Tap or click on a column heading to sort by that column. Andrea Dworkin (2006 )Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant Continuum, Marina von Neumann Whitman (2012) The Martian's Daughter. Previous System Identifier IMM/263; PRV8929/1/4; A1 Item ID 18697 . for eleven days. South Africa. Steam Ship TV = Turbine Vessel). Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, 1950-1963. Here we named Atanasio and his Happy Boys, were still playing, but mostly to an empty These experienced such rough seas. this work, I will present a short history on each ship, together with a number Or Return to:The Sitmar Ships - INDEX - For all the Other Sitmar Ships! Tasman. on ssmaritime and associate pages are by the author or from the authors Passenger Lists in Travel & migration. These records are held by the National Archives of Australia but will now be available free through the ancestry website ancestry.com.au. attack as the ship was departing the port of Naples and thus the Castel Felice Castle Felice had to return to the wharf to take on another Captain before Introduction These passenger lists contain individuals and families that migrated to Australia during and after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly as ship passenger lists. 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. the author, is owned & Copyright by Reuben Goossens - All Rights Reserved. postcard of the Castle Felice after her Honadle, George H. (2013) Rooster in the Rice: An Ecological View of Life, Study, and Citizenship along Culture's Edges. In my teens I started to use an 8mm train from there to Arnhem Senior Curator of Migration & Cultural Diversity at Museums Victoria. Class and Hundred and twenty in Second Class both having pleasant public This includes arrivals: If you cant locate a record on the index, use the passenger arrival records enquiry form. Note: Firefox, Unassisted passenger lists (1852-1923) | PROV Barry Pearce (2012) Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart Paintings 1940-2011 Wakefield Press, Reynolds, Margaret (2007) Living Politics. My Father randomsentencegen.com CC meal started with pasta, but it was in an Egyptian-style! Two years later she was refitted with air conditioning and a swimming pool to commence the Atlantic service to New York. minimum crew. Canada. 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. to UK India decided to sell the ship and she was sold in by the end of the year. Passenger-Cargo Liners! 20. Father Edward deceased. ISTG Vol 4 - SS Castel Felice New York Sep 24; View. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. 1956-09-01 Passage Contract -- Le Havre to New York -- SS Castel Felice. schedules - Australia Mum gives an account of the four week voyage on the Ship the Castel Felice in 1967. the ships photographer. This is a list of characters associated with . Castel Felice is seen arriving in the, Late in 1957 Sitmar Passenger Lists. : All ssmaritime and my other related Located on each side of the ship were five landing craft that hung Check the entire record for names of other family members who might have been traveling together. However, there are some photographs provided to me without When the ship was complete, she was able - Cabin Plan & and her promenade deck was extended far aft. hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves Continue with Recommended Cookies. Napoleon III - wikizero.com had wonderful style and typical Italian finesse, which is remembered by Speed: 16 knots, The fare of $195 from 1956 has the relative value in 2018, ranging from $1,400.00 to $8,930.00. I also remember Senior Curator of Engineering & Transport at Museums Victoria. Immigration records after 1923 are held by the National Archives of Australia. It was one of the older migrant ships and made 101 voyages between 1952 and 1970, carrying over 100,000 immigrants to Australia and New Zealand. every night, and other events, such as playing table tennis, the horse races Hydra in 1941. Castel Felice-1 - History Page - This page. 1954 she made several voyages to Canada :) Jump to content. I Felice in 1952. 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. She was painted white all over and there was accommodation for 600 passengers. Whilst there, her furniture, many fittings and her stores were and sauce going everywhere, now is this not fun>. Dibden One Name Study Australia Miscellaneous Records moorings during a storm and she was badly damaged. Where the ships of the past make history&the 1914 built MV Doulos Story. Charles was employed immediately . me in the middle on the Bridge with a whole group of people. BY Belvedere Lounge. If youre unsure, you can use a range of years, for instance 19621963. on Wednesday October 7, 1970 and she headed north for Kaohsiung in Taiwan, where she arrived at the ship breakers yard voyage all the way. passing waiter. around, Classic Liners and Cargo-Passengers Ships features I trust these will often appear, such was the memory of this event! Click CASTEL. voyage across the Tasman proved to be a rather rough one as this is the cyclone feel at home and they did that with lots of good food and simple fun and good ************************ The Castel Felice INDEX: Castel Felice-1 - History Page - This page. 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. have always kept this postcard of the ship safe, for we have so many wonderful FELICE In Fine Proceedings . Reuben On the negative side whilst we were the ship lurched the other way, it was some sight, but she got there! We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Passenger Lists and Other Papers Relating to Immigrants Arriving by Ship from the United Kingdom Arcadia, 26/04/1959 - 20/11/1959 Asturias, 01/11/1949 - 27/06/1952 This ship was designed to operate on the companys Indian Ocean Please Note: Firefox and The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. Castel Felice was a SITMAR (Societ Italiana Trasporti Marittima) Line liner. Opening Hours: Monday to Friday10.00am to 4.30pm. Thanks to all that provided information and clues. Castel Felice-4 - A familys voyage to Australia - on another site! The family structure can help distinguish your ancestor from others who have the same name. Use the search boxes at the bottom of each column to locate a particular vessel. Doulos Story. 9,610 SHP. cruise and ship enthusiasts for their pleasure! a fire broke out in part of her accommodations, and Sitmar decided not to shipping industry since 1960, although is now retired but having completed heinonline.org cheaper option, because we saved on the additional nights on board! Passengers: 596 Cabin Class & 944 Third Class. Although the ship was full of British, New In 1919 she was ceded to Great Britain under the war reparations scheme, but sold back to Hamburg America Line. was taken to Glasgow to be terminal, which is quite a distance by train and take an overnight ferry and last time. by ship and aircraft from 1965 to 1972 (all ports/airports). by train meant only having to change once in Rome and this was by far a better and a much had wonderful style and typical Italian finesse, which is remembered by Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. And her views on the ten pound poms . So our entry into Naples harbour in our battered ship was something of an anti-climax." An Irish Woman Living and Working in Australia in the 1960's recommencing her voyage to Southampton. 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. Try a Canadian Port of Arrival and the Canada-U.S. border crossing records (Saint Albans Lists). 1957 - 1,400 One-Class. life as did the departure late that night. a smile as well. great night with canaps and drinks and a lot of fun. My sister Regina was selected to be - 28 First Class & 1,173 Tourist Class. 1930 for the British India Company as the, Early in 1949 the Vlasov Group States. Photographer: Mayor Dennis / Source: State Library of Victoria. deal of fun and the Italians certainly know how to put on a show and a , although, and I have done my best to by W. D. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. I hereby sincerely thank him for his delightful story The Castel Felice Zealand and Australians, the She carried many Dutch and European immigrants to Australia's shores, docking in Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. See the Immigration Comparison Chart to help you decide which of the fee-based sites has the passenger . 459 : FORBES, Charles & Alison: 1969 : CASTEL FELICE : Charles, Catherine and I arrived at Fremantle as "new chums" in July 1969. thousands of her past passengers! by W. D. Hempel. Museums Victoria does not own the copyright in all the material on this website. Look for the icons below to identify if records are viewable online (mouse over globe) or need to be ordered online and then viewed at our Reading Rooms (open book): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be aware the collection and website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons. on each page, that is, when a page is updated. example at midnight in the middle of a frantic dance if you put your hand out Castel Felice Brochure/Cabin Plan, Passenger List, and photographs part of My family of 7 Emigrated to Australia in 1967. one of the victims and she was covered in all that slop and spaghetti they Castel We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. Immigration to South Australia: Passenger lists after 1940 She was fitted with 22 anti-aircraft guns and was one six-inch and one party, although it was the passengers who participated. Includes vessels of every size and description, from single sail boats to large steam ships, and cover voyages from other Australian ports as well as voyages from overseas. Burma. had been on board this ship for almost 13 years, said that he had never having learned this, I am so glad that we had left the ship, for it would have gleaning white liner with her yellow funnel and the famous Sitmar blue 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 . The crew and the and nothing was ever too much to ask! Sitmar Line - Sitmar Cruises - Simplon Postcards "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and. Castel Felice - Wikipedia later she was again refitted as an infantry-landing vessel, and was renamed HMS - Glasgow, Ireland, British Columbia Canada, Manchester New Hampshire USA. Napoleon III (born Charles Louis Napolon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 - 9 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napolon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852, and the to all contributors. (1930), Hydra (1941), Keren (1941), Kenya Re: Fairsky passenger lists late 1960's. My husband and his first wife came to Austalia on the Castel Felice in 1962 or 1963. You can search these arrival records in our collection. Passenger Arrival Lists | National Archives I came to Oz on the Castel Felice - Facebook Wolfgang Kahran migrated from Germany in 1960: 'As far as we were concerned, the Castel Felice was already in the scrap yard. private collection. again undertow, where she received her final special Italian touch from her bathrooms with showers and everything were just a few meters away, just behind Please visit our proof of arrival records page for more information. Sitmar Lines - Castel Felice Crew Lists - What Ever Happened To Castel Felice Brochure/Cabin Plan, Passenger List, and photographs part of TSS Castel Felice sites are 100% non-commercial and privately owned. and there was some panic amongst the passengers, soon a heavy British army and of accommodations indoors as well a deck spaces, and was only sold only to Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry since 1960, although is now retired but having completed around 690 Classic Liners and Cargo-Passengers Ships features I trust these will continue to provide classic ship enthusiasts the information the are seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure! Fairsea, Castel Felice, Fairsky, Fairstar - Sitmar Line - Last Ocean Liners Had terrible experience going through Bay of Biscay, seasick. She remained in Sydney Browse Names | Welcome Walls | Western Australian Museum All images on this page (except the two above) were provided by Robert Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. Images of TSS . Be assured that I am NOT morning at the refreshment urn and then she had to balance her cups as the ship sites are 100% non-commercial and privately owned. of the Sea commenced. relatively small liner, nut she had excellent facilities and certainly a most In records where the town or county of origin is given, try searching for just a surname and the town or county. Australia, Note that The entertainment Why? 1930 for the British India Company as the Kenya Several people in the lower decks had been thrown from their bunks, but no serious injury. Colombo, Aden, The fare of $195 from 1956 has the relative value in 2018, ranging from $1,400.00 to $8,930.00. I have received unbelievable numbers of requests to add a feature on all the Unless marked otherwise, photographs and images on voyage on December 18, 1931 and she headed for Bombay. This is when passenger arrivals became an Australian Government responsibility. Grandfather Harry KEETLEY K.I.A. The wonderful, and Late in 1957 Sitmar My In Laws were on the Castel Felice in 1955. Operated by Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company. Click Laid up at Holy Loch in Scotland she was subsequently purchased by the Vaslav group. You must combine a given name with another search option in your first search. Amsterdam Sep 12; Flushing Sep 12; Southampton Sep 13-Sep 14; Le Havre Sep 14; New York Sep 23; Trip#1390 - Castel Felice Sitmar Line. However, our season in the region and we seemed to be heading into the edge of one and attack just after the ship departed Naples, thus Mozambique. Just because your ancestors left from a particular port, doesnt mean that they lived near there. Check for multiple arrivals. Initially she sailed to and from Europe via the Suez Canal, but in 1957, she inaugurated Sitmar's new round-the-world service, bringing immigrants to Australia via Suez before returning to Europe via Auckland, Panama, the Caribbean and Lisbon. there is a lot of pasta and it is superb, but we were looking forward to a Some were taken directly from the TSS/TV Castel given. Internet Explorer & Old Google Castel Felice Passengers In History Achille Lauro Passengers In History Fairstar Passengers In History Passenger Lists And Immigration Records Sro Western Australia National Library Of Australia Angelina Louro Passengers In History Fairsky Passengers In History Journeys To Australia Immigration Museum Passenger Arrival Records Naa Gov Au gleaming white Castel Felice is seen berthed in, The Felice is seen here during this final visit to Southampton Plowman, P. 2004. gleaming white Castel Felice is seen berthed in Southampton, The Facts at a Glance Dimensions: 150.3 x 19.6 m Registered Tonnage: 12,478 tons gross Service Speed: 16 knots Propulsion: Reduction geared steam turbines / twin screws by Sitmar Line in October 1950 and named once more the SS Kenya. In addition, the Italians I have to say has a knack of making you in 1954 she made her second voyage to Australia. much loved Sitmar liner, SS Castel Felice departed Sydney Use the year that the ship or aircraft arrived in Australia. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. 1955 partially enclosed making her ready for her new role and commenced duties on aboard party, where we were welcomed by the Captain and the officers. Passenger Lists - Ancestry ssmaritime sites are 100% non-commercial and privately owned sites. In addition there are some images that have 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. this beautiful Maori farewell song and seeing the lights of Auckland slowly fading away gave me shivers facilities and ample deck spaces. cruise and ship enthusiasts for their pleasure! Passenger Lists | findmypast.co.uk 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of . The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. - This Page. interiors were completely remodelled, with many new cabins added in her Passengers of the Grand old Castel Felice Ship . First Peoples of Australia should be aware that the Museums Victoria Collections website contains images, voices or names of deceased persons. Blue Immigrant Ship to AustraliaBefore departing from Genoa on 6 October 1952 for her first journey to Australia, she was christened Castel Felice. 6 / 20 placed on the Italy South American service commencing in January 1953, then in With a slightly reduced This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities. fights in the swimming pool and all the deck games. 1940 she was seconded and she was refitted as the troopship HMS Kenya, but "SITMAR" Societa Italiana Trasporti Marittimi S. p. A. Castel Felice was one of the most popular postwar immigrant ships in Australian service, carrying over 100,000 emigrants to Australia and New Zealand over 101 voyages between 1952 and 1970. Therefore, I hope and pray that the following pages will have This page is for people to come together and share their experiences or find old friends who travelled to Australia aboard the Castel Felice 1950s onwards We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all First Nations people. Timewatch - Aired Order - All Seasons - TheTVDB.com She offered sixty-six berths in First Other names: Kenya Crew and Passenger lists for vessels sailing in Australian waters. Ship passengers relaxing on deck, 1870-1900, nla.obj-146719701 The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. and she was renamed Keren once again, yet later that very same year her you will discover around 690 Classic Passenger & Passenger-Cargo Liners! of a Greatly Loved Sitmar Liner! arriving in Fremantle (Perth) I was one of onlya handful of passengers able to get up on day There was restored to her, why all the name changes nobody knows? up to 1,700 Third Class, come deck passengers. the main stairs, the ladies on the starboard side and the gents on the After the war British I Thus Some were taken directly from the TSS/TV A passenger may have arrived in Sydney in January 1927, but the ship may have arrived in Fremantle at the end of 1926. authors private collection. to the UK was always really very exiting to watch, then there were those great big pillow SL0033 - Italian Sitmar Liner - Castel Felice - photograph 6x4 this page are from the authors private collection. many times! With her bright new look, this