PASSENGER LISTS Journey to Australia Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. Ft. Screven, American Ex. This ship had gone wrong and could not be steered, so on a raging wave she plunged right into the middle of our ship, tearing a great hole in her side. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, (image) The Australian National Maritime Museum began collecting maritime artefacts long before it opened its doors in 1991. The inclusion of Dutch, German, Swedish, Portuguese and other foreign ships means that some ships will have names that may initially look like mis- transcriptions. These are digitised records from two. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. FOR SALE! You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. His mother, Mrs. Sam Smith, 348 Kilgore St., Cincinnati, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. In addition, crew on passenger lists are not normally shown, although the captain or master is usually named on the header pages and some pre-printed and other lists do give details of senior staff. I have a copy of my Grandfathers letter of recommendation advising all records went down with the ship and I also have a painting of the HMS Otranto and the Mounsey coming along side. Like rival Dutch shipping company Nederland Line's passenger ship Oranje, the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd's William Ruys served the Netherlands-Indonesia route after the war, having been built in 1947 for that purpose. For November and December 1960 only, sea departure cards are available to view, as well as the regular passenger lists, in some cases. Both were game-changers which popularized a new genre. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. We have constructed the database in such as way so that, where a port has had two names within the period covered by the BT27 data series, the ports are joined together in the drop-down list and therefore are searched together. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. My hopes and prayers are that he may yet survive. Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. Many of the deaths of drowned men came from the C. A. C. September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven, Georgia, as the Otranto was carrying this unit when the shik sank on October 6, 1918. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. River ports on such navigable rivers as the Amazon and the Yukon mean that, for example, inland locations such as Manaus (Brazil) and Dawson City (Canada) are included. Pvt. Thomas and Margaret Goodwin had a son named Charles Goodwin who served in the Scottish Rifles and was killed in action during WWI just two years earlier at the Battle of the Somme when only 19-years of age and he is buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. They would carry passengers to America, and take cargo back for Europe. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. The Persian Gulf is included under Iran but a voyage marked as heading for that destination might of course have called at ports on the opposite side of the Gulf: you need to search under Iran to cover this possibility. He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. Dilts was given to me by his daughter Barbara Dilts Joike who on December 17, 2004, turned 90 years old. He tried to time his jump to the destroyer so he would land on the destroyer as it was at its wave peak or at least just starting back down. The ship Alfred, 635 tons, H. E. Decker, commander, from Hamburgh 20th August, and Rio 17th October, arrived last evening, with 275 passengers, chiefly from Silisea and Saxony. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, I was under water for the third time. The conditions of the sea at that time were swells of 15 to 20 feet or more and men were being thrown across the deck of the ship. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. All British ports found so far within the BT27 passenger lists are given in an alphabetical A-Z drop-down list. We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies and courts in the following states: New Jersey New York Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Hours and Address Enlarge Directions Address One Bowling Green, Room 328 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-401-1620 Toll-free: 1-866-840-1752 Fax: 212-401-1638 Email: newyork.archives@nara.gov Hours Passengers For New England, 1638, pg 108. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. This photo is previous to his service on the Otranto and is of a group of sailors from the HMS Pembroke. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. Lisa continues, They were both very young men at the time. He mistimed it. I saw a number of men jump for the destroyer but miss and fall between where they were smashed to death or drowned. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. The manoeuvring of the Mounsey was magnificent and the destroyer was in danger of being dashed to pieces her self and she was taking on water. A full account of the Johnson-Jeffries fight was received from the Macedonia's operator on Monday. Pvt. There is a memorial tombstone for him erected in the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia that says: "Lost at sea on the Otranto off the coast of Scotland". Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. Traduzioni in contesto per "advised to return him" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: Given his history, I was advised to return him to the authorities. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. SBS TV | SBS Radio | SBS On Demand, news, sport, food, movies Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. This list is only for people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on convict transport ships, and were not convicts, e.g. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 I did have his Mandolin but at one point in my life I was really down and out and my Mom told me to sell it which I did now I wish I had kept it. When we landed I found I couldnt walk very well. Clifford Ardell Carpenter - Born 21 October 1876 in Oconomowoc, WI, died 6 October 1918 off the Coast of Scotland during the sinking of the Otranto. The ship was named after the town of Otranto in Apulia in southern Italy. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Her name is Brooke and she lives in Napier, New Zealand. The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. Pvt. Captain Ernest W. Davidson true to the ancient traditions of the sea, stayed with his ship and went down with her in the terrible sea as he saluted his men for one last time. I cannot write any more. crew, passengers, military. For Dutch ships, for example Damsterdijk, also spelt Damsterdyk, only one version of the name has been selected, allowing you to view passenger lists for both spellings with one search. "7h:100c:95f" was written by Kevin Rodriguez and Lauren Shippen. Port of arrival. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. A man from my hometown saw me when I was eleven while I was unveiling the monument to the service men and he told me that he was on the same ship and saw my dad try to jump from the Otranto to the Mounsey which had pulled alongside and he fell in between. His father, Frank Kish of 2885 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Voyages from all British (English, Welsh and Scottish) ports, and from all Irish ports before partition in 1921 and all Northern Irish ports after partition, are covered in BT27. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. Ascension is included under St Helena. He worked hard at home to regain strength and range of motion and was far more successful that had been predicted by his surgeon. Victor Morris Perrin passed away in 1967 in Naples, Florida. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. 406 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. The wave seemed like huge mountains. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. Roy C. Dilts was most likely in the same unit from Ft. Screven, Georgia as Cpl. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. Edward was the only one accepted that night. Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Vessels arriving by year. In the Second World War the second Otranto was converted into a troop ship and a Landing ship, infantry. Researchers should note that this means that occasionally you may see two entries for the same individual which correspond to two different original copies of the same list. 406. Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. What do I need to know before I start? We left Camp Merritt, N.J., on the 24th of September and went to New York; there we boarded the transport that was to take us over there. As we left our dear old country and bid adieu to the Statue of Liberty in a mist of rain, so our view of land was hidden. Edward Lewis Williams was a coal miner living in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! The first was a 1909 passenger liner that in 1914 became the armed merchant cruiser HMSOtranto and in 1918 was lost as a result of a collision. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. Pvt. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. Your ancestor may have arrived as an individual or with family. Corporal Herbert A. Dodd drowned 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. Born in Union County, North Carolina he was the son of Reese & Tabitha/Tobitha (Helms) Haywood. Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant's name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin. From the Obituary section of The Allentown Morning Call, in Allentown, Pennsylvania: Private John C. Geiger, up to the time of enlistment last August, employed by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company as their travelling freightagent, perished on the transport Otranto when in a collision off the Irish Coast she was beached and battered to pieces causing a loss of over 200 soldiers, Private Geiger was 33 years of age, and was known by all as a good fellow, genial, always wearing a smile and ready to do a good turn for anyone. Just a few days before his enlistment he bought himself a new automobile for her pleasure. You can search these arrival records in our collection. The Willem Ruys and Oranje passed in opposite directions . My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. U.S.N.S. Let us know. She reported to Admiral Cradock in his flagship, HMS Good Hope and then made her escape as she was no match for the German guns. Not all lists have survived. Please note that not all ports are sea ports. Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft. The life boats were lowered to act as fenders between the two ships but boat after boat was smashed into matchwood. The Alfred brings no mail. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. 1938 The Australia service extended to New Zealand. National Work Council. 61541: Wayne. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. Pearl B. Horn passed away in 1969. Passenger lists are indexed for the years 1845 - 1886 . . However, in other instances, the port in question can be small and obscure, or now known by a different name, or not have a unique name. Corporal Toy C. Dilts was in the US Army Coast Artillery and on October 6th was on the Troopship Otranto when she collided with the P&O liner H.M.S. September 25th saw the Otranto leaving America with a full load of troops on which, would be her last trip across the Atlantic. On 7 September 1918, he registered for WWI draft and was serving as the YMCA Ocean Transport Secretary en route to Paris when he sailed on the HMS Otranto. He was 20 years old at the time he enlisted and was born in Montgomery, Alabama and lived at the home of his father George W. Smith, at 1111 E. Lurna St. in Pensacola, Florida at the time he enlisted. On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. Men were beginning to jump off the Otranto and onto the Mounsey some timing the jumps right and making it to the Mounsey and others were crushed as the two ships slammed together. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. Pvt. If you wish to search by country, simply select the country but leave the destination port dropdown at its default 'all ports within destination country' setting. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. It is now Sunday afternoon and I shall write you an account of myself. Pvt. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 31 July 1918 at the age of 19 1/2 years old. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. However, often you will need to view both card and list, as sea departure cards usually do not contain details of destination, although they do have the date and departure port, meaning that you should be able to tell if a card relates to the same voyage as a passenger list found in your search. Phone: (902)-569-2333 and (902)-894-9885 The following 4 vessels, the Alexander, Jane, Lucy, and British Queen were all associated with the migration of Scots Catholics from Clanranald's Estates! Finally, the islands of the Caribbean have been grouped together under a single West Indies heading, with the exception of the large islands of Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic and Jamaica, which have their own entries. For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. Lisa recalls that Owen Tucker, her grandfather never spoke about the disaster but his brother Edward Tucker did only when he had a couple of drinks.
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