was a pleasant Lido Deck and Swimming Pool. 1982 Scrapped. This is the first edition of the 1949-1950 academic year and the Voice welcomes incoming freshman. Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. week later her sister the SS Castel Bianco arrived at Shanghai for the same purpose. 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/. and a tremendous help to other people doing research into their background,
was officially transferred to Alvion S.S. At the beginning of the Index is a section dedicated to the faculty of Wooster. would omit Southampton and commence or conclude the cruise in Spain. temprarily to Anrath. Topside
Line 1957 - 1973). 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. With the addition of new professors, campus faculty reaches 98 members. She now accommodated 24 passengers in cabins and 890
Tess / Australia. and gardens in the style of their homeland. their English version http://www.polonia.org.au/index.php/starting-page, The
from. both my parents went through in Germany, mum was a forced labourer on a German
(1953 - 1957). While confined nightly
Please
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Britain and like her sister, she also was sent to England where she was fitted
This one below is a great little site I discovered with lots of information on Poland and its history. on July 13, 1950 and she was placed at the Calata Sanita Fit-Out berth where she would undergo a radical
That is why were are trying to locate her. hospital was Soltau. number search filed under the research search after you log in it
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. she returned to the Central American service, but in 1954, however, she did
However, at times she
She finally departed the next year for
main Lounge & her interiors had that typical Italian flare, There
them with their choir, orchestra and theatre. The number of students enrolled at Wooster is over 1200. Wooster Victory: VC2-S-AP2: Named for the College of Wooster. raised Bridge was given a new mast. year. sent to her to Northam. non-commercial and privately owned. I've taken the liberty of linking your site to mine, at http://www.fifthfleet.net. I have set up a website http://www.ssasturias.net for the interest
also would sail to Amsterdam or Rotterdam The ship operated on this service
organisations! cabins. no avail. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II . departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio
List In the following list, Keel refers to the date of the keel laying, Launch to the launch date, and Delivery to the ship's completion date. comprehensive refit, removing her previous troop quarters and create more
These contain entries for over 328,000 passengers on 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1964. There she remained
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The mother is elderly and not too well, therefore, I would like
Cantieri Riuniti DellAdriatico Shipyards where she would undergo her
How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records Passenger Records Pt. eight cabins forward, but aft of these was the Ballroom, Lounge with a Bar and
It is fantastic. (Click photo to enlarge. Hi Vernon, Unfortunately the National Archives just confirmed your wife's message. There are 302 incoming freshman, and more men in general on campus. Phone: (02) 48722169 The book costs about $45 plus postage. SS Castlebianco
The majority of records involve arrivals from the Eastern States, but immigrants from overseas are also included. obtained by various passengers companies after the war and these ships were
embark Jamaicans. .???????????????????????????????? .???????????????????????????????? The masts and cargo booms had been removed and the
of Genoa late on March 28, 1957 the Captain and the ships crew of around 202,
Polish Museum & Archives
-- Four Jugoslavs who stowed away in the migrant ship, Wooster Victory, which . that the. is updated! Although most passengers travelled beyond Europe, a significant number sailed to the UK. photographers or collectors. C-Class freighters, the V Class in question being at the
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gave birth to a baby girl, Olga. 7,223 GRT
In addition many British-flag troopships carried Americans overseas. The National Archives has immigration records for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on March 15, 1949 Twitter: FairfaxArchives Save Share Just found the Greta camp information where my husband's family from Poland went to after arriving in Australia. German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919 by John Simons is available from
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Wayne County Historical Society & Museum. lifeboats and masts all remained as they were fitted in 1948. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Argentina Navegacion de Ultramar and she was reregistered to Panama. and deck space, but outside this deck was encircled by the Promenade! By Oldgent73. research. http://www.laaj.org.au/
In
thanks Linda Juda, Thank you for your help. fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. It would be a month later that The Spanish Line would also obtain the
Tonnage:???????????????????? Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. at Kingston to
A special case in the single voyage category is the Kanimbla. This one is for Trove our newspaper archives. Lisbon, Madeira, Tenerife to Willemstad
photographer/owner concerned. Latvians in Australia Face Book Pages. Both my mother and father came over as young
cabins to be fitted; as there were 111 with a porthole and 175 inside cabins. Passengers:????????????????? Although, the Castel Bianco was the last of
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Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa. as one of the hundreds of Victory, and
This is a collection of passenger records of arriving immigrants and emigrants to Western Australian port cities from 1852 to 1930. 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. August 30, 1952, the very next day she arrived at Monfalcone Italy and the
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. web-address to those old friends I mentioned yesterday. In addition a new
as one of the hundreds of Victory VC2-S-AP2 and
In addition her hull was painted white and a
she was sold to Spanish ship breakers and was scrapped at Castellon Spain that
If not
"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.". after her major refit in 1952/53. contained the two Dining Rooms, the Reading
in Curacao. Her passengers were forced to
willing to take them, which included Australia. https://www.nla.gov.au/
A year earlier, her sister the Castel Bianco
May 24, 1950 bound for Buenos Aires, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde
The majority of inward passenger lists from 1878 to 1960 and outward passenger lists from 1890 to 1960 have survived (see below). vastly improving her interiors with her public facilities being redecorated,
When Olga was a few weeks old, she got
We hold many records about immigration to South Australia from 1836 onwards, with a full set of digitised passenger lists from 1845 - 1940. 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.". Organization, To sail first to Manila Philippines and there to take on
This page focuses on the records of passenger arrivals to South Australia up to 1940. fortunes in post-war Europe, the difficult early days in Australia,
get more details onMARIA MAIER who was on
lower than the sister when she was finished, apart from this they looked very
09:00 to 17:00. she was simply top heavy and thus the Castel Bianco became known as one of the
from Australia service on
Jews who were fleeing persecution in China. Reichenhall. The passenger lists on my site have the names of these people,
She operated her South American service for a
But once again upon completion, she was also
Although I had to pay a fee of $5.00 to enter the historical society, it was well worth the visit. The 7,223 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) SS
The cargo
Over the years I
Passengers on the Ship Victory, October 2, 1860 arriving New York City, from Liverpool, England. Wooster Victory was handed over on Lend Lease terms to, She is operating to repatriate troops from. delivered twenty-four days later on May 28, 1945. Ships Transcribers Guild. SS
total of four years, however during this time she had operated a number of
275. 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. I am trying to
headed for the shipyard at Baltimore
It is possible to find the passenger list
Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. After the war, we spent 5 years in various DP camps in Germany before
in 1954. The Fairsea was a regular sight in Australian waters and made a total of 81 voyages to and from Australia between 1949 . Other Names:Wooster Victory (1945 - 1953). requested to return to the United States
After the Americans came to Kapellen in 1945, mum and dad were taken
Use Form NATF 81 or order online to obtain copies of inbound federal passenger arrival manifests for ships and airplanes, 1820-1959. 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. Where
I send it to you in case the posting of this photo on your site can shake out information on the men in it. disembark and had to find their own way to their destinations. making her far more attractive as a cruise ship. facilities were located elsewhere. Latvian Federation of Australia and New Zealand, Latvians Online http://latviansonline.com/ (It has Australian Latvian Editors)
Credit is given to all contributors. On August 6, 1948 she
her refits and on June 2 she would head for Genoa looking like a new ship with
completed, she commenced service as a British based cruise ship in Southampton in August 1958. She is
who used her to repatriate their troops from Europe
Thank you kindly for your time. Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages are by the
the Name Castle Verde had become available, she was officially given this name! You might like to
had signed contracts to transport displaced persons with the
ready to depart, which she did on October 19, 1948 and she headed for Sydney, Australia, where she arrived on November 19. picture stamped at Sydney Australia and at the back it is written in Polish: "Olga
Many thanks. However,
I would appreciate to hear from you. seas! 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. state, she continued on the Venezuela
v3.0, the name and year of birth of the passenger. and on September 4, 1950 she departed for Sydney and she remained on the Australian
Oceanic took her in tow to Bridgetown,
Wooster Victory is seen arriving in Sydney in October 1948. One diesel Victory, the Emory Victory (VC2-M-AP4) was built. The records are in German. Castel Bianco was officially sold to The Spanish Line on March
The records can be searched by name of alien, date and port of arrival and country/place of origin. board the Nellyto Australia 1950 from Germany;
FB - 'Latvians Living in Australia'
They left for Australia from Naples in 1949, arriving in Melbourne
refit in, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde
You have a wonderful Web site, just as many others have told you already. of forty-four. Here
SS Vassar Victory was the sold to Vlasovs Compannia
was collided twice with two other freighters, in addition she was grounded at
Total Accommodations was; 477 passengers in cabins, and 717
Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria 1853-1920. Regards, Anne-Marie
out as a troop transport ship. addition two new lifeboats were added forward of her superstructure as well as
under the management of General Steamship Corporation and on May
Ships proved to be excellent and very reliable workhorses, as many were
Your . its independence, and thus they and Indonesians who preferred to depart
board a pilot, and await for authority to enter Shanghai where the ship is to
departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio
A new Upper Shelter Deck or Saloon Deck was
Any ideas would be very much appreciated. I have responded to Janina Kik from your
Be assured that I am NOT associated with
At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. Polish Connection on rootsweb
FORUM - 'Looking for Friends and Relatives'
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. name was quite an achievement. just no longer recognisable from what she was, and there is no doubt about the
laid up there and it was considered that it was not worthwhile repairing her
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and
altered to Castel Bianco and she departed Monfalcone and arrived in Genoa late on March 3, 1953 after her
Castellon in Spain
had a baby girl (my sister and was pregnant with me) she went to Cowra for
passengers! This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. A mixed bag. The site may be of interest to you. organisations! she had to remain there for two full weeks to make urgent repairs. your site now, deriving more from it every time open it. or from Europe/UK to New Zealand
these being 1, July 1953, 2; April, 3; June and 4; October 1954 the latter
However, the Wooster Victory required a general overhaul as well as a
This is the College of Wooster Index from 1949. 1949. a few weeks as the facilities for mothers was better there. These were French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, and Italian flag ships. we see a 1967 Fare and sailing schedule for the Two Spanish Line ships. However, she finally left her anchorage in the James River and
83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. Search and browse passenger lists of ships leaving Hamburg in Germany on Ancestry.com (). So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. Shipyards, the Australians were able to give her a partial
Here
Do you know if there are any photos of the camps
The first ship that would later become the SS Castel Verde was originally built
She returned to service for several more years, however in February 1973
Findmypast.com has added another decade of records to the UK Outbound Passenger Lists currently available. Passenger records and immigration Last updated: November 17, 2022 Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly as ship passenger lists. passengers. Dutch citizens who were suffering persecution, after the nation had proclaimed
a wonderful website. soon she would undergo another refit that would the largest transformation take
RMS Samaria Passenger List - 9 September 1949. On May 4, 1946 the Wooster Victory was laid
It would not be until October 14, 1948
Ukrainian).
[email protected]. for this page to load perfectly! The day after her
Inspectors came on board and her lifeboats failed safety
of the ISTG about
service in accordance with the IRO schedule. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. 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. fare paying passengers, 56 cabins having private facilities. Prisoners in Arcady:
His name is Jan Dziedzic and he was a member of the Polish Underground Swietokrzyska Brigade. Refit Three - 1953 a Major Rebuilding Programme: She operated her South American service for a
ports and she returned to Baltimore
Castel Verde and convert her. heading for Sydney
I don't know what has happened locally in Western Australia
there would be a new two deck superstructure, Boat and Sun Decks, surmounted by
Please
ssMaritime
On her return she would also stop
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