Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. Seaman Francis Edwin Turner is marked with the "X", middle of the back row. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. 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. [7], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RMS_Otranto_(1925)&oldid=1124982995, This page was last edited on 1 December 2022, at 15:49. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America. If you select this option, you will be returned only entries where New Zealand (rather than a more specific port) has been given on the passenger list. Ships Passenger Lists & Naturalization Records - Olive Tree Genealogy OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. Let us know. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. Commanders of Trans-Atlantic Steamships - 1894. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. It will be quite well in a few days and I will be able to leave here. 1939: Troopship. Passenger Lists 1845 - 1940 | State Records of South Australia Dilts tried to jump from the Otranto onto the Mounsey and fell in between. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. 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 Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. I remember my Grandmother complaining there was no white flour only brown, I remember seeing maple syrup in cans shaped like a log cabin with the chimney a pouring spout, that was used in place of sugar. Barrow. The jump to the HMS Mounsey was 40 feet and as the sea rolled up and down was reduced to 20 feet, but if you got it wrong you were crushed or cut in half by the ships wire rope rails. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. 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 Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. 1 and agrees with his birth year being 1898 but offers little more information on Jennings (though they thought he was returning from WWI on the transport ship which is a mistake). 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. However, given the size of the database, unless you are dealing with a rare or distinctive name, you may find that you need to select a country (or to work through a selection of counties one at a time) for your results to be manageable. Greece train crash kills at least 38 people, many of them - Reuters.com Passenger List is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Passengers For New England, 1638, pg 108. HMS Otranto was an Orient Steam Navigation Company liner and was built by Workman Clark, Belfast in 1909 for the London to Australia route but also did cruses to Norway and the Mediterranean on occasion. 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. There were several men in the hospital who were killed outright. By providing the drop-down list, we save a researcher from searching for information which is not within the database. Passing time with a boxing match on board the HMS Otranto with Seaman Francis Edwin Turner on the left and an unidentified sailor from another ship on the right. (note: Jennings is shown as age 1 in this census, again a good indication that 1898 is correct) A family history article by Peggy Haywood Gregory is found on page 225 of The Heritage of Union County, North Carolina, 1842-1992, Vol. We were wet and cold, but were told that we would reach port in two hours. Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft. For example, if you search for William Lancaster and you type in William Lan*, your search will return a list of results that include names such as William Lane or William Landau - as well as William Lancaster. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. An impulse seemed to tell me to jump, so I jumped and landed safely on the bow of the ship. They would carry passengers to America, and take cargo back for Europe. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. Searching passenger lists - Archives New Zealand However, two points need to be noted. We didnt know how we could get from our ship to the destroyer, but with a most daring captain, or else he could not have done such a wonderful thing, the destroyer came alongside our ship, so near that our boys, and the crew, jumped for their lives. Passenger list Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster 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. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. Sea Captains Biographical Sketches - Gjenvick Although Seattle was incorporated in 1869, relatively recently for an American city, it quickly became an important center for exporting the regions rich natural resources, and so the population relied on sea travel and trade. My mom put her engagement ring in the place where the pick was kept, a man came visiting next door to us, borrowed the mandolin when we got it back the ring was gone, she sent me over to ask him about it but he denied seeing it. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Geiger of 527 Lawrence street received official word last evening and his mother is grief stricken as there existed between them a remarkably deep feeling of affection. 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. What do I need to know before I start? He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. 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: 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. J. C. Geiger, 3372653, 6 October, 1918", Victor Don Perrin shared his fathers story of the account of the HMS Otranto collision in WW I. Victor Don Perrin writes about his father, My father, a 22 year old doughboy, survived that collision. The Island Register Ships Page His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. Wherever we can, we have paired each port with its matching country. When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. Passenger Lists | Dead Reckoning - State Library Of Western Australia Passenger lists vary in size and in length, they changed over time, and different shipping lines had their own pre-printed forms. In May 1932 she played a small part in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the French ocean liner Georges Philippar in the Gulf of Aden. 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. Register of Immigrants: Otranto, 1911-1912 Access status Open Previous System Identifier DID39118 Description Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland Format PDF . About Australia: Orient Line Migrant Ships Boston, Massachusetts Ship Passenger Lists | How to Find Them 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. Passenger lists | National Library of Australia Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. My dad had written to my mother from Georgia asking her to bring me to the train station so he could see me before he went overseas, it seems the government was sending the troops through their hometowns so they could see their families before shipping out. I wrote you last Monday saying that I had landed safely. Passenger Arrival Records | National Archives However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. Once on deck the men were faced with very strong winds. Lauch was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. He is buried in the Kilchoman Cemetery, Islay, West Coast of Scotland, Grave site 7.131. Hirt was shared with me by Roy Pfundstein ( who was a friend of the family. LOC 2018696845. We have been treated well since we landed here. 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). He sailed aboard the, Among the names of 200 American soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the transport. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. I was under water for the third time. Sergeant Battle enlisted into the Army on July 8, 1918 at Fort Screven, Georgia, and was attached to the Coast Artillery Corps. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. HMS Otranto - RootsWeb If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Soon the word was passed the another ship the Kashmir, had broke her rudder and her Captain was unable to control her hitting the Otranto amidships and bow on port side. If you don't have an account please register. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. Pvt. I had looked for brother but was unable to find him. He joined the Army on a whim to help his family out of poverty. S.S. Kronprinz John Elder. Give my love to all the others and love and kisses to you, the dearest of mothers! Arrived at Faslane for scrapping by British Iron & Steel Corp. Pvt Smith enlisted into the Regular Army 8 March 1918 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. Pearl B. Horn, a private, was no doubt one of the "replacements" on their way to the war, but got side tracked for a short time due to the sinking. 1888-1940 are the official passenger lists for people arriving in Port Adelaide from overseas. Some shipping lines produced passenger lists in duplicate or even triplicate for the Board of Trade. This story of Pvt. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. Berlin 1868, 2333 tons, 285ft x 39ft. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. Belfast, Ireland. 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. Orient Line - TheShipsList His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. Passenger List on Stitcher Pvt. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. His detachment was sailing aboard the Otranto and Sgt. Roger Mary knows him. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. However, where this is unclear or not stated, the destination of the ship is given for the passenger instead. crew, passengers, military. The sea then began to get restless. If a port is not in the drop-down list, this means that (to the best of our knowledge) there are no sailings from it. Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. For instance, Curacao (West Indies) and Caracas (Venezuela) can look extremely similar and it is not always possible to be confident that you have identified the correct place (not least because a single voyage to the Caribbean could conceivably call at both places). He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. Others were on deck, but their hold wasnt very good and they were swept overboard. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. She was sold for scrap in June. 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. When we got on deck we found a very strong wind and high waves. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. I cannot learn anything about him here, and I cannot get out of the hospital yet to search for him. If your search returns a large number of results you may wish to sort them by clicking on the column heading, to help you scan the list of records. Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. Men were in the raging sea and clinging to anything that would float. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. He was a very handsome man, played the mandoline and used to whistle 'Listen to the Mocking Bird' when he went past our house. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. This information was shared with me by a relative of Seaman Ludlow. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Orient Line - Orient Steam Navigation Co. - Timetable Images Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. 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. Pvt. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 31 July 1918 at the age of 19 1/2 years old. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. Also capacity for 1,200 Mecca pilgrims on deck Launched Jan.1903 by D & W. Henderson, Glasgow for the China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool, an Alfred Holt ( Blue Funnel Line) subsidiary. 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. Debbie Baker tells of Clifford Ardell Carpenter her 2nd great-grand-uncle sailing aboard the HMS Otranto. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). mc N 761, in the Family History Area. The Alfred brings no mail. 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. Journey to Australia: Tall Trees Family History DEPARTURES: 1822-1869 London, England Liverpool, England 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. A full account of the Johnson-Jeffries fight was received from the Macedonia's operator on Monday. British Armed Forces & National Service 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. There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. 1817-1829 : Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts (Tasmania GenWeb) - inculdes several passenger lists 1817-1829. Norwegian Police Emigration Records (1867 - 1973). Roy C. Dilts was most likely in the same unit from Ft. Screven, Georgia as Cpl. The National Archives has passenger arrival records, sometimes called "ship passenger lists," for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). One had to hold to something to keep from being swept overboard. Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, Royal Navy Service Number 192409, was the son of Roger & Rebecca Goodwin and husband of Margaret. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. 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. Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Vessels arriving by year. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Passenger Lists: The Meaning Behind the Notations, Abbreviations, and He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. The Willem Ruys and Oranje passed in opposite directions . Norwegian emigration records - Norway Heritage We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. 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. It is considered the first Gothic novel in the English language, and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form. She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. Year Title Description Download ; 1926 : Hatarana : 232/1926 - Hatarana : PDF: 1926 : Mongolia 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. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. Hong Kong is included under China. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. Sgt. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event..