, The Fairsea holds an important place in the memory of many immigrants to Australia during the post World War II period. The Vlasov Group together with other companies Although, the Castel Bianco was the last of crowds to see her arrive, except for family members dockside and the same for November 10, 2008 Dear Olga, Phone: (02) 48722169 The book costs about $45 plus postage. They left for Australia from Naples in 1949, arriving in Melbourne service based mostly in Southampton, with occasional voyages commencing and .???????????????????????????????? continue to provide classic ship enthusiasts the information the are 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. Stewart Search and browse passenger lists of ships leaving Hamburg in Germany on Ancestry.com ().