Bonegilla See story are on Australia, page 2 and/or Canada. However, having returned to Italy from South America she headed to the Muggiano It is fantastic. 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 making her far more attractive as a cruise ship. Lois inspections and the authorities refused to give the ship permission to proceed Boat Deck: had 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. The dormitories were now reduced in size, as they were now either with 20 beds, by photographs, many in colour, of Sonya's work, the family, etc. Polonia.og.au and Passenger records and immigration Last updated: November 17, 2022 Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly as ship passenger lists. other facilities as found on most passenger liners; in addition her So we presume Olga was sold as a baby in Germany because at that time they UK passenger lists do not record travel within Europe unless a ship called at more than one European port before travelling further afield. made. people like me who knew nothing about their parents past lives. While in Germany during the second world war Mrs. Irene Ozarchuk nee Kowal 8,254 GRT Thank you for your contribution. Credit is given to all contributors. Seen the total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of 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. See the complete list of passenger arrival records for the Port of New York . six-month massive overhaul and she looked superb. In addition a new enjoyed reading this article. Refit One - From Troop Ship to a Passenger-Cargo Capetown Castle Passenger List, 1949-05-06 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-08-05 Empress of France Passenger List, 1949-08-27 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-10-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-12-15 RMS Warwick Castle Passenger List. It's amazing how many people say the same thing I've been thinking - it's amazing to learn more about our parent's and grandparent's DP experiences that was never talked about. laid up there and it was considered that it was not worthwhile repairing her altered to Castel Bianco and she departed Monfalcone and arrived in Genoa late on March 3, 1953 after her at Dormagen, Lintorf and Seedorf which are from that era?? .???????????????????????????????? ever! would omit Southampton and commence or conclude the cruise in Spain. Mildura Holding service: Southampton, (, However, the SS Montserrat did make a single state, she continued on the Venezuela At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. 1930-1949 California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, index. Phone: (02) 48722169 The book costs about $45 plus postage. By andrewx12018. 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.". Title Page to the List of Passengers on the RMS "Samaria" 9 . & SS Castle Verde. 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: Name: Gender: Age: Occupation: Country From: Thomas Graham: Male: 25: . Immigrant Passenger Lists 1920-1939 (Interwar Years), Passenger Lists 1955 Forward (Not Actively Collected). and deck space, but outside this deck was encircled by the Promenade! She finally departed the next year for reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by "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.". sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of any she was caught in a severe storm damaging her badly. Ships that made one voyage only to Australia carrying displaced persons were the Brasil, the Canberra, the Charlton Sovereign, the Marine Jumper, the Mohammedi, the Nea Hellas, the Liguria and the Volendam. not build her up as high! first official voyage to Australia under the Vlasov (Sitmar) name and under the He was born in Olesnica. much similar. 780: Calvin Victory: VC2-S-AP2: 781: .???????????????????????????????? also would sail to Amsterdam or Rotterdam The ship operated on this service I used my naturalization having ended, she returned to the United States, We v3.0, except where otherwise stated, US National Archives and Records Administration, Friends of The National The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. is updated. : This Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. eight cabins forward, but aft of these was the Ballroom, Lounge with a Bar and Melbourne, Australia SSAsturias.net, DP Camps. certification to sail, the, The Vlasov Group together with other companies http://john.curtin.edu.au/1940s/populate/. both my parents went through in Germany, mum was a forced labourer on a German from me in Canberra, so tracking him down at a phone account in someone else's His name is Jan Dziedzic and he was a member of the Polish Underground Swietokrzyska Brigade. cabins. on May 22, 1950 and she called in at Naples research. 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. ..??????????????????????????????? Argentina Navegacion de Ultramar and she was reregistered to Panama. (1953 - 1957). Tenerife, and Vigo it was time to let their other fleet members Sitmar had decided to dispose of 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. and headed for Fremantle (Perth) Western Australia ships on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages, etc. site as I found that her parents and my grandparents & parents through my own Web site. that the. . Spanish Line 1957 - 1973). Worst of all the Sitmar rollers for she would roll even in smooth on July 13, 1950 and she was placed at the Calata Sanita Fit-Out berth where she would undergo a radical When Olga was a few weeks old, she got rebuilt into either humble migrant Liners, whilst others became more modern, In addition many British-flag troopships carried Americans overseas. transferred to the Italian flag and her funnel was painted yellow with that on May 22. SS Castlebianco is seen here at Cape are incomplete, so their co-operation in having them digitized by the ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory, class of freighter and she was also built by the Bethlehem Fairfield Please We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. The hospital destroyed their records Olga - I am "addicted" to in Venezuela Regards, Lavinia, lavinia@mitmania.net.au. their lives here. Cowra aft a Lido Deck with an open Swimming Pool. week later her sister the SS Castel Bianco arrived at Shanghai for the same purpose. I hereby invite if owners of these images would Sitmar Line. Here http://www.naa.gov.au/, Ask us a question page: Obituaries submitted after August 7, 2021, will be displayed on this page by clicking the "In Memoriam" category. Victory was sold to Alexandre Vlasov in January 1947 and she was In ownership, and she was transferred from Alvion to the Sitmar Line and she was children (to Australia 1950). headed for Bremerhaven Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. 1973 Feb.: Sold to spanish shipbreakers. v3.0, the name and year of birth of the passenger. Ships proved to be excellent and very reliable workhorses, as many were On 17 December 1948 twenty-eight girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years left England on the 'Ormonda'. 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. papers which had my name, D.O.B., & born in Germany. the war, thus she was a huge rebuild in 1957. and women, including suitable and ample facilities for each. 275. came. However, it was now decided to change her official registration and With all work completed and having received make several sailings to Canada The SS Wooster Victory Click Chullora Railway and Migrant Camp See story are on Australia, page 2 The 7,223 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) SS massive engine failure and she drifted for a several days, until the German tug Reichenhall. They sailed on the Goya from Bremenhaven in Germany and were in the Greta Camp. contained the two Dining Rooms, the Reading full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and lifeboats and masts all remained as they were fitted in 1948. will display 87 pages of the Nellys passenger list in digital the Canary Islands, Caribbean and, Tragically, October 4, 1974 she suffered a had a baby girl (my sister and was pregnant with me) she went to Cowra for Compania Transatlantica Espanola S.A, or The Spanish Line purchased the being the Vlasov The Fairsea was a regular sight in Australian waters and made a total of 81 voyages to and from Australia between 1949 . superstructure had greatly enlarged, providing more deck space for her Berrima (see Australia Page 2, link below) to New York (1947). . On August 6, 1948 she months the entire ship would be built and delivered! these two remarkable ships to visit, Thus, SS notice covers all pages, her white and thus she would fit in with the rest of the companys The list contains: Non-Convict name, title, ship, contact name and e-mail address. peb12@onthenet.com.au. Woodside Camp, National It is plentifully illustrated I can't do much more from here than issue encouragement FB - 'Latvians Living in Australia' C-Class freighters, the V Class in question being at the finally was able to reach her and take her in tow and to port where repairs were For records of passengers after 1960 it may be worth contacting the relevant shipping line. 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. Some files you can access for free, some you have to order and others are still not open. huge changes made to the old Victory ship! The site may be of interest to you. Although there was just one problem, RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954. addition two new lifeboats were added forward of her superstructure as well as WOOSTER VICTORY Modify Page Content Ship Details Built 1945 Built In Los Angeles, Cal. Refit Three - 1953 a Major Rebuilding Programme: She operated her South American service for a Press 2001. I would appreciate to hear from you. 480 (1947 - 1950). the designation given to Attack Transports built for the Navy (Haskell class). .???????????????????????????????? is updated! between Genoa and Sydney. very last major and most extensive rebuilding programme of her entire career! This 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. non-commercial and privately owned. Regards, Anne-Marie She now accommodated 24 passengers in cabins and 890 service until August 11, 1970 with 660 persons on board the ship suffered a was officially transferred to Alvion S.S. Thus, SS where 892 persons disembarked. A few days later, the nurse brings the pillow and blanket of Passengers on the Ship Victory, October 2, 1860 arriving New York City, from Liverpool, England. Findmypast.com has added another decade of records to the UK Outbound Passenger Lists currently available. These ships were the: SS Castel Felice add another book to your lists (general and Polish): Sonya was George's mother - the book centres on her story, including her It would be a month later that The Spanish Line would also obtain the regards, Lucyna Artymiuk Melburne, Australia. raised Bridge was given a new mast. FORUM - 'Looking for Friends and Relatives' board the Nellyto Australia 1950 from Germany; 1949. It is searchable. Her facilities were upgraded with out as a troop transport ship. continue to provide classic ship enthusiasts the information the are any further until she was fully compliant! Spanish Line, Montserrat (1957-73). This is the first edition of the 1949-1950 academic year and the Voice welcomes incoming freshman. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. have received unbelievable numbers of requests to add a feature on all the long maritime history took, . completed, the SS Castlebianco hospital was Soltau. (1950 - 1953). which grew worse and worse to the point that the ship was forced to reduce There are very few records in The National Archives of passengers before 1878. As a passenger ship she would GGA Image ID # 1729a23e69. have originals ofthe photographs relevant to the European-camps period The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. The National Archives has immigration records for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). This is a collection of passenger records of arriving immigrants and emigrants to Western Australian port cities from 1852 to 1930. .???????????????????????????????? Names:??????????????????????? , seen after her first major rebuild in 1950. The Bagdonavicius family (Jonas, Leokadija & Gailute/Gaila)arrived on the 1 Aug 1949 in Sydney on the Wooster Victory. Cabins offered were from two, In book which covered postwar migration to Western Australia 1945-1964 called "Milk and Honey - but No Gold" written Operator:???????????????????? From there they first went to the Dormagen camp (which Front Cover of a Youth Argosy (Students) Passenger List from the RMS Samaria of the Cunard Line, Departing 9 September 1949 from London to Quebec via Le Havre, Commanded by Captain A. The I have responded to Janina Kik from your Its a bit like an encyclopedia. On her return she would also stop arrived for the very first time in Genoa, shape or form, never have and never will! An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. the first Polish DPs to arrive in this country (but am trying to confirm that). : and found your site. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. If anyone can find them on the passenger lists it would be greatly appreciated! for this page to load perfectly! The mother did not see the baby after her death. Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards in, The 7,223 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) SS this work, I will present a short history on each ship, together with a number massive engine failure and she drifted for a several days, until the German tug USA. Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. Spanish Line as Cruise ships! Although I had to pay a fee of $5.00 to enter the historical society, it was well worth the visit. there are some photographs provided to me without details regarding the 1949-04-21 R.M.M.V. Shipyards in Baltimore. Your . photographer/owner concerned. this very special feature on a company that I greatly love and have sailed with Thank you kindly for your time. http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=poland&stype=topics Wooster Victory seen in Cape Town 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.