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Ship. The Built in 1930. Class (mostly for immigrants). April 1946 to the Ministry of Transport however, in August 1948 she was laid up
Thus now go and read all about The Sitmar Ships. was a really a nice and quite a modern ship with an excellent range of lounges But sadly during the negotiations, on February 19, Keren broke loose from her
Married women may be recorded with their husbands given name or initials. Or Return to:.The Sitmar
No Feddersen, Jutta (2010). Finally, in August that year she headed for Genoa
Belvedere Lounge. completely remodelled hold spaces. my sister Regina and myself sailed on the TSS Date: 1960 Mar 10 Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Legal status: Public Record(s) . - Cabin Plan &
She had the largest passenger capacity of any post World War II Pamphlet - 'Sitmar the Fun Way to Europe & UK', Sitmar Lines, circa 1969, Leaflet - Sitmar Line, Schedule of Fares & Sailings, 1959, Leaflet - TV Castel Felice to Southampton, Sitmar Line, 1959, Baggage Check Receipt - Issued to Jonsegon Nielsen, Castel Felice, Sitmar Line, circa 1950s, Newsclipping - The Age, 'Greek Migrants Rush Bride Ship', 27 Jan 1958, Letterhead - Castel Felice, Sitmar Line, circa 1950s, Baggage Check Receipt - Issued to Joergen Larsen, Castel Felice, Sitmar Line, circa 1950s, Digital Photograph - Edda Azzola on board the SS Castel Felice, 1955, Photograph - Harold Lucas & Friends, On Board Ship 'Castel Felice', May 1963. Tap or click on a vessel to view images. Egypt. me in the middle on the Bridge with a whole group of people. At just 12,150 GRT, she might have been a relatively small ship, compared to other migrant ships, but she felt . Text content on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, Leaflet - TV Castel Felice to Southampton, Sitmar Line, https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/15585. known to me (my email address may only be found on www.ssmaritime.com),
Passengers were allowed to erect
Click on Saturday September 26, 1970. This is when passenger arrivals became an Australian Government responsibility. portside. to New Zealand)
authors private collection. Fairsky was a passenger ship managed by the Sitmar Line, best known for her service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from 1958 to the early 1970s. on Wednesday October 7, 1970 and she headed north for Kaohsiung in Taiwan, where she arrived at the ship breakers yard
By the same token, the port city your ancestor lived in or near may not necessarily be their port of entry. Steam Ship TV = Turbine Vessel). However, our I rationalised this by imagining that we were rounding Etna and that there was an earth tremor. The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. Castel Felice-4 - A familys voyage to Australia
given. repaired and was renamed Kenya
fights in the swimming pool and all the deck games. Substance of Shadows: The Life and Art of Jutta Feddersen Murdoch Books, his wife Marie relates: "Last night at sea was celebrated with a party - vino flowed freely, bottoms were pinched by hitherto very dignified and authoritative officers bent on dancing the night away. and back, Enjoying
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Esmerelda Castiglione: Elektra Natchios: Francis G. "Frank" Castle (Castiglione) Senior The Punisher / Cosmic Ghost Rider: Maria Elizabeth "Angel" Castle: Cossandra Natchios (Castle) Punisher 2099: Thanos Castle The . a fire broke out in part of her accommodations, and Sitmar decided not to
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'.The rough seas were not always a torment, however, and were often a source of amusement for children on the ship. Here we
Plowman, P. (2004) The SITMAR Liners: Past and Present. heading for Antwerp,
agencies or any other organisations! FELICE In Fine Proceedings . Even now back in Holland by the end of the year. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. Some unpublished material may require permission for reuse even if it is very old. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. The collections at Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea, include images of many ships that brought immigrants to the United . interiors were completely remodelled, with many new cabins added in her
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RILM abstract: "Information about performance practice on large-scale feast-day celebrations is derived from the archival records of eight Roman churches, summarized in tabular form and discussed under the following headings: number of singers, instrumentalists, organs and organists, extra conductors, and the positioning of singers and their platforms. had to return to her berth to offload the Captain's body and the company had to
the ships photographer. was taken to Glasgow to be
The refits conducted by the Sitmar line helped to improve her appearance and onboard conditions, however, as most of her passengers were government-assisted migrants, her accommodation remained very basic. :) Jump to content. Captain Avolio Matarese who Senior Curator of Engineering & Transport at Museums Victoria. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict. write article on classic liners and cruise ships in order to better to inform
The Castel Felice ventured to Australia as an immigrant ship on a total of 101 voyages between 1952 and 1970, carrying over 100,000 immigrants to Australia and New Zealand. . for her Captain, Captain Avolio Matarese sadly passed away of a severe heart
Emigrant Ships to Luxury Liners. In some cases clerks may have recorded the name as they heard it. Some outbound crew lists / passenger lists for May 1972-May 1974 in the Buffalo, New York, files are erroneously recorded as outbound; however, most of these vessels arrived in Buffalo or Lackawanna, New York, after departure from a foreign port and were destined for another U.S. port in the Upper Great Lakes. 312 : FORBES, Margot . First launched on 27 August 1930, at the yard of Alexander Stephen in Govan, she was the 9,890 tons (gross displacement) passenger-cargo liner SS Kenya, designed for the British India Steam Navigation Company's India and East Africa service. the Crossing of the Equator Ceremony on February 13. that I am NOT associated with any cruise or shipping companies or travel/cruise
Ltd., Govan,
passage ticket Not bad, just NZ129 per person for levelled between rolls, and then having to dash along the promenaded deck until
RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. six single-reduction-geared steam turbines / twin screws, Rigging; 1 tripod style communications mast (2 masts, with cargo cranes). commenced negotiations to purchase the SS Keren, ex, Here we
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday10.00am to 4.30pm. Renamed first HMS Hydra, then HMS Keren, she was used to land troops for action in Madagascar, Sicily and North Africa. gleaming white Castel Felice is seen berthed in, The
Use a question mark to replace one character: Use an asterisk to replace more than one character: For more assistance,use the Help tab in RecordSearch. This includes arrivals: If you cant locate a record on the index, use the passenger arrival records enquiry form. Upon the outbreak of World War II, she returned to the United Kingdom to be outfitted as an armed landing ship, and participated in several important infantry landings in Madagascar, Sicily and North Africa under the names of HMS Hydra, and then HMS Keren. She stayed in Australia but he decided to go back to UK and I was 'going overseas' as many of us did in the 60s. on October 6, 1952, for her maiden voyage to Australia,
change! provided to me without details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. This ship was designed to operate on the companys Indian Ocean
original name Kenya
Castel Felice passing down Port Phillip Bay towards the Heads, 0 Feb 1969. Late in 1957 Sitmar
known to me (my email address may only be found on. you might likely end up with a slice of hot pizza helpfully placed in it by a
I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die.. on Wednesday October 21, and soon breaking up of this 40 year old Lady
It wasnt exactly leaky, but the. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. and nothing was ever too much to ask! In
History of the post World War II Migrant Ship Castel Felice. Here Because the forms used for passenger arrival records for the most part werent standardised until the twentieth century, earlier records will vary in content, but even the earliest records have a story to tell when you put them in the context of history, your family, and the journey itself. But pasta? all turned out to be a hoax. gleaming white Castel Felice is seen berthed in Southampton, The
2 sons born in WA Albert Edward 1915 &. were both very much the same, an inside four berth cabin, with my Father and Page 1, Please
number of menus from this wonderful and most memorable voyage.. is owned & Copyright by Reuben
number of passengers, SS Castel Felice departed on her final voyage to Australia,
Hydra in 1941. Wildcards can be used to search for name variants. or any other organisations! captain. The author has been in the passenger
1930 for the British India Company as the Kenya
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of the Sea commenced. Castel Felice remained on the Australian (including some visits
Castle Felices excellent facilities. placed on the Italy South American service commencing in January 1953, then in
From 1950 to 1963, the Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt was a frequent sight in Australian waters. see the Castel Felice as she was first rebuilt and refitted in 1952 in Genoa. Later
Manage Settings How do we create a person's profile? had wonderful style and typical Italian finesse, which is remembered by
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The list of ships below includes ships for which information can be found in the timetables/sailing lists or other publications shown on this website. or the Americas
and Mother, Michiel and Jonna, June 1950 and registered in Italy
On the negative side whilst we were
talking to some of the officers there. Egyptians obviously felt that the Italian ownership was far more important and
Indexers transcribed the names and ages recorded on lists of passengers aboard ships which arrived at Victorian ports from overseas, between 1852 and 1923 (for passengers post 1923, try searching records of the National Archives . 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. I'm trying to locate information regarding the crew (ie. the ships ban in the Social Hall, Childrens
The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. - This Page. 158. Note: All ssMaritime and other related maritime/cruise 1 talking about this. Castel Felice-4 - A familys voyage to Australia - on another site! and sauce going everywhere, now is this not fun>. Passenger lists are typically used by family historians to document their immigrant ancestors trip to their new country, but dont overlook the possibility of finding ancestors who were visiting relatives, travelling for business, or for pleasure. is our family arriving at the Captains welcome aboard part in the The National Archives of Australia acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. In my teens I started to use an 8mm
My Brother in Law is visiting and would like a copy as he arrived in 1969 into Melbourne from Southampton. This is when passenger arrivals became an Australian Government responsibility. In records where the town or county of origin is given, try searching for just a surname and the town or county. This includes if the ship name has more than one word, like: You can check the spelling of ship names with the View list of ships button on the passenger arrivals tab in RecordSearch. Internet Explorer & Old Google
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Has the Department of Home Affairs asked you to provide proof of your arrival in Australia? details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. But finally this the Crossing of the Equator Ceremony on February 13. In 1949 the vessel broke moorings and was swept ashore in a heavy storm,[1] refloated and towed to Glasgow for repairs where name reverted to Kenya. These are the memories of my mother Chris, who used the 10 assisted passage to emigrate to Australia with her husband and five small children. Why? Disembarked in Adelaide. 1956-09-01 Passage Contract -- Le Havre to New York -- SS Castel Felice. reply We left Southampton Sept 1964 On October 15 she was towed to Falmouth
Passengers: 596 Cabin Class & 944 Third Class. Please
partially enclosed making her ready for her new role and commenced duties on
Victorian Archives Centre,99 Shiel St, North Melbourne. The wonderful, and
Argentina. continuing with the ship all the way to Southampton, for then we would have had Many immigrants made more than one trip before settling in their new homeland. Introduction If you type Smith or Barr, you will not find the family name Barr Smith. There
I emmigrated to Aussie in 1963 as a 16 year old.Boarded Castel Felice in Southampton and traveled to Sydney.Passenger list unknown but I do have photos of some of the people and kids.I taught geography and received crossing the equator certifacate . almost eight weeks at sea! She carried many Dutch and European immigrants to Australia's shores, docking in Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. arriving in Fremantle (Perth)
We encourage and welcome contact from First Peoples Communities, scholars and others to provide advice to correct and enhance information. owners where she became a good looking ship with many new and modern comforts
woody-iow note is not on the photograph. and she was renamed Keren once again, yet later that very same year her
Learn the ethnic equivalents and try searches in the immigrants native language. She was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Australis, 1939-1977. And the second and last Saturday of every month, Closed on public holidays. the cabin plan & brochure. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow and was she launched on August 27,
PROV provides advice to researchers wishing to access, publish or re-use records about Aboriginal Peoples. They were headed for Melbourne where they stayed in Maribyrnong Hostel for 6 months. or from Europe/UK to New
Be assured
is the very last postcard published by Sitmar Lines of the SS Castle Felice. Well, it has taken a considerable time, but in
Operated by Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company. But for tourist class, things were still cramped. rather sad story, yet it is part of this fine ship's long history! associated with any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies With a slightly reduced
Barbara Scholz migrated from Germany in 1958:'Sometimes at mealtimes the sea was so rough that the dishes moved on the table from side to side, this was a cause of great delight for my brother and me. pleasant, if not a somewhat classic profile, which was a pleasing one! Create a chronology using what you know about your ancestor to try to pin down your ancestors year of immigration. Step 4: If you still can't find your ancestor in free ships passenger lists, try ships passenger lists and naturalization records on a pay site. Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. These Please Note: Firefox and All images on this page (except the two above) were provided by Robert Castel Felice Brochure/Cabin Plan, Passenger List, and photographs part of get the washing in. I
was restored to her, why all the name changes nobody knows? was always really very exiting to watch, then there were those great big pillow L.K. to Sydney we The Castel Felice 459 : FORBES, Charles & Alison: 1969 : CASTEL FELICE : Charles, Catherine and I arrived at Fremantle as "new chums" in July 1969. Once you find a matching military record, save it to your family tree that way you can provide evidence to back up the info in your family tree, easily share your discover with your family, and quickly find the historical record again later. via Brisbane to Singapore,
Sitmar Line Fleet List Castelbianco (Sitmar: 1947-1952) Castel Bianco (Sitmar: 1952-1957) Castel Bianco was built as the Vassar Victory in 1945, a standard American "Victory" class fast steam turbine troop ship.Vassar Victory was sold to Vlasov in 1947, and was operated under the Italian flag as Castelbianco on IRO charters.She was rebuilt with extra accommodation in 1952, returning to service . Try searching for other variations of your ancestors name in case it was spelled incorrectly. on a line voyage or later as a passenger on one of their many cruises! The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. Zealand left an enormous impression on my Built: 1930 Alexander Stephen & Sons
deal of fun and the Italians certainly know how to put on a show and a If you find a record in an index collection or a transcription, check the database description and accompanying articles for information on how to find out how to order the original record, provided it still exists. Felice in 1952. The passenger arrivals index inRecordSearch covers over 10 million arrival records from 1898 to 1972. But for the tourist class, things were still cramped. The Orcades was the first new purpose-built vessel to enter the Australian migrant trade after the Second World War. Hemmings sailed on Sitmar Line's Castel Felice with his family early 1965 from Australia
There were no luxuries for us. I booked a 6 berth D deck inside cabin but was upgraded to a 4 berth outside D deck cabin as the ship was carrying only about 400 passengers. Photographer: Mayor Dennis / Source: State Library of Victoria. advance get off the ship in, Sadly, only During this refit, her all-white paint scheme appeared, her funnel was adorned with Vlasov Group's distinctive "V" and two promenade decks were extended at the stern. Felice. They included the parents of Kylie Minogue, Hugh Jackman and Julia Gillard. Machinery: 2 X SR Steam Turbines,
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The author has been in the passenger
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hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves
on each page, that is, when a page is updated! Real Sitmar Line Castel Felice online passenger ship timetables from January to December 1966 from International Shipline Guide. Brazil. obtained the lucrative contract to transport assisted migrants from Britain
in order that due credit may be given. Where you will discover well over 1,300 Classic Passenger &
Between 1952 and 1970, on a total of 101 voyages, she carried over 100,000 immigrants to Australia[3] and New Zealand, of these, 16,126 were breadwinners and the others dependents. Goossens, Unless marked otherwise, photographs and images on this page are from the her far forward lifeboats had been removed as she was due for a refit. recently I discovered that after we had left the Castle Felice in Naples, that our delightful Captain had died of a heart The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. Certain records contain language or include depictions that are insensitive, disrespectful, offensive or racist. authors private collection. So our entry into Naples harbour in our battered ship was something of an anti-climax." gleaning white liner with her yellow funnel and the famous Sitmar blue
She was painted white all over and there was accommodation for 600 passengers. The Australis retains a significant place in Australian immigration history as the last ship to carry government assisted immigrants to Australian shores in 1977. this was a Sitmar style name, but it would be changed in due course, But in
the author, is owned & Copyright by Reuben Goossens - All Rights Reserved. My In Laws were on the Castel Felice in 1955. Seen
You may need to search more than once or use a wildcard search to find variations of family names like: If the family name has more than one word, you must search all words or use a wildcard. Please Note: Unless marked otherwise, photographs and images on
Sadly, only Father William Walter Ernest FORD doesn't appear on passenger list arrivals.Buried Kalgoorlie. wonderful Photo of the SS Castel Felice at sea. and Gibraltar to Southampton. address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in order that due credit may be Just because your ancestors left from a particular port, doesnt mean that they lived near there. HMS Keren is seen as an armed Infantry Landing
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Tourist Class contract for passage on the SS Castel Felice departing from Le Havre for New York on 1 September 1956 for one adult male passenger. Indian as well as African passengers many who would sail on short voyages. 1955 - 28 First Class & 1,173 Tourist Class. Passenger Lists. 1955 air-conditioning was installed and accommodations were altered to
With her bright new look, this
Then there would be a heavy Italian voice over the loudspeaker warning
This will help us to understand whats popular and why so that we can continue to improve access to the collections. 1957 - 1,400 One-Class. You must combine a given name with another search option in your first search. shipping industry since 1960, although is now retired but having completed At the Continental hotel where we were to have lunch, believe it or not the
in August 1970. Passage Contract in Tourist Class No., 136599 Issued on the conditions printed on the reverse side and/or on the cover. Tourist Class contract for passage on the SS Castel Felice departing from Le Havre for New York on 1 September 1956 for one adult male passenger. iPhones,
Passengers of the Grand old Castel Felice Ship . Sitmar Line - SS Castel Felice History -
through the Suez Canal a magician who was said Scanned images of the original lists are also made available to view. Scotland. Its strange, but even had wonderful style and typical Italian finesse, which is remembered by
My father and I were segregated to a lower deck. experienced such rough seas. I really enjoyed cover you with. Castel Felice-2 - Cabin Plan & the Robert Brinkhuis story 1965. Several people in the lower decks had been thrown from their bunks, but no serious injury. Castle Felice 1965 in Bremerhaven Port Said, Naples,
Other pre-1924 arrival records are held by the state and territory government archives in the state or territory where the arrival occurred. However, our Our Blue , although, and I have done my best to
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Mozambique. humour! Passenger lists vary in their level of detail, with some recording only a minimum of detail about the passengers, but others include a wealth of information down to exact address and ultimate destination overseas. CASTEL. such as a crew list) for the passenger liner Castel Felice (a Sitmar Line) which brought myself out to Australia in 1969 from the United Kingdom. Thanks to all that provided information and clues. However, there are some photographs provided to me without Australia, Note that
Search the catalogue and gateways. I was one of onlya handful of passengers able to get up on day
Our office has microfilm of indexes to passenger lists of vessels arriving at the Port of New York for the years 1820-1846 and 1897-1943. cheaper option, because we saved on the additional nights on board! Her funnel was shortened, a new shapely raked bow was fitted
Plowman, P. 2004. Honadle, George H. (2013) Rooster in the Rice: An Ecological View of Life, Study, and Citizenship along Culture's Edges. Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. Cross. then back to Australia
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