For November and December 1960 only, sea departure cards are available to view, as well as the regular passenger lists, in some cases. Cuzco. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. 1938 The Australia service extended to New Zealand. The Persian Gulf is included under Iran but a voyage marked as heading for that destination might of course have called at ports on the opposite side of the Gulf: you need to search under Iran to cover this possibility. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. The waves were so high and the destroyer so heavily loaded until she turned almost over. 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. He was drowned during the sinking. 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. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. One of them was brother Clydes top sergeant Sergt. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. He and others had climbed to the top deck on the port side. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. The mass emigration from Norway started about 1865-66, after the Civil War was over. His mother, Mrs. Sam Smith, 348 Kilgore St., Cincinnati, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. The Passengers of the May Flower in 1620 [pg 47] Passengers of the Mary and John, p. 265. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. He was the son of Harrison C. Carpenter and Laura S. Grover, I (Debbie Baker) am descended from his sister, Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. However, in a few minutes we got orders to go up on C deck with life preservers, which we did in a calm manner. I think about him a lot and keep wondering about our meeting when I get to heaven. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. 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. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. She had twin propellers driven through reduction gears by six steam turbines that between them developed 3,722 NHP. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. 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: Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. HMS Otranto men listed on The Australian Naval War Memorial in Canberra: M. McNally, lost while serving on the Otranto. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. We were wet and cold, but were told that we would reach port in two hours. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. Sorata. In 1953 the two rival vessels clashed at sea and almost come to grief. 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. Passengers For New England, pg 407. In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. 718867. William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. Men were lashed to guns on the deck of the Mounsey and was getting crowded and she was leaking, the pumps were going all the time but they were still waist deep in ice cold seawater and did not expect to see land again. Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 31 July 1918 at the age of 19 1/2 years old. Hong Kong is included under China. Who First name (s) Name variants Last name Name variants S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. 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. 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. Passenger lists are indexed for the years 1845 - 1886 . For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. 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. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. While countries such as Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA feature strongly, all continents are covered and you will find passengers on ships sailing to all parts of Asia, the Caribbean, South America and West Africa, even to remotest oceanic islands such as South Georgia Island. We had quite a bit of rain, and a heavy sleet fell upon us too. Pvt. He was not married, and had no children. I was under water for the third time. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. Let us know. And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. Belfast, Ireland. Replacement Unit #1, was being transported aboard the Otranto. Kashmir off the coast of Scotland. There was a great inrush of water, which of course would soon send her to the bottom. The ship was named after the town of Otranto in Apulia in southern Italy. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. 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. BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments BT 26 - Board of Trade:. View the catalogue description for. Arthur Harmon was badly injured when he leaped from the deck of the sinking ship to that of a destroyer and recovered in the Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, Ireland. His father, Alfred K. Newsome, R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Clifford Ardell Carpenter - Born 21 October 1876 in Oconomowoc, WI, died 6 October 1918 off the Coast of Scotland during the sinking of the Otranto. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. The American landsmen thought they would be safer on board the larger vessel than the small naval craft but this was to their undoing and explained why so many were lost. Old Calabar and New Calabar are different places within Nigeria but have been merged within the dropdown list of Nigerian ports, as many entries in the passenger lists simply state Calabar. Other services may also be available. I cannot write any more. She was Orient Line's second ship of that name. I think I held to this chain for nearly an hour; but I wasnt lonesome, as two other soldiers were holding to the same chain. Hirt was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. You need to sign in to tag. I cannot learn anything about him here, and I cannot get out of the hospital yet to search for him. Again, lots of love to all. Demise. 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. 1949: Resumed Australian service. 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. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. When the destroyer reached port he was virtually frozen stiff to the railings and they had difficulty prying him loose.. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. After the War my hometown erected a monument to honor the men who had died in service from my town. It is not known what the reason for his death was. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. Pvt. 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. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. Pvt. There were 66 people hospitalised, six of whom were in intensive care, a . "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. His detachment was sailing aboard the Otranto and Sgt. Give my love to all the others and love and kisses to you, the dearest of mothers! He did say that it was a needed but terrible job to have to perform over a two-week period.. 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. 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 Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). see description line storage D28 144038857786 List of passengers disembarking at Southampton and London. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. You need to bear in mind also that a significant proportion of passengers are shown on the original list without an age - these 'blank' ages are shown in your returned results together with those of the right year of birth, so that you can consider them as well. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. He sailed on the Otranto with Casual Company No. The sea then began to get restless. 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. Swadner was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. The Otranto is the first of the new Orient liners to be fitted with wireless, and during her present trip she was able to maintain communication with 23 shore stations and 45 steamers. 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. 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. 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. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. He told me about it only once, and only briefly, when I was a teenager, in response to my question as to his military experience. Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. He was selected for the September Automatic Draft from Ft. Screven troops, for duty in France. We do not want for anything. What do I need to know before I start? 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. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. Some are typed, others are handwritten; some record only a minimum of detail about the passengers, others include a wealth of information down to exact address and ultimate destination overseas. The conditions of the sea at that time were swells of 15 to 20 feet or more and men were being thrown across the deck of the ship. He is survived by his parents and one brother, Cornelius of 132 South Hall street. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. 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. Debbie Baker tells of Clifford Ardell Carpenter her 2nd great-grand-uncle sailing aboard the HMS Otranto. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Read tagging guidelines. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. His father, Frank Kish of 2885 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. I was in bed and heard gunshots, I ran downstairs and sat on the piano bench scared and I thought the Germans had invaded us. Some destination ports can be difficult to distinguish in the early handwritten records. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. We were told that our ship had been rammed by another large ship, which was carrying troops also, the name of this ship was ____________ (erased by censor). 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. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. "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. 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. This information on Cpl. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. 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. 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. 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. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954. My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. 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. 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. Researchers should note that there is no strict geographical relation between, for example, a passenger's last address within the British Isles and the port from which they embarked overseas. Year Title Description Download ; 1926 : Hatarana : 232/1926 - Hatarana : PDF: 1926 : Mongolia 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. I supposed it was done while I was fastened under the chain. Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. 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. Some shipping lines produced passenger lists in duplicate or even triplicate for the Board of Trade. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. For instance, a person living in Scotland is more likely to have sailed from Glasgow or one of the other Scottish ports. We finally managed to get below to safety but it was a trying hour, believe me. 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. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. Two sons of Mrs. J. S. Harmon, of Inman, both in the service of their country, were on the British transport Otranto that was sunk off the coast of Ireland when she was rammed by the Kashmir, one of whom, Arthur, was saved, the other, Clyde being lost. He was a member of the Elks F.O.E, and the Travelerers Protective Association. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. We had been on the destroyer since 10 oclock that morning. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. Able Seaman Fuller, J.69782 was a member of the crew of the HMS Otranto and was killed during the sinking 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). His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, (image) If the card is for a child, you will be able to view the relevant parent's detail on the reverse of the card; similarly, if you find a parent travelling with a child, you will be able to view both sides of the card for the same charge. 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. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. Rafts and crushed lifeboats were used between the two ships so she would not be hit so hard. I was quite seasick for four days and nights, but I overcame that and felt good, although I would have been very glad to have seen land. 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. 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FOR SALE! I had looked for brother but was unable to find him. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. Passenger lists vary in size and in length, they changed over time, and different shipping lines had their own pre-printed forms. There were several men in the hospital who were killed outright.