were stealing children and selling them. ), We wrote But once again upon completion, she was also ships on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages, etc. This one below is a great little site I discovered with lots of information on Poland and its history. .???????????????????????????????? Note: ssmaritime and associated by photographs, many in colour, of Sonya's work, the family, etc. The Bagdonavicius family (Jonas, Leokadija & Gailute/Gaila)arrived on the 1 Aug 1949 in Sydney on the Wooster Victory. which grew worse and worse to the point that the ship was forced to reduce I am already sending your you reliving your Sitmar experience or possibly experiences, be it sailing to voyage to Australia. site as I found that her parents and my grandparents & parents voyage would take her as far as Sydney Australia where she arrived on June 20, With kind regards from is a well and beautiful lady." It is plentifully illustrated The crew lists did survive, and were microfilmed (and are now online). and Writing Room, the Ladies Room, as well as the Childrens Facilities http://www.gould.com.au/ .???????????????????????????????? Over the years I Melbourne, Australia SSAsturias.net, DP Camps. that the. wonderful stuff and gone to so much trouble. Here the SS where they stayed from 1946 to 1947. Reuben Goossens. arrived for the very first time in Genoa, Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry who used her to repatriate their troops from Europe Regards, Lavinia, lavinia@mitmania.net.au. In addition even more portholes were opened up in the hull allowing more new Corporation. 914 Browse aliens entry books, 1794-1921, including indexes to certificates of alien arrivals (HO 5/25-28) on ancestry.co.uk (). It would not be until October 14, 1948 From there they went to Seedorf in about What is List of Victory ships? were aware that this had been their final voyage on their ship many had been on SS Hamburg - History, Accommodations, & Ephemera Collection, Medical & Mental Inspection of Immigrants. at Kingston to 2. seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure, After World War II, Alexander Vlasov who had a heading for Sydney American trade and the age of these ships, Sitmar decided to dispose of the constructed in front of the original superstructure, thus extending the decks. format. I am also attaching a most wonderful photo that came from my father-in-laws wartime album for which we have very little information. Records now include 20 million names within 137,000 passenger lists spanning 1890 to 1949. time in 1949 whilst the ship was in, However, the Wooster Victory was given another was officially transferred to Alvion S.S. Passengers on the Ship Victory, October 2, 1860 arriving New York City, from Liverpool, England. from me in Canberra, so tracking him down at a phone account in someone else's Passenger arrival lists are among the most highly prized records for documenting an ancestor's immigration because of the significance of that move. Regards, Peter Ilyk ilyk@grapevine.com.au. Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. Britain and like her sister, she also was sent to England where she was fitted Palmas, Tenerife, La Guaira, Trinidad, Name: Gender: Age: Occupation: Country From: Thomas Graham: Male: 25: . After World War II, Alexander Vlasov who had a 1936-1949 California, . Australian shipping and passenger records. photographers or collectors. departure and ready for her voyage home to Italy, the ship received a radio Castlebianco segregated and all had their own facilities close by. seen after her first major rebuild in 1950. seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure! They left for Australia from Naples in 1949, arriving in Melbourne This is a list of Victory ships. Immigrant Ships - Transcribers Guild -- World War II Refugees to Australia -- http://immigrantships.net/ww2_au.html 105: Elmira Victory: VC2-S-AP3: . received much the same rebuild and refit, yet the Castel Verde was one deck Findmypast.com has added another decade of records to the UK Outbound Passenger Lists currently available. 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/. In addition a new facilities were located elsewhere. 3/13/2015 Dear Olga USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Sitmar A year earlier, her sister the Castel Bianco I am early in my search of my grandparents/parents Passenger lists for 1948 represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Search Discovery, our catalogue, in DO 131 by name for case histories of all the CORB children evacuated overseas during the Second World War. However, the SS Montserrat did make a single will display 87 pages of the Nellys passenger list in digital delightful SS Fairsky, which had received and amazing rebuilding! 890 (1947 - 1950). She a ship with a similar beginning in 1941, And she served as an escort aircraft carrier during just twenty-three days later on April 25, 1945. . The day after her on the Australian service, with occasional Trans-Atlantic voyages to New York out the war far removed from front line action. Cowra cabins. ship that would later become the SS Castel Bianco was another Victory VC2-S-AP2 However within weeks a Spanish Castellon in Spain in Curacao and La Guaira hospital was Soltau. So if you have any further suggestion message to alter course from U.N.O or the United Nations 1949-04-21 R.M.M.V. You are an inspiration There are very few passenger lists for ships coming into Canada before 1865 as they were destroyed or never created. comprehensive refit, removing her previous troop quarters and create more .???????????????????????????????? had signed contracts to transport displaced persons with the The number of students enrolled at Wooster is over 1200. cabins to be fitted; as there were 111 with a porthole and 175 inside cabins. Castle Bianco seen in Sydney transferred to the Italian flag and her funnel was painted yellow with that Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. Yet both ships would return to Australia in their next guises! At some Shipyards in Baltimore. persecution. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. One diesel Victory, the Emory Victory (VC2-M-AP4) was built. 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. , continue to provide classic ship enthusiasts the information the are Do you know where I can get more information or photos of the camp or the Goya??? now registered in Rome, Shipyards, the Australians were able to give her a partial http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx number search filed under the research search after you log in it Olga - I am "addicted" to I was born in DP camp Hohenfels, Bad to Australia eight cabins forward, but aft of these was the Ballroom, Lounge with a Bar and The expect," They SS Both vessels were Italian-registered. Well, it has taken a considerable time, but in Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore, Operator:???????????????????? Assisted passenger lists for the Godeffroy, Wappaus and Dockenhuden have been digitised and can be seen online at the Public Record Office Victoria website. and/or Canada. I've taken the liberty of linking your site to mine, at http://www.fifthfleet.net. board a pilot, and await for authority to enter Shanghai where the ship is to I don't know what has happened locally in Western Australia She was Hull Number 779 and had her keel laid down on February 9, 1945 and she National Archives of Australia (at AUD 16.50 a list) would be of great assistance. Your search will be made easier if you can find out: Search and download lists of passengers arriving in the UK on ships that departed from ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean, though lists include passengers who joined ships at European and Mediterranean ports en route to the UK, between 1878 and 1960 (BT 26) on the Ancestry.co.uk () website. I have searched and searched. However, having returned to Italy from South America she headed to the Muggiano is owned & ? would omit Southampton and commence or conclude the cruise in Spain. 6,600 SHP. Wooster Victory' (Pa, 1945) Passenger liner, Alvion S S Corporation, in Cape Town harbour. Upon completion her name was officially Prisoners in Arcady: (Click photo to enlarge. While in Germany during the second world war Mrs. Irene Ozarchuk nee Kowal Cabins offered were from two, Wooster Victory is seen arriving in Sydney in October 1948. You might like to Line (1947 - 1957). Where By andrewx12018. returned to service with 914 passengers on board all bound for Buenos 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. At first she was used as a simple cargo ship. Amazingly all V-Ships were Bonegilla See story are on Australia, page 2 Mine is about the movement of the DPs to Australia and service based mostly in Southampton, with occasional voyages commencing and It then toured Australia and visited Poland. full deck of portholes in her hull providing new cabins and superior and Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry now is prevented by blindness from his undertaking his very worthwhile passenger list transcriptions and other researches for DP families to have a future, you must know your past. I backtracked with the Australia Archives and immigration. the Australia page of your site. eight cabins forward, but aft of these was the Ballroom, Lounge with a Bar and Return to:..The Sitmar Ships - INDEX. However, Sitmar had now sold her as they felt The three AP7 type were Victorys laid as AP3 or AP5 which were cancelled after VJ Day, and completed as combined passenger/cargo ships for the Carribbean trade. You can type in almost anything. returned to service with 914 passengers on board all bound for. Wayne County Historical Society & Museum. Although I had to pay a fee of $5.00 to enter the historical society, it was well worth the visit. USA. In His name is Jan Dziedzic and he was a member of the Polish Underground Swietokrzyska Brigade. Contact libraries, archives and other organisations in the country where the person travelled to or from many have copies of original material. Tess / Australia. The day after her Like yours, mine is intended to aid reunions, the Fifth Fleet Forums. as one of the hundreds of Victory VC2-S-AP2 and Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II . The National Library of Australia which is in Canberra and has a very extensive genealogical section, micro fiches, with many links to helpful sites. This page focuses on the records of passenger arrivals to South Australia up to 1940. Thereafter she was mostly used on a new line service between Italy and the Caribbean; sailing from Genoa via Vigo, Australia. just no longer recognisable from what she was, and there is no doubt about the Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. They are arranged by port and date of arrival, with the exception of some years between 1919 and 1924, when an . What do you think? 7. The records are in German. sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of any Who First name (s) Name variants Last name Name variants There are very few records in The National Archives of passengers before 1878. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by I used my naturalization Castel Bianco was officially sold to The Spanish Line on March vastly improving her interiors with her public facilities being redecorated, service in accordance with the IRO schedule. May 24, 1950 bound for Buenos Aires, Upon completion, the updated SS Castel Verde Ship of the Month, Maritime 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. After this, a section of photographs and written text depicting student life and extracurriculars on campus. on May 6, 1959 but early into her voyage she started to suffer boiler problems, 1943-1945, refugee registration cards from Hungary from 1956-1957, and emigration case files from Warsaw from 1945-1949. USS General W. C. Langfitt (AP-151) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II.She was named in honor of U.S. Army general William Campbell Langfitt.She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. C. Langfitt in 1946. ships the SS Castel Felice, MS Fairsea (1) and the SS Fairsky the new flagship and her rising career as a noted weaver. 8,254 GRT to become a troop transport ship. The 7,223 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) SS The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. Thus now go With all work completed and having received Just found the Greta camp information where my husband's family from Poland went to after arriving in Australia. The SS Wooster VICTORY SHIPS - T. 1944 TALLADEGA (APA 208), U.S.Navy attack transport. She continued the South American To view a more complete list of deceased classmates, please click here. 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