The sea was mountainous and the hurricane bit in, and he can remember his grandfather saying: "I will never forget it." Victor D. continues about his father in later life, He was a successful businessman in Atlanta, Georgia, his hometown. 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 loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. The Australian National Maritime Museum began collecting maritime artefacts long before it opened its doors in 1991. 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. The National Maritime collection contains a rich and diverse range of historic artefacts and contains over 140,000 objects. It is not known what the reason for his death was. If you do open up a destination port drop-down list, you will see an A-Z alphabetical list of available ports. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. Passengers For New England, 1638, pg 108. "SS Lucania" - partial passenger list for voyage from Ireland to New York in 1898 "Germanic" - partial passenger list for voyage from Queenstown, Ireland to New York in 1903. "Tel" or "Tel $" meaning Telegram, meaning they didn't have sufficient funds to travel to their intended destination, and they sent a telegram requesting money from a relative or someone else. Pvt. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. Not all lists have survived. His father, Samuel Dull of Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. It was the lookouts from the Otranto that first spotted the German fleet. 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. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. 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). He was selected for the September Automatic Draft from Ft. Screven troops, for duty in France. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. There is no single, standard format. Vessel. 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. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. New York Passengers (1820-1891) - familysearch: Searching for New York Passengers up to 1891 in One Step New York Passengers (1925-1957) - familysearch: Searching for New York Passengers from 1925 onward in One Step All NY Ship Lists (1820-1957) - familysearch: Searching for Ships in all New York Microfilms in One Step Able Body Seaman Turner was one of the last to jump from the Otranto and saw the ship and Captain Ernest W. Davidson go down as he waved to his men as he stayed by his charge to the very end. Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant's name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. [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. Hirt was shared with me by Roy Pfundstein ( who was a friend of the family. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. Was assigned to the Spetember Automatic Replacement Draft and was drowned on the Otranto when she was sunk on October 6. We do not want for anything. 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. Lauch was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 249 W. Forrer St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 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. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. In each case, viewing the image of the passenger list will reveal the exact term used and the precise destination of the passenger. Some are decorative and beautiful historical documents, others are more functional in their appearance. The Alfred brings no mail. The list contains: Non-Convict name, title, ship, contact name and e-mail address. I was under water for the third time. It was a ruby with pearls around it. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. 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. View all Works. Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 with Casual Company No. 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. Again, lots of love to all. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. He had a constant feeling that he was neglecting his duty by not going into the service when suddenly one Friday he made his mind to do so. Seaman Turner made it safely and years later was able to tell his story to his grandson, Wayne. Write to me soon and tell others to write to me. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. In many cases, the country is self-evident, i.e., Boston is of course in USA, Melbourne in Australia and so on. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. However, within this alphabetical listing there is also an entry called New Zealand. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. Westfal Larsen. She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. The waves were so high and the destroyer so heavily loaded until she turned almost over. Pvt. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. He and others had climbed to the top deck on the port side. Pvt. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. Names have also been standardised where they appear variously as one or two words, e.g., Ionic Star and Ionicstar. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. I cannot learn anything about him here, and I cannot get out of the hospital yet to search for him. 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. 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. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. In addition, crew on passenger lists are not normally shown, although the captain or master is usually named on the header pages and some pre-printed and other lists do give details of senior staff. 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. He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. Pvt. Let us know. Lisa continues, They were both very young men at the time. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. As well as searching for your ancestors in the passenger lists by their name it is also possible to browse by ship. My hopes and prayers are that he may yet survive. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. The three parts of a list may be on a single page or spread over two or more pages. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. McAfee was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. [5] On 4 August 1932 she collided with the Thames barge Why Not in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; Why Not sank.[6]. However, if you know that a particular passenger left from a particular port, or are only interested in passengers sailing from a particular port, you can select (for instance) Southampton from the list. He mistimed it. 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. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. Edward Lewis Williams was a coal miner living in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. 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. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. His detachment was sailing aboard the Otranto and Sgt. 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. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. 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. 1817-1829 : Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts (Tasmania GenWeb) - inculdes several passenger lists 1817-1829. 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. 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. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. 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. 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 life boats were lowered to act as fenders between the two ships but boat after boat was smashed into matchwood. By 11:00 am it was all over the Otranto was gone with many men and those who survived were taken to Belfast, Ireland. Ft. Screven, American Ex. Pvt. We were delayed four or five hours. Give my love to dear Mary and tell her there are hopes yet. Barrow. 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. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. His father, Alfred K. Newsome, R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. 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. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. 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. In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident.