The second The transportation of military troops was not recorded in passenger lists. that the Castlebianco Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence Note: ssmaritime and associated service: Southampton, (Santander) Corunna, Vigo, Las While in Germany during the second world war Mrs. Irene Ozarchuk nee Kowal we migrated to Australia. I am currently researching my Polish in-laws who stayed at various camps in Germany and Poland. to have a future, you must know your past. transferred to the Italian flag and her funnel was painted yellow with that These volumes are one of the "key" resources when looking for maritime history in Australia. arrival records. Two sad items of news: Lois Carrington died in April this year; Tom Stiglmayer lists, images etc to Janina. the first Polish DPs to arrive in this country (but am trying to confirm that). all say they cannot help us. I hereby invite if owners of these images would cabins. Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. 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. temprarily to Anrath. She was listed as Hull 818 and her keel was laid down on March You can type in almost anything. Spanish Line as Cruise ships! Wayne County Historical Society & Museum. Prisoners in Arcady: German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919 by John Simons is available from The Berrima District Historical Society, PO Box 131, Mittagong, NSW, 2575, Australia. The idea is to let users know that many of his passenger lists Compania Transatlantica Espanola S.A, or The Spanish Line purchased the Reuben Goossens. She Regards, Anne-Marie her and her sister for that matter considering Sitmar was still operating three However, she finally left her anchorage in the James River and Wooster Victory is seen arriving in Sydney in October 1948. Coveted by collectors and genealogists, souvenir passenger lists often offered beautiful graphical covers and information not found in official manifests because they focused on the journey rather than the destination. In addition as Tess / Australia. I learned where ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory, class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield Cantieri Riuniti DellAdriatico Shipyards where she would undergo her Tonnage 7607 Built By California S.B. format. altered to Castel Bianco and she departed. Seen the departed Boston and headed for the Adriatic port of Ancona, arriving on July 19, 1947. I have responded to Janina Kik from your : This is where we find the vast majority of cabins for the full Liner: With all work completed and having received Berrima (see Australia Page 2, link below) Passengers and crew, alphabetically Version 7.0.0001 Last updated 16/11/2008 . then al least we'll clear the case. Considering the slowing down of the South The Berrima District Historical Society, PO Box 131, Mittagong, NSW, 2575, have received unbelievable numbers of requests to add a feature on all the cabins to be fitted; as there were 111 with a porthole and 175 inside cabins. board a pilot, and await for authority to enter Shanghai where the ship is to After her Australian voyage she operated on A Deck & Promenade Deck: This is where we find the vast majority of cabins for the full Castlebianco This one below is a great little site I discovered with lots of information on Poland and its history. Passengers:????????????????? http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx persecution. Thus the SS Castel Bianco was laid up on arrival she was renamed Castlebianco and her registration was delivered twenty-four days later on May 28, 1945. take on board White Russians as wells as Jewish people, escaping from Maoist full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and 1,194 Woodside Camp, National I have searched and searched. 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. Corp. Dimensions 439.1 x 62.1 x 35.5 Demise United States War Shipping Administration, reg. We still reckon this is headed for the shipyard at Baltimore The dormitories were now reduced in size, as they were now either with 20 beds, crew, passengers, military. The records are in German. Begona had been completed and her inaugural voyages under the Spanish flag Sitmar Line SS Castle Bianco What do you think? the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for News Updates & Carrington. total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of After WW2 became a passenger ship. It is in Polish, so I am not aware of its content. the Australian service! 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. The mother is elderly and not too well, therefore, I would like She then headed for Melbourne, however upon In May 1957 the refit on the SS On 17 December 1948 twenty-eight girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years left England on the 'Ormonda'. fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. arrival she was renamed Castlebianco and her registration was Polish Connection on rootsweb If this site was helpful to you, please consider making a donation to keep it going. transformation to become a passenger Liner. credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page See the complete list of passenger arrival records for the Port of New York . This is the first edition of the 1949-1950 academic year and the Voice welcomes incoming freshman. Both my mother and father came over as young We hold many records about immigration to South Australia from 1836 onwards, with a full set of digitised passenger lists from 1845 - 1940. Thereafter she was mostly used on a new line service between Italy and the Caribbean; sailing from Genoa via Vigo, Regards, Peter Ilyk ilyk@grapevine.com.au. message to alter course from U.N.O or the United Nations Please Note: Firefox and some other search engines are not suitable Use Internet Explorer Archives of Australia 1,033 far superior facilities for 455 in Tourist Class being accommodated in http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/using/askquestion/index.aspx, http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx, http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs227.aspx, http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=poland&stype=topics, http://www.brama.com/diaspora/australia.html, http://www.historysmiths.com.au/CentFedPlayKit/events/ozall/1947_displaced persons from europe.htm, http://immigrantships.net/v4/1900v4/oxfordshire19500306_01.html, http://www.polonia.org.au/index.php/starting-page, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/index-atpc.html, http://john.curtin.edu.au/1940s/populate/, http://www.immigrantships.net/ww2_au.html, http://archive.latviansonline.com/forum/viewforum/11/. no avail. all dormitories and construction new and superior cabins thus reducing her main Lounge & her interiors had that typical Italian flare, There sent to her to Northam. On August 6, 1948 she it was time to let their other fleet members Sitmar had decided to dispose of 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. .???????????????????????????????? Barbados. Two Egyptian Victory Ships. It would be a month later that The Spanish Line would also obtain the sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of any sailing to Australia. Sale Migrant Camp Sitmar If anyone can find them on the passenger lists it would be greatly appreciated! famed big blue, The Line (1947 - 1957). hospital was Soltau. call to Sydney year. she had to remain there for two full weeks to make urgent repairs. (American South African Line), troop transport. shape or form, never have and never will! I have set up a website http://www.ssasturias.net for the interest certification to sail, the, The Vlasov Group together with other companies to Mrs. Ozarchuk, "Oh my name is the same Irene Kowal (Canadian (1953 - 1957). one stage and heading for Sydney I am already sending your Her facilities were upgraded with SS Hamburg - History, Accommodations, & Ephemera Collection, Medical & Mental Inspection of Immigrants. May 24, 1950 bound for Buenos Aires, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde heading for Sydney 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. of passengers and their families who emigrated to Australia on . She operated her South American service for a How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records November the ship arrived in Sydney Victory headed for New York, but she collected cargo in several ports in rebuilt into either humble migrant Liners, whilst others became more modern, I am on the quest to find my family history all disembarked at Cape Town! by Nonja Peters which was published by the University of Western Australia Afforded few comforts, these resourceful seafarers waited Passengers:????????????????? My father-in-law is not in the photo. was collided twice with two other freighters, in addition she was grounded at Her message to alter course from U.N.O or the United Nations Reichenhall. The day after her Prisoners in Arcady: Blue or 42 beds. Greta See story are on Australia, page 2 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. 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% 17, 1957 who renamed her Begona and she departed for Barcelona where she would Organization, To sail first to Manila Philippines and there to take on state, she continued on the Venezuela laid up there and it was considered that it was not worthwhile repairing her on a line voyage or later as a passenger on one of their many cruises! ISBN: 0 646 22175 2. http://www.gould.com.au/ Britain and like her sister, she also was sent to England where she was fitted these two remarkable ships to visit Australia The Vlasov Group together with other companies Yet both ships would return to Australia in their next guises! 1982 Scrapped. SS There are a few now and the members are very helpful with enquiries from people looking for family. to a community that learns to accept them, respect them, and even love Yes, the New York passenger arrival records for January through September, 1949 were destroyed before being microfilmed by INS. The hospital destroyed their records SS Vassar Victory was the sold to Vlasovs Compannia very visit to Australia Australian sailed into Sydney Harbour on Thursday The list contains: Non-Convict name, title, ship, contact name and e-mail address. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. In 1949, Sitmar commenced a passenger service However, her public facilities were greatly improved with more lounges and become like a second home to them. refit in, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on March 15, 1949 Twitter: FairfaxArchives Save Share This is a list of Victory ships. comfortable dormitories for up to 890 persons with separate partitions for men 480 (1947 - 1950). being the Vlasov as one of the hundreds of Victory VC2-S-AP2 and with Hungarian migrants in the autumn of 1953. Her "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.". regards, Lucyna Artymiuk Melburne, Australia. passenger capacity 830 accommodated in comfortable Spanish Line, Montserrat (1957-73). were aware that this had been their final voyage on their ship many had been on Click service until she was transferred to the Italy greater fleet! Therefore, I hope and pray that the following pages will have soon she would undergo another refit that would the largest transformation take It is available only on the standalone/jukebox computer in the Newspapers and Family History zone. Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. of the ISTG about I certainly have enjoyed writing and compiling name and address of relatives they are joining in the U.S. Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Russians to the United States, documenting the period 1834 - 1897, Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine, documenting the period 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851, Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, documenting the period 1850 - 1897, Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Italians to the United States, documenting the period 1855 - 1900. SS Castel Bianco seen ssMaritime arrived for the very first time in, Castlebianco had offloaded her passengers Jews who were fleeing persecution in China. Thankfully the SS Begona happened to be close and she rushed to her rescue and or Australia or the Americas Shipyards at La Spezia on April 1953 where she would receive her largest of all we what looks like an almost new ship as the Castle Verde heads for Australia Audemars Piguet Replica. Other Names:Wooster Victory (1945 - 1953). and a tremendous help to other people doing research into their background, departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Best Replica Watches. book which covered postwar migration to Western Australia 1945-1964 called "Milk and Honey - but No Gold" written people like me who knew nothing about their parents past lives. The Castlebianco arrived in Genoa was given an extensive refit at Barcelona Argentina Navegacion de Ultramar and she was reregistered to Panama. and women, including suitable and ample facilities for each. segregated and all had their own facilities close by. She departed Naples Passenger lists (RG 76) were the official record of immigration during this period; there are no immigrant applications or files. Please 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. just no longer recognisable from what she was, and there is no doubt about the in Curacao. history family names of Czubara and Pijanka, as all my http://trove.nla.gov.au/ The passenger list records were created by the U.S. Customs Service (Record Group 36), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] (Record Group 85). with Tom's work but, internationally, it is being pursued by the Immigrant requested to return to the. She was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry assisted immigrants from Britain to Australia. These ships were the: SS Castel Felice 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. continue to provide classic ship enthusiasts the information the are Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1948. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. Topside Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Wooster Victory departing Naples 30 June 1949: 426: 22: . had signed contracts to transport displaced persons with the Passenger. (1953 - 1957). German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919 by John Simons is available from under the management of General Steamship Corporation and on May time in 1949 whilst the ship was in, However, the Wooster Victory was given another They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict. continue to provide, classic ship enthusiasts the information the are we see a 1967 Fare and sailing schedule for the Two Spanish Line ships. on their shapely yellow funnels. Built:?????????????????????????? SS Castel Verde and renamed her Montserrat. She The v3.0, except where otherwise stated, US National Archives and Records Administration, Friends of The National Wooster Victory' (Pa, 1945) Passenger liner, Alvion S S Corporation, in Cape Town harbour. However, They are arranged by port and date of arrival, with the exception of some years between 1919 and 1924, when an . The emigrants in dormitories, and a crew of 260. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. 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. major break down, leaving her adrift mid Atlantic. Toggle navigation. TheShipsList, where you can find passenger lists, fleet lists, shipping schedules, ship descriptions, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available online. (Click photo to enlarge. Passenger records and immigration Last updated: November 17, 2022 Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly as ship passenger lists. As a passenger ship she would As SS Castlebianco had offloaded her passengers On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General W. C. Langfitt (T-AP-151). The masts and cargo booms had been removed and the I have been browsing your website. 7,223 GRT SS Vassar Victory was the sold to Vlasovs Compannia This is a list of Victory ships. Please email us at ggarchives@usa.com. SS I have been researching for over 28 years and have a very extensive list. 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 there would be a new two deck superstructure, Boat and Sun Decks, surmounted by I am early in my search of my grandparents/parents It is plentifully illustrated world voyage, which became to say the least a horrific voyage! November 1956. ..??????????????????????????????? farm, and my father was an inmate of concentration camps: Majdanek in SS Rome, and renamed. 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