1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. Newsome was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. General MB Stewart arrived at the port of New York from Bremenhaven on 22 Feb 1952 - two manifest pages have been transcribed partial passenger list. Below is an article written in the Monroe Journal October 29, 1918: [1] The 1900 Union County, NC census (Vance Township, stamped page 278) indicates the month and year of his birth as November 1898 whereas the death notice puts his birth year as about 1894. 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. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. In the early decades covered by BT27, you are likely to see these places written on the actual lists as Natal (sometimes abbreviated simply to N) and Algoa Bay (often shown as A Bay). Where an age is given for a passenger in the original list, we have calculated the approximate year of birth using the simple subtraction of the age from the year of voyage. The Otranto is the first of the new Orient liners to be fitted with wireless, and during her present trip she was able to maintain communication with 23 shore stations and 45 steamers. 1965 P&O acquired the whole of the Orient Line shareholding and the company became a P&O subsidiary. HMS Otranto men listed on The Australian Naval War Memorial in Canberra: M. McNally, lost while serving on the Otranto. And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. 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. S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. FOR SALE! 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. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. 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! Notes. You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. Analysis. These voyages often called en route at additional ports, including those in Europe, and any passengers disembarking at these stops are included. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA; 1820 to July 29, 1891 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers) (National Archives Publication M277, 115 rolls) The original customs passenger lists for Boston prior to 1883 were destroyed in a fire. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. The passenger train was carrying 342 travellers and 10 crew, with two crew on the cargo train, Hellenic Train data showed. Both were game-changers which popularized a new genre. The Passengers of the May Flower in 1620 [pg 47] Passengers of the Mary and John, p. 265. 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 The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. Blair Witch launched the "found footage" horror trope and Otranto inaugurated the "Gothic." Interestingly enough, Otranto also employs a "found footage" gimmick with its first edition, pretending that the original manuscript was hundreds of years old, unearthed from the . But I meant to do all in my power to make good. Arthur Harmon, No. Arthur Harmon was badly injured when he leaped from the deck of the sinking ship to that of a destroyer and recovered in the Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, Ireland. He enlisted 12 March, 1918 from Beloit, Kansas and was assigned to the 4th Co. CAC, Ft. Screven. Pvt. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. Secondly, a passenger who is shown as aged 30 on a voyage on 10th June 1935 may have been travelling on their 30th birthday and only just turned 30, or they may have been on the eve of their 31st birthday. Also on his discharge papers, it gives the dates of his departure on Sept. 25, 1918 to go overseas, and his return date of January 14, 1919. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. Passenger lists usually give details of the overseas port to which the passenger is sailing, while remaining silent on the country in which the port is situated. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. Some are typed, others are handwritten; some record only a minimum of detail about the passengers, others include a wealth of information down to exact address and ultimate destination overseas. "MED" or medical reasons. Give my love to all the others and love and kisses to you, the dearest of mothers! Other services may also be available. 1966 The Orient Line name was dropped and thenceforward disappeared. This information on Cpl. William Patrick Battle, Jr. was from Augusta, Georgia. Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! Your son, ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. Year Title Description Download ; 1926 : Hatarana : 232/1926 - Hatarana : PDF: 1926 : Mongolia Please note that not all ports are sea ports. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. His service number was 213177 and died while serving on the ship on 26 March 1918. The Australian National Maritime Museum began collecting maritime artefacts long before it opened its doors in 1991. Additionally, this record set contains no incoming voyages to Britain. Born in Union County, North Carolina he was the son of Reese & Tabitha/Tobitha (Helms) Haywood. 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". The ABA was a 7,937 gross ton passenger ship, 450ft x 55.8ft, twin screw motor ship, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 225-1st, 70-2nd and 70-3rd class passengers. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. Then many years later, in 1949 she received a further refit to accommodate 1,052 One Class immigrants. He was the son of Harrison C. Carpenter and Laura S. Grover, I (Debbie Baker) am descended from his sister, Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. Seaman Turner made it safely and years later was able to tell his story to his grandson, Wayne. Oct. 13, 1918. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. Pvt. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. Some destination ports can be difficult to distinguish in the early handwritten records. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. I had looked for brother but was unable to find him. Pvt. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. In the stories that Pearl Horn told to his son Paul, he told about the adventure of, Having to jump on to the deck of the British destroyer, and that many refused to do so and according to the various accounts that are now available on the web, over 400 died. 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. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. Sugar was sent to Europe for the service men who did not get it because it was on the wharf in France and got rained on. Debbie Baker tells of Clifford Ardell Carpenter her 2nd great-grand-uncle sailing aboard the HMS Otranto. She spent the last months of 1914 in the South Atlantic off the West Coast of South America looking for the German Cruiser Squadron commanded by Admiral von Spee. I cannot learn anything about him here, and I cannot get out of the hospital yet to search for him. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. The waves were so high and the destroyer so heavily loaded until she turned almost over. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. Rafts and crushed lifeboats were used between the two ships so she would not be hit so hard. It is not known what the reason for his death was. Redirecting to https://www.shf.org.au/archives-research/ephemera/ephemera-otranto. Pvt. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Sergeant Battle enlisted into the Army on July 8, 1918 at Fort Screven, Georgia, and was attached to the Coast Artillery Corps. For instance, a person living in Scotland is more likely to have sailed from Glasgow or one of the other Scottish ports. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. Roy C. Dilts was most likely in the same unit from Ft. Screven, Georgia as Cpl. Find a ship: In this database you will be able to find ships, not only those which departed directly from Norway, but also other transatlantic ships which carried emigrants. I cannot write any more. 1949: Resumed Australian service. Dilts tried to jump from the Otranto onto the Mounsey and fell in between. You'll find steamship captains from Cunard, White Star, Inman, Guion, Anchor, American, Red Star, CGT French Line, and many others. HMS Otranto, killed and died, casualty lists, November 1918 World War 1, Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies Researched & compiled by Don Kindell 1st - 31st OCTOBER 1918 in date, ship/unit & name order SS Leinster, lost 10 October 1918 with Royal Navy men onboard (Dave Martin, click to enlarge) on to November 1918 Notes: He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. 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Kashmir off the coast of Scotland. He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. The names of wives and children were often not included. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Seaman Francis Edwin Turner is marked with the "X", middle of the back row. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. The National Maritime collection contains a rich and diverse range of historic artefacts and contains over 140,000 objects. We had quite a bit of rain, and a heavy sleet fell upon us too. On 6 Oct. 1918, during a heavy storm while carrying troops from America to Glasgow and Liverpool, HMS Otranto collided with the P&O liner H.M.S. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. 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. I wrote you last Monday saying that I had landed safely. Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. Vessel. It was the lookouts from the Otranto that first spotted the German fleet. Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. When the destroyer reached port he was virtually frozen stiff to the railings and they had difficulty prying him loose.. Marshal claims that the manuscript takes place "in the darkest ages of Christianity" but that the story's language is far . Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. Wherever we can, we have paired each port with its matching country. For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. The sea then began to get restless. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. Her name is Brooke and she lives in Napier, New Zealand. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M237, rolls 95-580 and T715 . Not all lists have survived. 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. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. 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. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. He and others had climbed to the top deck on the port side. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). His father, Samuel Dull of Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Date of Departure: 30 June 1903. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. McAfee was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Barrow. Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. Cpl. listen to the trailer where to start 01. Please note that the A-Z drop-down list of countries includes larger and less precise entities such as Africa, Antarctica, Far East, Mediterranean Ports and South America, for cases where more specific information is not available. example: 1851 passenger list (scroll down) l847 Canadian list. For example, in the 1890s passenger lists the city known as Jakarta was generally referred to as Batavia, so if you select the destination country Indonesia you will find that we have joined together these two names as Jakarta (Batavia) in the dropdown list of ports. The life boats were lowered to act as fenders between the two ships but boat after boat was smashed into matchwood. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. Men were in the raging sea and clinging to anything that would float. Laid down in 1916 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for the Imperial Russian Government, work was suspended when the October Revolution occurred and she was taken over by the Shipping . You need to bear in mind also that a significant proportion of passengers are shown on the original list without an age - these 'blank' ages are shown in your returned results together with those of the right year of birth, so that you can consider them as well. Arrived at Faslane for scrapping by British Iron & Steel Corp. 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. You need to sign in to tag. What kind of passenger records do we hold? He sailed on the Otranto with Casual Company No. The three parts of a list may be on a single page or spread over two or more pages. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. 1954 Nov 12. Edward Lewis Williams was a coal miner living in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. Find out where they were going and where they were coming from, where they called home as well as their age, occupation and whether they were married or single. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. Private Pearl B. Horn, was one of the American soldiers who was on the Otranto when she sank off the coast of Scotland and Ireland on October 6, 1918. Dilts was given to me by his daughter Barbara Dilts Joike who on December 17, 2004, turned 90 years old. Forces. Looking for . This photo is previous to his service on the Otranto and is of a group of sailors from the HMS Pembroke. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. It will be quite well in a few days and I will be able to leave here. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. His mother, Mrs. Martha McAfee, R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. When we got on deck we found a very strong wind and high waves. Somehow the waves carried my left leg underneath one of the chains and the weight of the anchor chain held me in a straining position until another wave loosened me. The passenger lists are arranged in chronological order of arrival of ships 1898-1963 and aircraft 1952-1963 interfiled (note: during 1945 a number of military flights ferried passengers and military personnel into Perth - these were usually Catalinas or Liberators which are denoted by a 5 letter call sign, e.g., G.AGUK, G.AGFM). Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. These ships' names have also been standardised, i.e., Munchen/Muenchen is listed under Munchen only. Ascension is included under St Helena. Pvt. Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Bowden, surgeon-superintendent, reports them to be in a highly healthy state, no diseases but measles having exhibited itself. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. Pvt. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. September 25th saw the Otranto leaving America with a full load of troops on which, would be her last trip across the Atlantic. Orient. 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. Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. 61541: Wayne. The author of the preface, "William Marshal, Gent.," claims that he found a 1529 copy of The Castle of Otranto in its original Italian in the library of an ancient Catholic family in northern England. The Battle of Coronel took place on 1 November 1914 with the loss of the British ships HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with very heavy loss of life. Read tagging guidelines. Many passengers are described as going on a round trip or a tourist cruise, and these are all grouped together under the single header Round Voyage. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Paul F. Smith service number 793373 was killed during the sinking of the Otranto on 6 October, 1918. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. When World War II broke out in 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned Otranto and had her converted into a troop ship. Passengers For New England, pg 407. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Pvt. 718867. OTRANTO December 6th 1947 PASSENGER LIST EMPIRE DEBEN July 30th 1947 PASSENGER LIST MV DORSETSHIRE September 4th 1951 PASSENGER LIST EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND February 14 1948 PASSENGER LIST SS ORBITA February 3rd 1948 PASSENGER LIST RMS SAMARIA August 10th 1947 PASSENGER LIST SS MATAROLA August 5th 1947 PASSENGER LIST SS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. The Brig Alexander - The passenger list of the Brig Alexander and the Glenaladale Settlers of 1772. Outgoing passenger lists (1890-1960) Search and download ( charges apply) lists of passengers boarding at UK and Irish ports and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. The Ship Hope, 1733 List A - The Captain's list List B - The signers of the Oath of Alligiance List C - The signers of the Oath of Abjuration. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. crew, passengers, military. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. His shoulder always caused him great pain and finally, he retired from his business in 1946, turning it over to my older brother Robert Morris Perrin, when he returned from WW II. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. 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. Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). According to Private Pearl B. Horns discharge paper, he was in Battery D of the 57th Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. I can remember standing in front of my mother at the funeral parlor and seeing his coffin with the flag over it. Orient Steam Navigation Co.Ltd., Orient Line, reg. 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. In addition to troops, passengers could also include nurses and other support personnel, family members, and any other passengers who may have been traveling onboard these ships. 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. 1957 Aug. U.S.N.S. Pvt. This information was shared with me by a relative of Seaman Ludlow. This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. Whilst the ships listed in the Passenger Lists records are all departing from ports in the UK, not all of the ships themselves are British. 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. You can of course reduce this option to 'exact' or '+/- 1 year' but you may be less likely to achieve a successful result if you do. Names have also been standardised where they appear variously as one or two words, e.g., Ionic Star and Ionicstar. Finally, there is the summary section, which gives statistical detail on the number of passengers and usually a signature and stamp from the Board of Trade (BT), to which the list was sent by the shipping line. 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. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. If you have research comments or additional information on this page E-mail them to: Joe Hartwell, [Return back to the Ships histories page] [ Return back to the Site Map ] [ Return to the Coast Artillery Corps page ], Pvt. Deutschland 1866, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40ft. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. Discover more about Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. The destroyer had just passed the wave valley and was just starting back up, so he not only hit with great impact but also his body had rotated in the air and he hit on his left shoulder. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. However, within this alphabetical listing there is also an entry called New Zealand. Rhein 1868, 2901 tons, 332ft x 40ft. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. Radabaugh was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions.