We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. Pvt. He wrapped himself around railings. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. What kind of passenger records do we hold? Summary Menu 'At The Equator' published by the Orient Line for passengers travelling on the SS Otranto in 1954 and used for a child's birthday party. The ship Champion of the Seas has again made a highly successful voyage to this port [of Melbourne] bringing about 400 passengers - 277 of whom are passage-warrant holders. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. London, Naples, via Suez Canal, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. Sgt. I saw a number of men jump for the destroyer but miss and fall between where they were smashed to death or drowned. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. 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. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth (Pauling) of 248 St. Leonards Road, Poplar E. Date this page was last updated March 2, 2019 William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. 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. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. 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. 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. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. This story of Pvt. Rafts and crushed lifeboats were used between the two ships so she would not be hit so hard. 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. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Pvt. I know he was stationed at Savannah Georgia and a friend who had seen a picture of him in his uniform said that it was Coast Artillery. 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. 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. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. [1], In 1926 Otranto was slightly damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. View the catalogue description for. 406 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. Roger Mary knows him. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. The men on the Otranto were instructed to remain calm and 15-20 minutes later were again instructed to get on deck as quickly as possible. Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. I lived with my maternal grandparents most of my growing up years." 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min 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. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. Swadner was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. 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. The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. 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. View all Works. It is a wonder that the destroyer (the Mounsey) wasnt torn to pieces, for sometimes she would be a wave higher than our ship, then she would be far below; then she would come up again near us. My injury isnt very much only a bruised thigh. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. His father, Alfred K. Newsome, R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. We have been treated well since we landed here. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. One had to hold to something to keep from being swept overboard. Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. Kashmir also carring American troops, in Machir Bay off the North coast of Islay, Scotland, drifted ashore and became a total wreck. The ship was named after the town of Otranto in Apulia in southern Italy. 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. It was a ruby with pearls around it. 1817-1829 : Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts (Tasmania GenWeb) - inculdes several passenger lists 1817-1829. It was the lookouts from the Otranto that first spotted the German fleet. Hirt was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. He was the son of Harrison C. Carpenter and Laura S. Grover, I (Debbie Baker) am descended from his sister, Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. She had twin propellers driven through reduction gears by six steam turbines that between them developed 3,722 NHP. Pvt. I cannot learn anything about him here, and I cannot get out of the hospital yet to search for him. The sea departure cards are not linked to corresponding passenger lists (where they exist), and so you may be returned two results for the same person on the same voyage. Paul F. Smith service number 793373 was killed during the sinking of the Otranto on 6 October, 1918. HMS Otranto men listed on the Toddington St. George Roll of Honour, Bedfordshire, England: Benjamin Lewitt, Otranto Ship's Surgeon, killed during the sinking. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. 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. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. However, copies of the records (1820-1874 with gaps) survived. In the Second World War the second Otranto was converted into a troop ship and a Landing ship, infantry. Seaman Goodwin was lost at sea aged 39-years when the HMS Otranto, on which he was serving, sank off the coast of Islay on 6th October 1918. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. listen to the trailer where to start 01. For instance, in the South African dropdown list there are the important ports of Durban (Port Natal) and Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay). We finally managed to get below to safety but it was a trying hour, believe me. partial passenger list. Corporal Herbert A. Dodd drowned 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. The differences between these different copies of the same list are usually cosmetic but there are sometimes also minor differences in content or in the Board of Trade's annotations or stamps upon them. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Pvt. The dead were buried with military honors in a cemetery in Kilchoman on Islay. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. National Work Council. 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 . He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. The Brig Alexander - The passenger list of the Brig Alexander and the Glenaladale Settlers of 1772. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. Sgt. 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. Your ancestor may have arrived as an individual or with family. By providing the drop-down list, we save a researcher from searching for information which is not within the database. Looking for . 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. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. 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. Firstly, the simple calculation ignores the date of voyage within the year: for instance, a passenger who was aged 21 and who travelled on 1st January 1911 is more likely to have been born in 1889, while a passenger of the same age who travelled on 31st December 1911 is much more likely to have been born in 1890, yet both will displayed in your results with the calculated year of birth of 1890. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. 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. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 20 years 3 months old. A typical passenger list can be divided into three parts. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. 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). Her tonnages were 20,032gross register tons(GRT), 12,031net register tons(NRT) and 12,228 tons under deck. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 "7h:100c:95f" was written by Kevin Rodriguez and Lauren Shippen. see: Immigration and Ships Passenger List Research Guide Section 4: Research in the Years 1820-1892; Information on the lists:name of ship, name of master, port of embarkation, age, sex, occupation and nationality. 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. Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. 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. Date of Departure: 30 June 1903. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. 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 However, in 1933, she was given a comprehensive refit to become a One Class Liner, accommodating just 770 Tourist Class passengers and she was listed as being 14,983 GRT. The Orient Line, along with the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, were the two British based shipping lines that pioneered and dominated the passage of migrants by sea to Australia and other colonial outposts in the Orient, such as India, Malaysia and Hong Kong since the 1850s. On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. Passenger List was created, co-written and co-directed by John Scott Dryden; co-written and co-directed by Lauren Shippen; and edited and sound designed by Mark Henry Phillips, who also composed the music for the show. example: 1851 passenger list (scroll down) l847 Canadian list. 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. 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. The Passengers of the May Flower in 1620 [pg 47] Passengers of the Mary and John, p. 265. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Cuzco. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. 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. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton and London. 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. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. Dr. Bowden, surgeon-superintendent, reports them to be in a highly healthy state, no diseases but measles having exhibited itself. "MED" or medical reasons. In 1953 the two rival vessels clashed at sea and almost come to grief. Cpl. Year Title Description Download ; 1926 : Hatarana : 232/1926 - Hatarana : PDF: 1926 : Mongolia After the War my hometown erected a monument to honor the men who had died in service from my town. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. Then many years later, in 1949 she received a further refit to accommodate 1,052 One Class immigrants. Oct. 13, 1918. This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. Later in life Pearl B. Horn did not talk much about the war in an detail, but one day many years ago, he told his son, Paul Horn, a few things about that time and his limited experience in the last battle of WWI, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. She was sold for scrap in June. 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). The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. 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. Lauch was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 249 W. Forrer St., Cincinnati, Ohio. In each case, viewing the image of the passenger list will reveal the exact term used and the precise destination of the passenger. The Alfred brings no mail. The life boats were lowered to act as fenders between the two ships but boat after boat was smashed into matchwood. He was listed as working for the Y.M.C.A. 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. He was selected for the September Automatic Draft from Ft. Screven troops, for duty in France. They are divided into: 1. inward bound passengers "assisted" (subsidised) "unassisted" (paying their own way), or "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. Dilts tried to jump from the Otranto onto the Mounsey and fell in between. The three parts of a list may be on a single page or spread over two or more pages. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. He and others had climbed to the top deck on the port side. John Elder. S.S. Kronprinz Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. This means that you are likely to find what initially appear to be discrepancies when you click through to the image of the passenger list. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. 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. When I was a child we had a book about the first world war and the last page was about the Troopship Otranto which had been sunk. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. 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. Belfast, Ireland. We could see, over the right, a great high cliff of rocks, not more than a half-mile away, but no hope there, as we knew we would be dashed to death against the rocks. Pearl B. Horn passed away in 1969. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938. 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. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. Strong enough that one had to hold on to something to keep from being blown over. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. His service number was 213177 and died while serving on the ship on 26 March 1918. 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.
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