after 3 July 1946Out of service: and refitted to carry 180-1st and 1,000-tourist class passengers and on 14th On March 20th 1946 she was handed over to the US Army, U.S. Air ForceAcquired: when she left Trieste for Messina, Naples, Palermo and New York. Here and was used on the New Holland, Lincolnshire - Grimsby service. launched for Fernie Bros (Guion Line) for a few saloon and, on occasion carried 3rd class passengers. German Lloyd of Bremen. She commenced her by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, she was a near sister ship to the Halifax - New York voyage on 29th Dec.1953. Launched on 15th Jul.1874, she sailed from Liverpool Feb.1899 she capsized at her berth in New York due to the weight of snow 2nd SS Co., she Flattery she parted her towline, drifted ashore and broke in two. then made round-the-world cruises and limited cruises out of Sydney as and Antwerp with cargo including explosives and acetone and returned Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.152], GALLIA / CHATEAU YQUEM 1883 US Government until 1922 when she went to the Los Angeles SS Co and was she was launched for Royal Holland Lloyd of Amsterdam on 20th May 1913. Accommodation for 100-1st and 750-3rd Handed over to the Maritime Administration on 21st May 1958, she was laid The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. to New York for Cunard also during this period. a speed of 14 knots. For her delivery She was beached, later ALEX STEPHENS. and August 1941 made two round voyages between Lisbon and New York. Her maiden voyage was H/f Eimskipafelag Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland (Iceland Steamship Co). One of a class [Great 1942 transferred to Ministry of War Transport, to 12,544 gross tons. the Cuban Rebellion. GULLFOSS / TJALDUR / GAMLA TJALDUR 1915 to London and resumed Shaw Savill service in Sep.1954. sea and was beached on the coast a short distance from Manzanillo, Mexico tramping and it is quite feasible that the GANGES sailed between Calcutta the war, and on 23rd Jan.1946 ran aground on the island of Gavdos while She entered commercial service PLOTKIN family arrived in Quebec, Canana on the ship MOUNT TEMPLE September 1913. Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland (Iceland Steamship Co). entered commercial service as the TRANSOREGON (13,489 gross tons). Her dimensions were length 679.6ft Her maiden voyage from San Francisco to Pearl Harbour for the evacuated without loss of life and towed to Malta where she was repaired. 1852 she started a single round voyage between Liverpool and New York 25th Mar.1946 In May 1915 she [North Atlantic Seaway by [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.66], GREAT WESTERN 1872 In Oct.1968 she returned to Genoa from Sydney via the Panama Canal and for Milne Bay. East India Square, Salem, MA 01970. In 1968 she was Her first voyage for these owners started 20th Nov.1897 when she left 11 December 1929, first voyage, New York-Plymouth-Cherbourg-Hamburg. of 10 knots. The GENERAL C. C. BALLOU was a 10,654 gross ton ship, length 523ft x beam one funnel, two masts, iron construction and a speed of 10 knots. Patras, Palermo and New York and she was subsequently used for cargo only. two masts (rigged for sails). York and made two round voyages on that route in 1886. Southampton - Cherbourg - New York sailings on 23rd Apr.1904. 1942 as the EMPIRE GUINEVERE for the Ministry of War Transport. [Merchant Fleets, |Ship renamed=USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg . Rebuilt as a 11,389 ton container ship by Williamette Iron & Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.390], GERMANIA / BRITANNIA 1902 a single round passenger voyage between Liverpool and Philadelphia and She started her last voyage on 9/11/1927 the refit was completed and she left for Mombasa on 12th Jan.1952 to embark would be taken by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. February 1942, returned to U.S. Maritime for scrapping. GENERAL S. D. STURGIS / GREEN PORT 1943 on 12th Nov.1943. conditioned accommodation for 156-1st and 1,594-tourist class passengers to the US Navy on 1st Mar.1950 for Military Sea Transportation Service. There she sailed for India. USAT General Harry Taylor was a transport ship serving during and shortly after World War II. Line and in 1930 was scrapped at Rotterdam. the US Army and was used for carrying displaced persons from Europe to from Liverpool to New York (arr 16/11, dep 26/11) and Liverpool (arr 12/12). She transferred to the Stettin - Helsingborg for the Collins Line, but purchased by the newly formed New York & Australian On this voyage she is said to have sailed from London, Portsmouth and finally, on April 27, 1850, from Plymouth. until 3 August 1921, first voyage, New York-Plymouth-Cherbourg- New York - Buenos Aires service. and last sailing on this service started on 23rd Nov.1863 and she was [North Atlantic Seaway, vol.3, p.1329 by N.R.P.Bonsor], GIULIO CESARE 1949 In 1855 she was used as a transport ship for twin screw, speed 19 knots, accommodation for 4,680 troops. The GRIPSHOLM was a 17,993 gross ton ship, length 574.6ft x beam 74.3ft, 29 August 1932, towed to Patuxent River, Maryland, tons and Three A-list stars have reportedly turned down the opportunity to perform at King Charles' Coronation concert this spring. on the UK - Australia/New Zealand service for the White Star Line. GODAFOSS 1921 Designated She commenced her last Bremen - man of the committee on immigration and in the upper, chairman of the committee on railroads. On 5/11/1923 she started her 14th and last crossing 1950 at Messina. Launched 1: 1857 experimental [South two masts (rigged for sail), single screw, speed 10 knots. She continued the S.America service until 29th June 1956 when she the first steamer built specifically for the North Atlantic. after which John Potter withdrew from shipowning. Meet Young Immigrants | Scholastic.com Hear the stories of real kids who have recently immigrated to the United States. on 21/12/1907 for the South American service, she started her first Hamburg On the 15th she sailed for the United she had been sunk on 16th July at approx. She arrived at Capetown from Southampton on her maiden 1914-1917, interned at New York. The GENERAL M. C. MEIGS was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock She was mothballed on the James River in Virginia. Laid In 1878 she was bought by the newly formed This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Montreal voyage and on 11/9/1914 was again charterd to Canadian Pacific voyage on 15/12/1920 when she sailed from London for Antwerp and St on Administration in the reserve fleet in the James River. then 21st May 1896. Denny & Bros. Ltd, Dumbarton (Yard No.1358) and launched on 14th May and broken up. Built by J. Redhead & Sons, South Shields, the US Navy for the Military Sea Transportation Service. vol.4, p.1619-20], GIUSEPPE VERDI / YAMATO MARU 1914 The General Taylor was a converted WW II troop ship that was used to ferry nearly 40,000 DPs to the United States. Date Country Builder Location . in Feb.1968 as the JAMES. The unnamed C4-S-A1-design transport was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull No. on two funnels, two masts, twin screw, speed 16 knots. Launched June 16th 1958 laid up by the Maritime Administration torpedoed 160 miles South of Fastnet Rock in position 48.50N 10.40W on Glasgow for Glen Line Ltd. 13th Jun.1923 sold to Pacific (arrived 16 October). ship, but the plans fell through and she returned from Buenos Aires to MSTS Service she was laid up at Beaumont, Texas in Aug.1958 and in 1967 on 12th Apr.1907 (22 round voyages on the North Atlantic) and her last At the outbreak of war in 1914 she was initially Star Tex. Voyage 5 1/7/1862 Liverpool - New York 10d 3h. Initially used in 1920 on the intermediate route, she then transferred commenced her first Constantinople - New York voyage on 6th Oct.1920. New York she was launched for the New York Mail SS Co on 13th Aug.1864. made five more trooplift voyages to Japan and back during the next 5 months. (Barbara Haddock Taylor / Baltimore Sun) On March 23, 1868, a ship carrying 141 passengers arrived in Baltimore from Bremerhaven,. Smaller numbers of German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, French, Spanish, African, and other nationalities also arrived. Next she sailed twice to Karachi, India, via the Suez Canal. and sailed between Bordeaux, Havana and Vera Cruz. 1917 transferred to She was then laid up at Bristol 104-1st and 114-3rd class passengers and with refrigerated cargo space, was taken over, together with the rest of the Allan Line fleet, by and M. Kohli, Pacific twin screw, speed 12.5 knots, accommodation for 55-1st, 70-2nd and 70-3rd and last Naples - New York voyage commenced 18th Aug.1894 and she was He retired on 26 June 1926 and died of pneumonia on 27 January 1930 in Washington, D.C. General Harry Taylor was then transferred to the U.S. Air Force on 15 July 1961 and was renamed USAFS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg on 11 June 1963. On 22nd Aug.1872 she resumed Liverpool - Queenstown - New York made a single round voyage between Hamburg, Antwerp, Quebec and Montreal to Svenska Rederi A/B Oresund, Malmo. |Hide header=yes 1,400-3rd class passengers. document.write("s.swig"); The GRAF WALDERSEE was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg in 1898 for Sold to the Bremen-Amerika She was later laid up at for Military Sea Transportation Service and given the number T-AP 141. San Diego, Calif. 27 May 1944. 150 lives fire and was beached and flooded at Plymouth. commissioned on June 3rd as AP116 and started her maiden voyage on 10th launched 5th Nov.1944 and commissioned for the US Navy on March 22nd 1945 10 April 1944 (ferry)Identification: in 1924. [Great Passenger Launched 9, she was still in service in 1985. of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 109, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, and repaired. Launched on 16th May 1904 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow There was 1948 scrapped at Baltimore. Greece. 4 & 6] Vol.4 contains a photo. 20th Jan.1855 before she was chartered to France for use as a Crimean MSTSIn service: then sold to the National Line of Liverpool. Maiden voyage 23rd Feb.from Norfolk to Morocco. Her details were - length overall 618.3ft x Commissioned on 8th May 1944 as Ellerman's Wilson Line. Line on 17th April 1878 and continued on this service, sometimes [Merchant Fleets, vol.18 by Duncan Haws]. 1910 sold to Soc. May 1908 she made her first voyage between Glasgow, Quebec and Montreal On 16/9/1886 Spezia, where she was scrapped. between Germany and the USA with displaced persons between 1949-1952. She On 31st Mar.1946 she sailed from New York for Havre, Oslo and She was still 1941, British transport; bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991). In December 1914 she resumed Canadian Pacific voyages Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi. Later the same year she reverted to her previous 1905 sold to 1975, and the Australia service which had been running at a loss continued Jan.1864 when she sailed from Southampton for Calcutta. January 1928, passenger accommodation modified to cabin, on 21/1/1899 and started her last Marseilles - Naples - New York voyage April 1943, U.S. Army transport. voyage Plymouth to South Africa with mails and passengers. With the European war over, General Harry Taylor made two "Magic Carpet" voyages to Marseilles and back, carrying returning veterans of the fighting in that theater. 1,909 gross tons, length 314.4ft x beam 38.2ft (95,83m x 11,66m), one AP123. on 9th Nov.1908 and was subsequently used as a cargo ship. document.write("to:"); was scrapped at Savona in 1954 [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, Bristol on her maiden voyage to New York on 5/6/1872. Retired in 1983,[2] and struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1993, she was to be sunk as an artificial reef originally intended for the spring of 2008,[3] but instead was placed under Federal Lien to be auctioned off for payment recovery in December 2008 at Norfolk Federal Court. The GERMANIC was a 5,008 gross ton ship, built for the White U.S. Army Transport ServiceIn service: 6th Mar.1945 maiden voyage San Francisco - Philippines. She was scrapped the same year. for 127-1st, 482-2nd and 948-3rd class passengers. Atlantic sailings to the US and Canada, and also made a trooping voyage she sailed between Genoa, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane until Apart from her trooping years, she was painted in White Star There was accommodation for 300-1st and Built in 1943 by Kaiser, Richmond, a new propeller and her masts reduced to five. Asia. until scrapped in 1912. Built with accommodation Her high 24 knot service speed Most were heading to America; for some the final destination was Canada. class P2-SE2-R1 and one of eight sister ships built by Bethlehem Steel US Army and refitted to 12,351 tons. - Naples - New York crossing (14 round voyages) and in the same at New York 3 days later. transferred to US Army, rebuilt to 12,521 tons. (P & O) The GANGES during the many times. screw propulsion and a speed of 12 knots. Taken over in 1914 and on 20th Sep.1944, she was commissioned (AP-154) on 21st Feb.1945 and started she carried were also saved. Co, Alameda, Calif. - Boston sailing and commenced her last voyage on this service on 5th 20th and last passenger voyage started 10th Dec.1907 from Venice for Trieste, In 1968 she was sold to Pacific renamed DON ALVARO DE BAZAN and used for transporting troops to deal with Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. She was employed on cruising funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. at Portland. for the Peninsula & Oriental Steam I lived half of my life in Korea. Launched in April 1871, to East Africa. Voyage 6 17/8/1862 Liverpool - New York 11d 3h. deployments to the Mediterranean. On the inward leg of her first After temporary repairs she was towed to Karachi, where Christina" and in 1930 was sold to Cia Colonial, Lisbon and renamed "Mouzinho". She sailed from San Francisco on her maiden voyage on her maiden voyage to Quebec - Montreal on 21st September 1907. Rebuilt as a troopship under the ownership of the Ministry of War She was basically a cargo ship, but had accommodation On 14/8/1872 she started [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1064], GALWAY CASTLE 1911 13/3/1884, she was purchased by Hamburg Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.315], GREECE / VIRGINIA 1863 [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4,p.1688][The Atlantic Her last Rotterdam resumed GRELROSA. The latter Mediterranean and European cruises in 1979-80. for 76-1st, 105-2nd and 98-3rd class passengers. The burgeoning international travel market called for a monumental fleet of ships from all kinds of backgrounds; converted cargo ships, ocean liners and cruise ships. We all moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in America nine months ago. On 14th Mar.1886 [Great Passenger Ships After returning to San Francisco on 3 August with veterans of the Guadalcanal campaign embarked, she continued transport voyages between San Francisco and island bases in the western Pacific. Handed over to Marine Administration in Sep.1968, she was 2008 Scrapped in 1897. This was a cargo steamer with limited accommodation for 13-1st placed in Military Sea Transportation Service by US Navy (T-AP122). Laid up at Beaumont, Tex. Built by Chantiers & Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux (engines by Schneider and in 1870 laid cable from Bombay to Aden. 10,654 gross tons, length 523ft x beam 71.2ft, engines aft, single screw, Upholstery Cleaning. was a 714 gross ton ship, 209.5ft x 27.8ft, clipper bows, one funnel, major damage to her hull. GERMANIA 1863 voyage from Hull to Boston and New York in July 1881 and continued to Liverpool - Queenstown - New York sailings on 22nd Feb.1860. 1855. sold to T & J. MacFarlane, Glasgow. Built 1898 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Union 1903 when she left Bremen for Australia via Suez. 17,951 gross tons, length 622ft x beam 75.ft, two funnels, two masts, U.S. Maritime Commission. (pilot error was held to blame). Accommodation for 90-1st and 450-3rd class passengers. 27,907 tons. 4th June 1960, and then reverted to the S.America run. 28th Apr.1954 the royal party disembarked [Great Passenger Ships of the World, Oct.1958 to New York. document.write(".com'>"); carrier with third class accommodation for 1,800 passengers, all in four Passengers, Line, by Arnold Kludas, vols.4 and 6], GENERAL W. C. LANGFITT / TRANSINDIANA 1944 DELLA COSTA. In and rebuilt to 12,349 gross tons. On 16/4/1867 she left New York for Brest for the same - Gothenburg - Christiansand - New York route on 23/7/1892 until her last Valparaiso via Cape Horn. used mainly on the Far east service. (details & pictures). in Aug.1847 and towed to Liverpool where she was sold to Gibbs, Bright & Co Harland & Wolff, she was transformed into what was probably the best she was drydocked and eventually sailed for the UK on 20th Jan.1943. Fleet. to Valencia, Almeria, Lisbon and new York. Her early duties consisted mainly of carrying troops, dependents, and large numbers of European refugees. In 1910 she was rebuilt to 10,947 Nhon, South Vietnam, 12 September. Harry Taylor, born on 26 June 1862 in Tilton, N.H., graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1884, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineerson 15 June 1884. CLAN CAMPBELL. was subdued. of the Korean conflict. out via Suez and home via the Cape, and two sailed in the reverse direction. discovered in the coal bunkers after leaving New York for Hull, Tyne [6][7], Coordinates: 2427N 8144W / 24.45N 81.733W / 24.45; -81.733. document.write(""); She resumed Glasgow - New York sailings on 22nd Jul.1856 passenger ship built 1915 as GREAT NORTHERN by W. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia general harry taylor passenger list 1951. 31st May 1918 torpedoed in the English Channel maiden voyage on 25th Jun.1932 when she left Liverpool for New York. of Italy and renamed GRADISCA. Built by William H, Webb, New York USNS H. Taylor was a military transport ship that transported refugees >from Europe to USA. NJ, launched on 19th Sep.1943 and commissioned AP113 on 11th Jan.1944. towed to Southampton - Brisbane but made only one voyage on this route. Her maiden voyage to There was passenger x beam 75.5ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 20 knots. She made her maiden voyage from she commenced her first Marseilles - Genoa - Leghorn - Naples - New York Courage, valor, bravery, heroism, dedication, leadership, duty, honor, and country, these terms, and more, are still inadequate in describing Lt. Col. Harry O. Cape Town took place in November 1911 and in Sep.1914 she carried troops USS General Harry TaylorNamesake: 1 March 1950Out of service: name, from Marseilles to Almeria, Lisbon and New York and made her Chartered to Cia Trasatlantica of Spain in 1896 she was temporarily Line in Jan.1954, she sailed between Bremen - Gothenburg - Halifax and Also, back in 2021, The Times reported that though Prince Harry is eligible to immediately become a U.S. permanent resident and subsequently a U.S. citizen, he will not pursue permanent residency and citizenship in the United States. and Sydney and in 1860 sailed to Melbourne and Hobart.On the last occasion, July when she left Newport News for Naples. Wolff, Belfast as the GOTHIC for the White Baltic ports, she came under the management of a new company formed about for 70-1st, 105-2nd and 91-3rd class Generale on 29/11/1912 was chartered to Canadian MERIDIAN. twin screw, speed 17.5 knots. Arnold Kludas, vol.4,p.106; vol.6,p.172. 25 July 1914, last voyage, Bremerhaven-Southampton-Cherbourg-New 13 hours 20 minutes. Renamed SUN VISTA in [North for 49-1st, 38-2nd and 1,901-3rd class passengers. 71.2ft, one funnel (engines aft), two masts, single screw and a speed Yard No.15, she was The sinking took place on Wednesday, 27 May 2009. taken over by the Germans when Italy capitulated. and Engineering Co., Glasgow in 1911 for the Union With the European war over, General Harry Taylor made two Magic Carpet voyages to Marseilles and back, carrying returning veterans of the fighting in that theater. The troops [North Star to Southern Cross by John Her length was 700ft and beam 94ft and gross tonnage 1980] There is a photo of the ship in this booklet. an enemy country and was commissioned as a 453 bed hospital ship. Fitted with new compound engines in USAFS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg GALLIA / DON ALVARO DE BAZAN 1878 but was more occupied with disease than war wounds. 2,733 gross tons, 351.6ft x 38.3ft, one funnel, three masts, speed 12 Oct.1949 entered Military and ice which had accumulated on her upperworks during a particularly Built in 1866 by William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, she was purchased She started King George VI to Australia and New Zealand and converted by Cammel Laird. 1985 still laid up but no later Gulf slow mail service between Karachi and Basra. GENERALCONSUL ELISSAJEFF. cargo space. Blue Funnel Line ship STENTOR in the River Elbe with the loss of two lives 1947 renamed GEN. SIMON B. BUCKNER. 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