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| 1901 |  | RICE, Richard Austin | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1902 |  | RIDLEY, Mary Beatrice 1855-1935 | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1903 |  | RMS Acquitania RMS Aquitania was a Cunard Line ocean liner that was built by the John Brown and Company shipyard near Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 21 April 1913 and sailed on her maiden voyage to New York on 30 May 1914. Aquitania was the third in Cunard Line’s “grand trio” of express liners, preceded by the RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania. Widely considered one of the most attractive ships of her time, Aquitania earned the nickname “Ship Beautiful”. This despite criticism of her looks; having too many cowl ventilators and the forward funnel being as close to her bridge as it was. In her 36 years of service, Aquitania survived military duty in both world wars and was returned to passenger service after each war. Aquitania’s record for the longest service career of any 20th century express liner stood until 2004, when the Queen Elizabeth 2 (ultimate career service of 40 years) became the longest-serving liner. View this short film of RMS Acquitania | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1904 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. You must register/log in to see this item. | Migrant Ships | |||
| 1905 |  | RMS Carmania 1905-1932 RMS Carmania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company for the Cunard Line. In World War I, the Carmania was converted to an armed merchant cruiser. When launched, the Carmania and her running mate, the Caronia, were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet. The Carmania had steam turbines and the Caronia had quadruple-expansion engines. The Carmania traveled the New York-Liverpool route from 1905 to 1910. In the spring of 1906, it carried H.G. Wells to America for the first time. The Carmania suffered one major fire in June 1910. In October 1913, while eastward bound, she responded to a distress call from the Volturno to pick up survivors in a storm, resulting in many awards for gallantry being presented to various members of her crew and Captain James Clayton Barr. Following the outbreak of World War I, the Carmania was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, equipped with eight 4.7 inch guns, and put under the command of Captain Noel Grant. She sailed from Liverpool to Shell Bay in Bermuda. She subsequently engaged and sank the German merchant cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar, during the Battle of Trindade. At the time Cap Trafalgar's appearance had been altered to resemble Carmania. The ship suffered extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew. After repairs in Gibraltar, she patrolled the coast of Portugal and the Atlantic islands for the next two years. In 1916, she was summoned to assist in the Gallipoli campaign. From May 1916, she was used as a troop ship. After the war, she transported Canadian troops back from Europe. By 1919, she returned to passenger liner service, being refitted in 1923. In 1932, she was sold to Hughes Bolckow & Co., and scrapped at Blyth. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1906 |  | RMS Cedric Cedric, second of the "Big Four," was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast and launched in 1902. Her maiden voyage, 11 February 1903, was from Liverpool to New York. This was the only route on which she was ever used, though Cedric was sometimes used for winter cruises to the Mediterranean. From November 1914 to December 1916, Cedric served as an armed merchant cruiser. During the winter of 1916-17, she was used as a troopship; then, for the balance of World War I, she operated as a passenger liner under the British Liner Requisition Scheme. During this service, Cedric rammed and sank Canadian Pacific's Montreal near Liverpool in January 1918. Cedric returned to White Star in December 1918, and in 1919 she was refitted. She was again refitted and converted to a cabin class configuration in 1928. By 1931, Cedric was no longer needed by White Star. After her final Liverpool-New York round-trip in September of that year, she was sold to the ship-breakers. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1907 |  | RMS Durham Castle 1903-1940 Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Durham Castle was launched on 17 December 1903, as the sister ship of RMS Dover Castle. She served the Cape of Good Hope to Mombasa service from 1910, and continued in commercial service during the First World War, with occasional troopship duties. Durham Castle sailed on the East African route from 1931, travelling via the Suez Canal, and was withdrawn from service in 1939 after being replaced by RMS Pretoria Castle. The Admiralty acquired her after the outbreak of the Second World War for use as a storeship. She was taken in tow, bound for Scapa Flow as a base accommodation ship, but on 26 January 1940 she struck a mine off Cromarty and sank. The mine was probably one that had been laid by U-57. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1908 |  | RMS Franconia 1910-1916 The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her maiden voyage in February 1911, was between Liverpool and Boston,USA. She was nicknamed the "Bathroom" ship as she had more bathrooms and showers on board than the 'Mauretania'. She was unusual, as she did not have staterooms on the upper deck, instead she had a library, gymnasium, and a lounge and smoking room. After several years service primarily in the North Atlantic, she was taken into service as a troop transport in early 1915. On 4 October 1916, while heading for Salonika, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-47 195 miles east of Malta. She was not carrying any troops but out of her 314 crew members, 12 died. The others were saved by the Hospital Ship Dover Castle. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1909 |  | RMS Lancastria (1920-1940) The RMS Lancastria was a British Cunard liner sunk on 17 June 1940 during World War II with the loss of an estimated 4,000 plus lives. It is the worst single loss of life in British maritime history and the bloodiest single engagement for UK forces (in terms of lives lost), in the whole conflict. The sinking claimed more lives than the combined losses of Titanic and Lusitania. Launched on the Clyde in Scotland, in 1920 the Tyrrhenia, the 16,243 ton, 578-foot (176 m) long liner could carry 2,200 passengers in three classes. She made her maiden voyage, Glasgow-Québec-Montreal, on 19 June, 1922. She was refitted for just two classes and renamed Lancastria in 1924, after passengers complained that they could not properly pronounce Tyrrhenia. She sailed scheduled routes from Liverpool to New York until 1932, and was then used as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. On 10 October 1932, Lancastria rescued the crew of the Belgian cargo ship Scheldestad which had been abandoned in a sinking condition in the Bay of Biscay. In 1934, the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland chartered the Lancastria for a pilgrimage to Rome. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she carried cargo before being requisitioned in April 1940 as a troopship, becoming the HMT Lancastria. She was first used to assist in the evacuation of troops from Norway. She was sunk off the French port of St. Nazaire while taking part in Operation Ariel, the evacuation of British nationals and troops from France, two weeks after the Dunkirk evacuation. (Photo 1927) | Migrant Ships | Mitchell Families | |
| 1910 |  | RMS Llanstephan Castle 1914-1952 Llanstephan was completed in February 1914. She like her sister had four holds and accommodated 213 First Class, 116 Second Class, and 100 Third Class passengers. As soon as she was delivered, RMS Llanstephan Castle departed London on her maiden voyage to East and South Africa. However, during her second voyage on the homeward sailing, a report came to the captain that the German cruiser “Konigsberg” was in the vicinity, thus, the ship was turned around, destination Durban. Upon arrival Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company transferred her to the London, South African West coast service. In 1917 she was requisitioned for the war effort and placed on the North Atlantic transporting troops. Upon the completion of the war, she returned to the company and was made ready to return on the London, Cape Town service. In 1920 she was placed on the East African service. Another change took place in 1922 when she was transferred to the “Round Africa” service, visiting the following ports; Naples or Genoa, Suez, Aden, Mombasa, Tanga, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira, Lourenco Marques, Durban and East London, Cape Town returning via West Africa. In 1938 she received a refit and at the same time she was converted from coal to oil fuel, saving a considerable amount for the company. She returned to her duties until the beginning of WWII. During the war she first operated as a military troop transport ship for the Ministry of War. However, in August 1940 she transported 300 evacuees from Liverpool to Cape Town, almost all being children. One year later, in 1941 she departed Liverpool being in charge of a RuRMSian convoy and transported some 200 Polish airmen released from prison. She continued to operate in the Far East, but was later transferred to the Royal Indian Navy. After World War II she was returned to Union Castle Line who had her refitted turning her into a two class ship accommodating 231 First Class and 198 Tourist Class passengers. Upon completion she returned to her pre war round Africa service. In March 1952 the aging Llanstephan Castle was withdrawn from service and sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation who delivered her to J. Cashmore shipyards at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales where she was broken up. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1911 |  | RMS Lusitania The RMS Lusitania was a british ocean liner that entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 1907 and continued on the line's heavily traveled passenger service between Liverpool, England and New York. During the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against Britain, the ship was identified and torpedoed by a german U-boat on 7 May 1915, being sank in 18 minutes. The vessel went down 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1198 of the 1959 people aboard, leaving 761 survivors. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the United States entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought. The RMS Lusitania was constructed as part of the competition between the Cunard Line and other shipping lines, principally from Germany, for the transatlantic passenger trade. Whichever company had the fastest and most luxurious ships had a commercial advantage. The Lusitania and her sister Mauretania together provided a regular express service between Britain and the United States, until the intervention of the First World War. Both ships held the Blue Riband speed record for a transatlantic crossing, at different times in their careers. Mauretania was generally the slightly faster of the two, and continued to hold the record until 1929. The use of a propulsion based on Parsons turbines accounted for their 22 years retention of the speed record. The RMS Lusitania had a total length of 240 meters, a beam of 26.5 meters and a draft of 10.2 meters, reaching the displacement around 44000 tonnes. The number of decks was nine and there was capacity for 2198 passengers, a crew of 850 and 7000 tonnes of coal. The propulsion system included 25 boilers, four direct-acting steam turbines and four propellers. Maximum power was around 76000 hp and top speed reached 26.7 knots. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1912 |  | RMS Orcades (Auckland, 1952) Photo sourced from Reuben Goossens excellent website, SSMaritime, remembering the classic liners of yesteryear. The RMS Orcades (later SS Orcades) was built by Vickers Armstrong Ltd in Barrow-in-Furness as Yard Number 950. She was launched on the 14th October 1947 and completed on the 14th November 1948. Orcades replaced her predecessor, Orcades II, which had sunk during the war when she was only five years old. Orcades, the first ship built for Orient Lines after the war, shared her hull design with P&O Line’s Himalaya, but her superstructure was different with her having a new look with her bridge located amidships crowned with a tripod mast and a upright funnel sitting high directly aft of the mast. She was a contemporary of P&O’s Himalaya. As a two class ship, she provided accommodation for 773 First Class and 772 Tourist Class. Later, in 1964, she became a one class ship accommodating 1635 passengers. Her specifications are as follows. 28,164 GRT (tons), length 706ft (216m), width 60ft (27.6m), Draft 30ft 5in. With twin screws and steam geared turbines Orcades achieved 24.7 knots during her sea trials in November. When her immigration travels came to an end, the Orcades left Sydney for the last time on 3 June 1972, bound for Britain. For a while, she made a number of short cruises out of Southampton, but departed on 28 December 1972 for the shipbreakers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. For a more detailed look at Orcades, see Museum Victoria | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1913 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. You must register/log in to see this item. | Migrant Ships | |||
| 1914 |  | RMS Oroya Built by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow ; designed for the Australian service she was launched on 31st August 1886 ; She was refitted in 1905 and in February 1906 was sold to Royal Mail Line for the Orient - Royal Mail ; renamed Oro for her final voyage she was broken up in Italy during 1909 | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1915 |  | RMS Orsova (1909-1936) The liner RMS Orsova, built for the Orient Steam Navigation Co at John Brown & Co's Clydebank Shipyard, during sea trials in the Firth of Clyde in 1909. In addition to accommodation for 1076 passengers, the 12,000-ton liner had 100,000 cubic feet of refrigerated cargo space. Coming at a time of depression in the shipbuilding industry, the order for the Orsova was most welcome at the Clydebank yard, as it was the largest of only three ships laid down during 1908. Orsova made the first of what would be seventy voyages to Australia in 1909. During the First World War she was used as a troopship, carrying Australian soldiers to various theatres of war. She survived being torpedoed in the English Channel in 1917, and resumed commercial service to Australia for the Orient Line in 1919. In 1933, Orsova was converted to a tourist class ship and finally served briefly as a cruise ship before being scrapped in 1936. (Photo c.1909) | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1916 |  | RMS Pretorian Pretorian was launched on 22 December 1900 for the Allan Line and her maiden voyage was between Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal on 8 August 1901. She was re-built in 1908 to accommodate 288-2nd class and 900-3rd class passengers. In 1917, she was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Line and in 1919 was used to repatriate Belgian refugees. In 1921, she was converted to cabin class only but in March 1922 she was laid up in Gareloch, Scotland. She was scrapped in 1926 at Garston, Liverpool. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1917 |  | RMS Royal George Originally launched as "Heliopolis" in 28 May 1907 and renamed as "Royal George" in 1910 when acquired by the Canadian Northern Steamships company. She had a triple-screw propulsion system that provided a cruising speed of 19 knots. She was taken over by the Canadian military at the start of WW1 and mainly used as a UK troop ship until 1919 when she was returned to Cunard Line, which in 1916 had bought the entire fleet of Canadian Northern Steamships. Royal George resumed passenger service on 10 February 1919, first between Liverpool, Halifax, Nova Scotia and New York, and later between Southampton, Halifax and New York. After nine voyages with the Cunard Line, she was retired in 1920 and used as a depot ship at Cherbourg Harbour in France to process emigrants, before finally being scrapped in 1922 at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1918 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. You must register/log in to see this item. | Migrant Ships | |||
| 1919 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. You must register/log in to see this item. | Migrant Ships | |||
| 1920 |  | RMS Tainui Built by Workman Clark and Company, Belfast and launched in 1908 for Shaw Savill Line. Fitted with twin screw triple expansion engines, she was utilised mostly on UK to New Zealand service. On 21 Feb 1943 she torpedoed in the North Atlantic, abandoned and believed sank on 22nd. (Tainui is a Maori tribal name, and also the name of one of the canoes of the Great Migration of 1350, which was the first recorded vessel to enter the Waitemata Harbour.) | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1921 |  | ROBERTS family c.1920 This photograph of the Roberts Family was taken around 1920 and is of (left to Right), William Montague; Alice Winifred; Alice Louise [nee Cox]; and Ivor Montague | Photos | ||
| 1922 |  | ROBERTS, Alice Winifred and Ivor Montague | Photos | ||
| 1923 |  | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. You must register/log in to see this item. | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1924 |  | ROGERS (Nee COX), Jessie Emma (1870-1942) Status: Not yet located; | Headstones | ||
| 1925 |  | Rosa Hammersley | Billion Graves Headstone, Cemetery, and Grave Record | London, England, United Kingdom 2849480 | Billion Graves | Mitchell Families | |
| 1926 |  | ROSE, Henrietta (1778-1853) | Photos | ||
| 1927 |  | ROULSTON, Annie Isabel (1856-1930) | Photos | ||
| 1928 |  | Saint Mary's Church, Walthamstow, London in 1903 | Photos | ||
| 1929 |  | SANDERS (née SKEVING), Mary Ann with son Christopher | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1930 |  | SANDERS, William | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1931 |  | SCALES, Henry John Henry as a child | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1932 |  | SCHOFIELD, Gertrude (nee BASSETT) This clip, taken from the "Warwick Beacon" in Rhode Island, USA, was published to celebrate Gertrude's Centennial year on 22 August 1990. | Documents | ||
| 1933 |  | Search Find-a-Grave Worldwide! | Histories | ||
| 1934 |  | Shady Rest Cemetery, Holly Hill, Florida, USA | Photos | ||
| 1935 |  | SHARMAN, Arthur Edmund: GWR Service Record Arthur was employed by the Great Western Railway company for all of his working life. This is a copy of his work record. | Documents | ||
| 1936 |  | SHEAHAN, Campbell (1912-1965) | Photos | ||
| 1937 | ![SHEAHAN, Cordula [aka, 'Kay'] (1916-1996)](photos/thumbnails/thumb_SHEAHAN%20Cordula%201916-1996.jpg "SHEAHAN, Cordula [aka, 'Kay'] (1916-1996)") | SHEAHAN, Cordula [aka, "Kay"] (1916-1996) | Photos | ||
| 1938 |  | SHEAHAN, Desmond (1923-1985) | Photos | ||
| 1939 |  | SHEAHAN, Edmond: Death Report | Documents | ||
| 1940 |  | SHEAHAN, John (1881-1954) | Photos | ||
| 1941 |  | SHEAHAN, Ursula Mary Frances (1910-2004) | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1942 |  | Sheering Hall, Nr. Harlow, Essex, England A listed Grade II building since 1952, The house is currently (Jan 2014) owned by Steve Harris of the heavy metal band, 'Iron Maiden'. It was put on the market for sale at £5.85M. This was both the home and workplace for William and Mai Breakspear in the 1911 census. | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1943 |  | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England: The Cathedral | Postcards | ||
| 1944 |  | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England: The Town Hall | Postcards | ||
| 1945 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Antonia" - 1926 This document is part of the original ship's passenger manifest of the "Antonia" which sailed from Montreal and Quebec at the beginning of Novermber 1926 to Plymouth and London. The ship arrived in London on 26 November 1926. On board was William Albert Dodimead who disembarked at Plymouth, probably on 25 November 1926. | Documents | ||
| 1946 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Blenheim" - 1855 This document is part of the ship's manifest of the "Blenheim" which departed for Australia in 1855 and arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on 9 July 1855 | Documents | ||
| 1947 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Lady Clarke" - 4 September 1841 This document is part of the ship's manifest of the ship "Lady Clarke" which departed Plymouth, England bound for Sydney, Australia. On board were 192 persons including Simeon Henry Pearce. The ship arrived in Sydney on 25 December 1841. | Documents | ||
| 1948 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Orsova" - 2 April 1927 This document is part of the ship's manifest of the RMS "Orsova" which departed from the Port of London on 2 April 1927 bound for Brisbane, Australia. On board was Earnest Hunter. | Documents | ||
| 1949 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Philadelphia" - 8 Aug 1916 This document is part of the original ships manifest for the sailing of the "Philadelphia" from Liverpool to New York (Ellis Island). The ship sailed on 8 Aug 1916 and arrived in Ellis Island on 11 Aug 1916. On board were 3 generations of Bassetts; Eliza Bassett (nee Merrett), Eliza's daughter Lucy and Lucy's illigitimate daughter, Georgina Llewellyn Bassett. The recorded ages of all 3 were incorrect on the ship's manifest but upon registration at Ellis Island Immigration Portal, their ages were correctly registered. | Documents | ||
| 1950 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Queen of England" - 30 September 1854 This document is a copy of part of the ship's manifest for the immigrant ship "Queen of England" which departed the UK for Australia on 30 September 1854. The ship carried 375 persons including Henry Pearce and his wife and family, arriving in Sydney on 9 January 1885. | Documents | ||
| 1951 |  | Ship's Manifest: "Sicilian" - 1915 Part of the Ship's Passenger Manifest of the SS Sicilian which departed from London Docks on 8 September 1915, bound for Quebec and Montreal, Canada. The ship carried a large group of children (Home Children) bound for a new life in Canada. | Documents | ||
| 1952 |  | SHIPMAN, Barry (1912-1994) | Photos | ||
| 1953 |  | Sidmouth, Devonshire, England: Sidmouth from Salcombe Hill, Pre 1918 | Postcards | ||
| 1954 |  | Sidmouth, Devonshire, England: The Glen, 1918 | Postcards | ||
| 1955 |  | SIMPSON, Charles Edward (1874-1947) | Photos | ||
| 1956 |  | SIMPSON, Emily Ellen (1907-2007) | Photos | ||
| 1957 |  | SINCLAIR, William (Private): WW1 Medal Roll Index Card | Documents | Mitchell Families | |
| 1958 |  | Sinking of HMS Indefatigable This photograph, the only one in existence that I have found, was probably taken from an enemy ship recording their succeses of the day. Although of poor quality, she can clearly be seen on fire about to disappear below the waves on 31 May 1916. Of the 1017 crew, there were only 2 survivors. | Photos | ||
| 1959 |  | SINNET, Alfred Percy | Photos | Winterbotham Families | |
| 1960 |  | SINNETT (née EDENSON), Patience | Photos | Winterbotham Families | |
| 1961 |  | Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland: Market Street | Postcards | ||
| 1962 |  | Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland: Main Street | Postcards | ||
| 1963 |  | Sledmere House, Nr Driffield, Yorkshire One of Yorkshire's premier stately homes, Sledmore House was built in 1751 by Sir Christopher Sykes, the 2nd Baronet. Joseph Rose, the celebrated plasterer of his time, was employed to decorate the interior and it was said, produced the best work of his career. The house is set in parkland laid out by 'Capability' Brown and includes a beautiful walled rose garden and the recently added Knot garden. The house interior features a magnificent staircase hallway which reverberates regularly to the music of a 51-stop pipe organ. Currently occupied by Sir Tatton Sykes, the 8th Baronet, the house is one of a declining number of our stately homes with that 'lived-in' atmosphere and warmth. | Photos | ||
| 1964 |  | SLEIGHTHOLME Leonard and DODIMEAD Amy Martha Jane: Marriage 19180207 | Photos | ||
| 1965 |  | SLOMAN, George and spouse, SMITH, Mary Jane Photograph taken around 1900. | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1966 |  | SMITH, Frank (1909) This photograph of Frank was probably taken around 1935 when he was around 16 years of age. | Photos | ||
| 1967 |  | SMITH, Herbert with spouse ATTEWELL, Elizabeth Jane. Looking at the uniform, this photo may have been taken around the time of WW1 | Photos | ||
| 1968 |  | SNAREY, Emma | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1969 |  | SNELL, Henry Raglan and Emily Ann (nee Cleaver). Status: Not yet located; This is the final resting place for Henry and Emily Snell. However, there is a dispute regarding the accuracy of the birth dates! In Loving Memory of HENRY RAGLAN SNELL Born April 7, 1855 Died May 23, 1947 HIS WIFE EMILY ANN CLEAVER Born Dec 12, 1870 Died Aug 30, 1952 | Headstones | ||
| 1970 |  | SNELL, Henry Raglan and son Jack This photograh has Henry (smoking his pipe) and his son Jack (stood on the running-board), taken around 1913 in Arden, Manitoba, Canada. Other people in the photo have not been identified. The photo was originally published in a book of the history and early pioneers of the Plumas district of Manitoba. | Photos | ||
| 1971 |  | SNELL, John J (1905-1987) | Headstones | Mitchell Families | |
| 1972 |  | SNELL, Raglan (1902-1910) | Headstones | Mitchell Families | |
| 1973 |  | SNOOK, Frederick Henry (1916-1976) | Photos | ||
| 1974 |  | Sonning, Berkshire, England: Sonning Bridge (River Thames) & St Andrew's Church, 1799 | Postcards | ||
| 1975 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: Horse Drawn Tram Service | Postcards | ||
| 1976 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: King Street | Postcards | ||
| 1977 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: King Street | Postcards | ||
| 1978 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: King Street (1905) | Postcards | ||
| 1979 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: King Street (1906) | Postcards | ||
| 1980 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: Market Place (1904) | Postcards | ||
| 1981 |  | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England: Ocean Road | Postcards | ||
| 1982 |  | Southampton, Hampshire, England: Above Bar in the 1900's | Postcards | ||
| 1983 |  | Southampton, Hampshire, England: Bargate and High Street in the 1950s | Postcards | ||
| 1984 |  | Southampton, Hampshire, England: Below Bar, c.1910 | Postcards | ||
| 1985 |  | Southsea, Hampshire, England: The Beach in the 1890's | Postcards | ||
| 1986 |  | Speke Hall, Liverpool. The tenancy of Speke Hall was acquired by the Shipping-line owner, Frederick Richards Leyland in 1867. | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1987 |  | SPENDLOVE, Dennis and wife Winifred (nee HAYTER) | Photos | Mitchell Families | |
| 1988 |  | SS Aberdeen The Aberdeen was designed as the first steamship in the fleet of the Aberdeen Line, intended for high speed service between the United Kingdom and Australia and the Far East. She was constructed at Govan in the shipyard of Robert Napier & Sons on Clydeside, Scotland. The senior partner at Napier's was "Doctor" Alexander Carnegie Kirk, a talented engineer who had experimentally fitted the world's first "triple expansion" compound steam engine to a ship called Propontis in 1874. In the Aberdeen, Kirk installed a refined version of his engine, resulting in a ship that has been described as "one of the masterpieces of British shipbuilding". This ship proved the advantages of the new type of engine, which would continue to power major vessels throughout the world for the next seventy years. Aberdeen had clipper bows and three barque-rigged masts. There was accommodation for 45 first and 650 third class passengers. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1989 |  | SS Antonia (1921-1948) Built for the Cunard Line in 1921, the "Antonia" weighed 13,867 tons and carried 500 Cabin and 1200 third class passengers. She served Atlantic routes between Canada, Ireland and England until the start of WW2 when she was armed as a Merchant Cruiser. She was sold to the British Royal Navy in March 1942 and later converted to a repair ship and renamed "Wayland". She was scrapped in Scotland in 1948. William Albert Dodimead was a passenger on board this ship when she sailed from Montreal, Canada to Plymouth, England in November 1926. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1990 |  | SS Athenic (1901-1962) Three large liners, known as the "Athenics" because the SS Athenic was the first of the class to be built, were especially designed to operate on the profitable London to New Zealand service for at least 30 years. Although these ships are generally known to be Shaw Savill liners, they were actually built for and by, the White Star Lines house builders, the famed Harland & Wolff Shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Athenic was the first of the trio to be launched on August 17, 1901, and was delivered to her owners on January 23 1902 following her sea trials. She departed on her maiden voyage from London to New Zealand on the February 13, 1902, sailing via the Canary Islands, Cape Town, Hobart - Australia to Wellington. She returned to England sailing around Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Las Palmas, Plymouth and back to the Thames to London. In addition to transporting passengers, these three sisters had considerable cargo spaces, including massive insulated cargo holds that were capable of carrying up to 98,800 carcases of frozen lamb. In addition their general cargo holds provided an additional 8,375 tons for dry cargoes, although around 2,340 tons of space was reserved as a coal bunker. The ships daily consumption was around eighty tons of Welsh or ninety-two tons of Westport coal. Thus for their outbound voyages these ships carried general cargoes in all holds, then for the return voyage from New Zealand her insulated holds were converted and refrigerated for the frozen meat bound for England. She was requisitioned for use during WW1 and was utilised to carry men, horses and equipment to Alexandria, Egypt. At that time, she was the largest troop ship ever sent from New Zealand to the Middle East. After the war, Athenic was returned to her normal commercial service and in 1926, the now prefixed 'RMS Athenic' became a two class ship offering Second and Third Classes only. She continued her voyages, however she was sold in May 1928 to the Norwegian Company Brunn & von der Lippe of Tronsberg who extensively rebuilt her Tyne side and renamed her 'Pelagos', a whaling factory ship. Her conversion proved so successful that a number of other half sisters were purchased such as the Runic, Medic and Suevic and in due course they all joined her in the whaling industry. Twelve and a half years later on January 15, 1941, she was captured by the German Raider SS Pinguin along with one other factory ship, one depot ship and eleven whale catchers. SS Pelagos was converted to become an oil tanker to refuel German U Boats and she was attached to the 24th submarine flotilla based in Norway. On October 24 1944, U Boat U-69 torpedoed her, which was an act of spite by the Germans, and she sank to the bottom of the harbour at Kirkenes. After a year on the bottom, the Norwegians raised her and she was completely refitted and placed back into service for another good eighteen years. Eventually the SS Palagos, ex Athenic, now aged 61 years, was sold to be broken up in Germany by Eckardt & Company of Hamburg in 1962. There is no doubt that this was a well built ship having lasted this long and having survived the bottom of the harbour for some twelve months! | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1991 |  | SS Ballarat Early in this (20th) century the P&O line was very interested in obtaining a share of the England-Australia traffic via the Cape of Good Hope. Several vessels had been diverted from the traditional Suez routes but the efforts were erratic, piecemeal and were doomed to failure. In 1910 an opportunity was presented to enter this trade with more prospects of success. One of the established traders, the Lund Blue Anchor Line suffered a tragedy. The Waratah, their newest and largest steamer disappeared without trace on the outbound voyage from Australia. The Lund family lost interest in ship owning and began looking for a buyer. The operation ideally suited P&O's needs. The remaining Blue Anchor fleet was purchased and re-named the P&O Branch Service. The fleet inherited by P&O was old and run-down and could not effectively compete with White Star and the Aberdeen Line services. P&O decided to construct five new ships, the first, Ballarat (2) was delivered in 1911, all by 1914. The ships offered a one class service and quickly became highly competitive. In 1914 the British government did not consider the service via the Cape of Good Hope to be essential, thus the Branch Service ships could be requisitioned for war service. The class saw extensive service in WWI. Ballarat was torpedoed and sunk in 1917. Ballarat was built by Harland & Wolff, Greenock, Scotland. Power was by Triple expansion steam with twin screws. Her maximum speed was 13.5 knots and she carried 490 third class passengers (alternately 700 in steerage but not done in practice). Third class, also called "cabin" class, was a reasonable level of comfort, not the palatial levels seen on the crack mail liners, but acceptable. This type of vessel was termed "Intermediate" or "mixed" with equal space devoted to passengers and to cargo. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1992 |  | SS Beltana Beltana was launched in 1921 at a cost of £179,000. She was a passenger liner built specifically for the UK-Australia emigrant service via the Cape of Good Hope. In October 1917, she was requisitioned for Transatlantic service where she carried munitions and supplies, returning to emigrant service in 1919. On 31 March 1930 she was sold for £27,000 to Toyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha, Japan for conversion for the whaling trade. She was not renamed, being laid up in Japan. She never traded under the Japanese flag. In 1933 she was sold to Gentaro Kasegawa, Kobe for demolition. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1993 |  | SS Benalla 11,118 gross tons, length 500ft x beam 62.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 15 knots. Accomodation for 1,100-3rd class passengers. Built by Caird & Co, Greenock, she was launched for the P.& O. Line on 27th Oct.1912 and made her maiden voyage from London to Colombo, Melbourne and Sydney in Mar.1913. In 1914 she became an Australian Expeditionary Force troopship and in 1917 was placed on the North Atlantic service under the liner requisition scheme. Returned to P & O. service in May 1921 and collided with the PATELLA and had to be beached at Pevensey. In 1927 she transported the first load of steel to Australia for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and in 1931 was scrapped in Japan. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1994 |  | SS Canada (1896-1926) Description: Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 9,415. Dimensions: 500' x 58' (514' o.l.). Twin-screw, 15 knots. Two masts and one funnel. History: First twin-screw steamship built for the Canadian service. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, November 1, 1896. Tonnage was originally listed as 8,806. Made a number of sailings to Boston. Scrapped in Italy, 1926. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1995 |  | SS Carare "Carare" was completed at the Birkenhead yard of Cammell Lairds in 1927 for Elders & Fyffes. This photo is of her being assisted by a tug at Avonmouth Docks, near Bristol, England, sometime in the 1930s. This Company ran merchant ships to the West Indies for the banana trade and also accomodated a few passengers. The ships were well turned out and a very familiar sight in the docks. Her end came having left Avonmouth for Jamaica on the evening tide of May 28th 1940 with a complement of 60 passengers and crew. Some hours later, off Countisbury Head near Lynmouth, she was holed in no. 1 hold by a mine. She took 20 minutes to sink, giving time for the rescue of all but 7 including the ship's doctor. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1996 |  | SS Cephanolia In service between Liverpool and Boston between 1882 and 1899, this ship transported thousands of people to a new life in the United States of America. During my research into some of those families, this ship's name came up so many times, justifying it's addition to their story. | Photos | ||
| 1997 |  | SS Circassian Propulsion: Steam Launched: Thursday, 06 June 1872 Built: 1872 Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel Tonnage: 3211 grt Length: 375.5 feet Breadth: 40.3 feet Owner History: J & A Allan & Co Glasgow Status: Scrapped - 1896 Remarks: 24 April 1873: maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec~Montreal. In 1875 she was rebuilt, lengthened to 415.5ft, 3,724 gross, compounded engines by Laird Bros, Birkenhead, 500 HP, 14 knots. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1998 |  | SS Duchess of Richmond The third of Canadian Pacific's "Duchess" ships, Duchess of Richmond was built by John Brown & Co. of Glasgow. Launched in June 1928, she began her career on 26 January 1929, with a cruise from Liverpool to the Canary Islands. She then entered the line's transatlantic service with a 15 March 1929 sailing from Liverpool to St. John, New Brunswick. She remained on the Liverpool to St. John (winter) or Montréal (summer) service for her entire career with Canadian Pacific. At the beginning of World War II, Duchess of Richmond was taken over as a troop carrier, and began her service in that role with a 7 January 1940 trip from Liverpool to Suez. When the war was over, she was sent to Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering at Glasgow and was refitted in a first-class/tourist-class configuration. When she re-entered Canadian Pacific service on 16 July 1947, she had a new name -- Empress of Canada -- to go with her new fittings. After 186 roundtrips, the career of Empress of Canada came to a sudden end when she caught fire, heeled over and sank at Liverpool's Gladstone Dock on 25 January 1953. After extensive work, she was refloated in March 1954, and left Liverpool in tow on 1 September, headed for the shipbreakers at Spezia. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 1999 |  | SS Empress of Ireland (1906-1914) Description: Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 14,191. Dimensions: 548' x 65' (570' o.l.). Twin-screw, 19 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. History: Passengers: 310 first, 350 second, 800 third. Maiden voyage: Liverpool Quebec, June 23, 1906. Sunk in collision with the Storstad during a thick fog that prevailed on the St. Lawrence River, May 29, 1914. She went down within 15 minutes, with the loss of 1,024 lives. Rated as one of the worst disasters on the Atlantic. Sister ship: Empress of Britain. | Migrant Ships | ||
| 2000 |  | SS Himalaya in Singapore By the time the Second World War ended in August 1945, the P&O Company had suffered terrible losses, the shipping group itself having lost 182 vessels totalling nearly 1,250,000 tons. The rebuilding of the passenger fleet started in 1946, when P&O ordered their 28,047 gross ton liner "Himalaya" from Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She cost £3.4 million. In service, Himalaya only made 2 round trips to Australia before being programmed for cruises from Southampton, the first P&O cruises since 1939. | Migrant Ships |
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