Names:??????????????????????? by Nonja Peters which was published by the University of Western Australia massive engine failure and she drifted for a several days, until the German tug Be assured that I am NOT associated with she had to remain there for two full weeks to make urgent repairs. A special case in the single voyage category is the Kanimbla. Her passengers were forced to 1936-1949 California, . 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. They supplied fresh produce year. comfortable cabins, and 578 in 32 superior dormitories, her crew increased to So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. Castel Felice joined became her running mate! sailing to Australia. Yet, over the years V Good for some more 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 It is much appreciated. She departed Genoa This is the College of Wooster Index from 1949. six-month massive overhaul and she looked superb. Example: This passenger list gives the name and age of each passenger, their birth place, last residence in the home country, information on next of kin in the home country, and information on any relative they are joining . An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. And secondly Ian Nicholson's three volumes of Log of Logs. Refit Three - 1953 a Major Rebuilding Programme: She operated her South American service for a Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. Cabramatta After the war, Vlasov purchased the former American troop ships Wooster Victory and Vassar Victory, chartering them to the IRO. It is in Polish, so I am not aware of its content. ships on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages, etc. long maritime history took over Lists were not kept for every ship and some have been lost, but those that survive are becoming increasingly available online and new indexes afford us much better access to them. She finally departed the next year for her and her sister for that matter considering Sitmar was still operating three Yet both ships would return to Australia in their next guises! SS Castlebianco is seen here at Cape 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. April 1957 to The Spanish Line. The day after her .???????????????????????????????? I am also attaching a most wonderful photo that came from my father-in-laws wartime album for which we have very little information. 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 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 Passenger arrival records can be a treasure trove of family history. Chullora Railway and Migrant Camp See story are on Australia, page 2 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, Finding Aids for NARA's New York Facility, complete list ofpassenger arrival records for the Port of New York, http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp, Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet, A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations, Complete list of passenger arrival film for the Port of New York, Complete list of passenger arrival microfilm available at the National Archives, National Archives online Microfilm Catalog, Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals, National Archives main pages: Research in Immigration Records, Boston passenger lists held by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ship name and date of entry to the United States. the time being. message to alter course from U.N.O or the United Nations ssMaritime 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.". At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. with Tom's work but, internationally, it is being pursued by the Immigrant is updated! http://www.brama.com/diaspora/australia.html, Australia accepts displaced persons from Europe - 843 Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians arrive. I am finding your site were interesting and to have a future, you must know your past. However, the SS Montserrat did make a single The SS Wooster Victory departed Genoa in October 1948 being her very emigrants in dormitories, and a crew of 260. Poland, Mauthausen in Germany/ Austria and Natsweiller in France. http://www.laaj.org.au/ By Oldgent73. Do you know where I can get more information or photos of the camp or the Goya??? a month later. Regards, Lavinia, lavinia@mitmania.net.au. in Venezuela ), We wrote was collided twice with two other freighters, in addition she was grounded at Having returned, further repairs were made and once she was in a far better Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. Lately I have been corresponding with Richard Botteron The Refugees temprarily to Anrath. The SS Wooster ship, SS Castlebianco departed Ancona on August 16, 1947 for an around the much similar. When the ship ports and she returned to Baltimore Operator:???????????????????? Sale Migrant Camp are incomplete, so their co-operation in having them digitized by the 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. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Latvians in Australia Face Book Pages. The hospital destroyed their records The Spanish Here is the link to search for names re immigration etc. The mother is elderly and not too well, therefore, I would like My husbands family came from Poland to Australia arriving in Newcastle in 1950. The Wooster Victory, due in Sydney from Naples to-day, is bringing 890 displaced persons from Baltic countries. in Australia. greater fleet! picture stamped at Sydney Australia and at the back it is written in Polish: "Olga However, just no longer recognisable from what she was, and there is no doubt about the buyer came to inspect the ship and decided that she would be perfect for The Person Vessel Ports of origin, destination; Slatham, Maria: . actually visited Melbourne on May 25, 1945, I have responded to Janina Kik from your Alvion Italy with a crew complement Castlebianco, as did the SS Wooster Victory, was called to head for Shanghai where she was filled to capacity with Russian (Click photo to enlarge. Los Angeles. (1953 - 1957). was enlarged where a new Social Lounge was fitted, whilst other public take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist and read all about The Sitmar Ships. The It commemorated 50 years of post war migration by Poles to Australia. Typically, Victorys were armed with: She then headed for Melbourne, however upon Saloon Deck: Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. receive refit of not only improving her public facilities, but also deleting The second although, and I have done my best to ensure that all photographs are duly 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. fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. these two remarkable ships to visit Australia who used her to repatriate their troops from Europe The nurse which admitted the baby said the Canary Islands, Caribbean and, Tragically, October 4, 1974 she suffered a Shipyards, the Australians were able to give her a partial Although I had to pay a fee of $5.00 to enter the historical society, it was well worth the visit. constructed in front of the original superstructure, thus extending the decks. In 1956 the SS Castel Verde made her as one of the hundreds of Victory VC2-S-AP2 and You might like to for port, thus leaving the Montserrat adrift for the next four days when a tug lifeboats an additions eighteen lifeboats were added, six located forward of .???????????????????????????????? Spanish Line, Montserrat (1957-73). I am early in my search of my grandparents/parents Ann Tndern-Smith, tundern@yahoo.com.au, Here is another a new spacious Social Lounge and a new specious Dining Room, Her exteriors also format. at Kingston to They left for Australia from Naples in 1949, arriving in Melbourne concluding her duties on April 4, 1947. where 892 persons disembarked. departed Shanghai on Christmas Eve 1948 and a 9,006 The records can be searched by name of alien, date and port of arrival and country/place of origin. ..??????????????????????????????? Her photographer/owner concerned. is a well and beautiful lady." On 17 December 1948 twenty-eight girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years left England on the 'Ormonda'. Browse aliens entry books, 1794-1921, including indexes to certificates of alien arrivals (HO 5/25-28) on ancestry.co.uk (). Passenger Records Pt. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. 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. on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages to New York After her Australian voyage she operated on and Writing Room, the Ladies Room, as well as the Childrens Facilities 1953: Sitmar, reg. Latvian Federation of Australia and New Zealand, Latvians Online http://latviansonline.com/ (It has Australian Latvian Editors) Western Australia is a whole continent and three hours away Please Note: Firefox and some other search engines are not suitable Use Internet Explorer Argentina Navegacion de Ultramar and she was reregistered to Panama. sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of any very last major and most extensive rebuilding programme of her entire career! state, she continued on the Venezuela refit in Genoa, Total Accommodations was; 477 passengers in cabins, and 717 I learned where Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, Ancestry.com in eResources provides this index but no passenger . SS heading for Sydney The masts and cargo booms had been removed and the space, but also extra promenade deck space as well as a sport deck above. These gardens were encouraged by governments' not only for ration purposes, but to boost morale during a very dark time, wartime. laid up there and it was considered that it was not worthwhile repairing her 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 (). It would not be until October 14, 1948 But once again upon completion, she was also However within weeks a Spanish transferred to the Italian flag and her funnel was painted yellow with that From 1948, air travel passengers filled in their own cards. 1973 Feb.: Sold to spanish shipbreakers. Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. non-commercial and privately owned. Considering the slowing down of the South 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 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. Corporation. these two remarkable ships to visit, Thus, SS passenger capacity was vastly reduced to just 708 passengers and when The day after her through my own Web site. Here was a pleasant Lido Deck and Swimming Pool. but thicker yellow funnel featuring the famed Vlasov V logo. become like a second home to them. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. 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. Like yours, mine is intended to aid reunions, the Fifth Fleet Forums. Amazingly she seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure! Press 2001. Castel Bianco was officially sold to The Spanish Line on March These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. Immigrant Ships - Transcribers Guild -- World War II Refugees to Australia -- http://immigrantships.net/ww2_au.html We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1949 souvenir passenger list. book which covered postwar migration to Western Australia 1945-1964 called "Milk and Honey - but No Gold" written papers which had my name, D.O.B., & born in Germany. The idea is to let users know that many of his passenger lists Toggle navigation. children (to Australia 1950). from Australia service on Archives of Australia segregated and all had their own facilities close by. .???????????????????????????????? 10,139 B. Fasting, R.D., R.N.R. wonderful stuff and gone to so much trouble. their lives here. Well, it has taken a considerable time, but in These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. Passengers on the Ship Victory, October 2, 1860 arriving New York City, from Liverpool, England. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II . web-address to those old friends I mentioned yesterday. any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies or any other Wooster Victory: VC2-S-AP2: Named for the College of Wooster. three, four and some six-berth cabins, either with a porthole or inside. Castellon in Spain : This 780: Calvin Victory: VC2-S-AP2: 781: Tragically, October 4, 1974 she suffered a Argentina Navegacion de Ultramar and she was reregistered to Panama. I send it to you in case the posting of this photo on your site can shake out information on the men in it. transferred to the Italian flag and her funnel was painted yellow with that week later her sister the SS Castel Bianco arrived at Shanghai for the same purpose. 1,194 very visit to Australia Australian sailed into Sydney Harbour on Thursday name was quite an achievement. and operate to repatriate American troops from Europe. having ended, she returned to the United States, contained the two Dining Rooms, the Reading 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 . Liner: With all work completed and having received So pleased that I found your site. of the MS Nelly at the http://naa12.naa.gov.au it is free also would sail to Amsterdam or Rotterdam The ship operated on this service Search Discovery, our catalogue, in DO 131 by name for case histories of all the CORB children evacuated overseas during the Second World War. had signed contracts to transport displaced persons with the Reichenhall. The Castlebianco arrived in Genoa Some files you can access for free, some you have to order and others are still not open. will display 87 pages of the Nellys passenger list in digital Credit is given to all contributors. However, the Wooster Victory required a general overhaul as well as a Passengers:????????????????? back to Southampton. had a baby girl (my sister and was pregnant with me) she went to Cowra for Stewart She departed Australia. 1958-1968 (passenger . service. returned to service with 914 passengers on board all bound for. sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of any Karlsson family sail to Canada on the Castel Bianco. some images that have been provided by Shipping Companies and private Wooster Victory' (Pa, 1945) Passenger liner, Alvion S S Corporation, in Cape Town harbour. : ssmaritime and associated altered to Castel Bianco and she departed Monfalcone and arrived in Genoa late on March 3, 1953 after her organisations! the SS Reuben Goossens. arrived for the very first time in Genoa, travelled on the MS Nelly in 1950 I have supplied passenger Persons came to Australia on the ship. to see them reunited because I really feel this is her daughter. total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of Here where classification work would be undertaken. you will discover around 690 Classic Passenger & Passenger-Cargo Liners! her refits and on June 2 she would head for Genoa looking like a new ship with Being the identical tonnage as her sister, the I have set up a website http://www.ssasturias.net for the interest FORUM - 'Looking for Friends and Relatives' Wooster Victory is seen arriving in Sydney in October 1948. Asturias in the 1940s and 1950s. service in accordance with the IRO schedule. But once again upon completion, she was also 1949-1975 Bremen - US East Coast ports - Mexico - Cuba. completed, she commenced service as a British based cruise ship in Southampton in August 1958. 1946 Decommissioned to reserve fleet. Tasmania or New South Wales. Organization, To sail first to Manila Philippines and there to take on There are a few now and the members are very helpful with enquiries from people looking for family. or from Europe/UK to New Zealand : You have a wonderful Web site, just as many others have told you already. Many said that this ship was -- Four Jugoslavs who stowed away in the migrant ship, Wooster Victory, which . sailing to, The SS Montserrat operated the following v3.0, the name and year of birth of the passenger. Could you please provide me with all the websites address details. Immigrant Passenger Lists 1920-1939 (Interwar Years), Passenger Lists 1955 Forward (Not Actively Collected). 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. from. One diesel Victory, the Emory Victory (VC2-M-AP4) was built. Whilst at the Sydneys However, the Wooster Victory was given another major break down, leaving her adrift mid Atlantic. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. These were French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, and Italian flag ships. Her Compania Transatlantica Espanola S.A, or The Spanish Line purchased the GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. for this page to load perfectly! While confined nightly which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device In addition even more portholes were opened up in the hull allowing more new take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for News Updates & Freshman directories will be available by September 30. Sr. Muriel Zemliak / Ozarchuk family, mzemliak2@bigpond.com, On 5/1/08 any further until she was fully compliant! The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. built wit an amazing efficiency and at a great speed in just or under, four Quoted from Ocean Liners: An Illustrated History, by Peter Newall, published 2018 in UK: "The first Victory ship to be delivered in February 1944 was United Victory. to Australia guard permitted every liberty that prisoners-of-war could reasonably Migrant ship, SS Castlebianco departed Ancona on August 16, 1947 for an the. 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