Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. Give my love to dear Mary and tell her there are hopes yet. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. September Automatic Replacement Draft Unit No. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. Your son, Pvt. Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. Norwegian Police Emigration Records (1867 - 1973). Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. Men were in the raging sea and clinging to anything that would float. In 1919 P&O Line acquired a controlling interest in Orient Line. This means that you are likely to find what initially appear to be discrepancies when you click through to the image of the passenger list. You can of course reduce this option to 'exact' or '+/- 1 year' but you may be less likely to achieve a successful result if you do. Smith was born in Knoxville, Tennessee about 1894 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 615 E. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Cpl. 1954 Nov 12. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. Also on his discharge papers, it gives the dates of his departure on Sept. 25, 1918 to go overseas, and his return date of January 14, 1919. She had a displacement of 12,124 gross tons and 535.3 x 64.0 x 38.6ft . The manoeuvring of the Mounsey was magnificent and the destroyer was in danger of being dashed to pieces her self and she was taking on water. 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. 1954 Nov 10. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. This ship had gone wrong and could not be steered, so on a raging wave she plunged right into the middle of our ship, tearing a great hole in her side. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. Pvt. The Persian Gulf is included under Iran but a voyage marked as heading for that destination might of course have called at ports on the opposite side of the Gulf: you need to search under Iran to cover this possibility. However, often you will need to view both card and list, as sea departure cards usually do not contain details of destination, although they do have the date and departure port, meaning that you should be able to tell if a card relates to the same voyage as a passenger list found in your search. The American landsmen thought they would be safer on board the larger vessel than the small naval craft but this was to their undoing and explained why so many were lost. The sea departure cards are not linked to corresponding passenger lists (where they exist), and so you may be returned two results for the same person on the same voyage. Hirt was shared with me by Roy Pfundstein ( who was a friend of the family. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. Some are decorative and beautiful historical documents, others are more functional in their appearance. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Strong enough that one had to hold on to something to keep from being blown over. When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. 718867. The Battle of Coronel took place on 1 November 1914 with the loss of the British ships HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with very heavy loss of life. Fremantle. Finally, the islands of the Caribbean have been grouped together under a single West Indies heading, with the exception of the large islands of Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic and Jamaica, which have their own entries. OTRANTO | Passengers in History OTRANTO OTRANTO - 1909 OTRANTO Modify Page Content Ship Details Rig Steel Twin Screw Steamer, 2000 nhp Built 1909 Built In Belfast Tonnage 12,124g 7,433n Built By Workman Clark & Co Dimensions 535'4 x 64' x 38'7" Demise The jump to the HMS Mounsey was 40 feet and as the sea rolled up and down was reduced to 20 feet, but if you got it wrong you were crushed or cut in half by the ships wire rope rails. She had twin propellers driven through reduction gears by six steam turbines that between them developed 3,722 NHP. see: Immigration and Ships Passenger List Research Guide Section 4: Research in the Years 1820-1892; Information on the lists:name of ship, name of master, port of embarkation, age, sex, occupation and nationality. The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. Sugar was sent to Europe for the service men who did not get it because it was on the wharf in France and got rained on. Soon the word was passed the another ship the Kashmir, had broke her rudder and her Captain was unable to control her hitting the Otranto amidships and bow on port side. This information on Cpl. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. Of course, our first thought was a torpedo, but were told that it was nothing serious. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. Redirecting to https://www.shf.org.au/archives-research/ephemera/ephemera-otranto. Whilst the ships listed in the Passenger Lists records are all departing from ports in the UK, not all of the ships themselves are British. If you don't have an account please register. That is, passengers may go to sleep Wednesday night and find that it is still Wednesday when they arise the next morning. We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies and courts in the following states: New Jersey New York Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Hours and Address Enlarge Directions Address One Bowling Green, Room 328 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-401-1620 Toll-free: 1-866-840-1752 Fax: 212-401-1638 Email: newyork.archives@nara.gov Hours In addition to troops, passengers could also include nurses and other support personnel, family members, and any other passengers who may have been traveling onboard these ships. Just a few days before his enlistment he bought himself a new automobile for her pleasure. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. The waves were so high and the destroyer so heavily loaded until she turned almost over. Thomas Goodwin was born and raised in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. We were told that our ship had been rammed by another large ship, which was carrying troops also, the name of this ship was ____________ (erased by censor). I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 If you wish to search by country, simply select the country but leave the destination port dropdown at its default 'all ports within destination country' setting. Forces. Lisa continues, They were both very young men at the time. Edward's body was later washed ashore in Scotland. I know he was stationed at Savannah Georgia and a friend who had seen a picture of him in his uniform said that it was Coast Artillery. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Vessels arriving by year. She spent the last months of 1914 in the South Atlantic off the West Coast of South America looking for the German Cruiser Squadron commanded by Admiral von Spee. Arthur Harmon was badly injured when he leaped from the deck of the sinking ship to that of a destroyer and recovered in the Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, Ireland. He joined the Army on a whim to help his family out of poverty. Others were on deck, but their hold wasnt very good and they were swept overboard. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 Pvt. Applications for any other use should be made to. William Patrick Battle, Jr. was from Augusta, Georgia. Researchers should note that there is no strict geographical relation between, for example, a passenger's last address within the British Isles and the port from which they embarked overseas. Passenger List (Empress of Britain - From Liverpool Friday, August 30th, 1957 To Quebec and Montreal), includes sailings July 1957-March 1958: 1957: Sailings of Empress of Britain, Empress of England, Empress of France and Empress of Scotland: S: Sailings to and from Europe - Saint John Season 1957-1958, November 1957-April 1958: 1957 He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. Belfast, Ireland. Somehow the waves carried my left leg underneath one of the chains and the weight of the anchor chain held me in a straining position until another wave loosened me. Barrow. For instance, in the South African dropdown list there are the important ports of Durban (Port Natal) and Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay). Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. His initial role in the novel is to illustrate the relationship between the fallen helmet and the prophecy of the true heir being revealed. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Assisted immigrant ships 1832-1889. printable version. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. Passenger List was created, co-written and co-directed by John Scott Dryden; co-written and co-directed by Lauren Shippen; and edited and sound designed by Mark Henry Phillips, who also composed the music for the show. Private Pearl B. Horn, was one of the American soldiers who was on the Otranto when she sank off the coast of Scotland and Ireland on October 6, 1918. As well as giving you additional information, sea departure cards give you a chance to view a person's signature. It is important to note that wherever a voyage has one or more ports of call prior to its final destination, there may be a difference between where the ship is going and where a passenger on board is going: for instance, the ship may be sailing to Sydney, Australia but passengers may disembark at, for example, Bombay in India if that is one of the ports of call en route. These voyages often called en route at additional ports, including those in Europe, and any passengers disembarking at these stops are included. On 7 September 1918, he registered for WWI draft and was serving as the YMCA Ocean Transport Secretary en route to Paris when he sailed on the HMS Otranto. Passenger lists usually give details of the overseas port to which the passenger is sailing, while remaining silent on the country in which the port is situated. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. Geoffrey already had three brothers living in Australia. Arthur Harmon, No. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. Pvt. In the early decades covered by BT27, you are likely to see these places written on the actual lists as Natal (sometimes abbreviated simply to N) and Algoa Bay (often shown as A Bay). Although Seattle was incorporated in 1869, relatively recently for an American city, it quickly became an important center for exporting the regions rich natural resources, and so the population relied on sea travel and trade. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Read tagging guidelines. London, Naples, via Suez Canal, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. While countries such as Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA feature strongly, all continents are covered and you will find passengers on ships sailing to all parts of Asia, the Caribbean, South America and West Africa, even to remotest oceanic islands such as South Georgia Island. Able Body Seaman Turner was one of the last to jump from the Otranto and saw the ship and Captain Ernest W. Davidson go down as he waved to his men as he stayed by his charge to the very end. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. (note: Jennings is shown as age 1 in this census, again a good indication that 1898 is correct) A family history article by Peggy Haywood Gregory is found on page 225 of The Heritage of Union County, North Carolina, 1842-1992, Vol. I saw a number of men jump for the destroyer but miss and fall between where they were smashed to death or drowned. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. Passenger List is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. There were 66 people hospitalised, six of whom were in intensive care, a . ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. Orient. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Clifford Ardell Carpenter - Born 21 October 1876 in Oconomowoc, WI, died 6 October 1918 off the Coast of Scotland during the sinking of the Otranto. 1938 The Australia service extended to New Zealand. The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. He tried to time his jump to the destroyer so he would land on the destroyer as it was at its wave peak or at least just starting back down. There were several men in the hospital who were killed outright. For Dutch ships, for example Damsterdijk, also spelt Damsterdyk, only one version of the name has been selected, allowing you to view passenger lists for both spellings with one search. Phone: (902)-569-2333 and (902)-894-9885 The following 4 vessels, the Alexander, Jane, Lucy, and British Queen were all associated with the migration of Scots Catholics from Clanranald's Estates! Sgt. crew, passengers, military. In theory if not in practice, there are no domestic British or purely European voyages in BT27, and no lists for Merchant or Royal Naval vessels or for troop ships. Analysis. Roy C. Dilts was most likely in the same unit from Ft. Screven, Georgia as Cpl. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Variations of spelling have been standardised as far as possible to avoid confusion and to ease searching. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. I did have his Mandolin but at one point in my life I was really down and out and my Mom told me to sell it which I did now I wish I had kept it. Like rival Dutch shipping company Nederland Line's passenger ship Oranje, the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd's William Ruys served the Netherlands-Indonesia route after the war, having been built in 1947 for that purpose. Passenger lists are indexed for the years 1845 - 1886 . FOR SALE! She was sold for scrap in June. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. A man from my hometown saw me when I was eleven while I was unveiling the monument to the service men and he told me that he was on the same ship and saw my dad try to jump from the Otranto to the Mounsey which had pulled alongside and he fell in between. After the War my hometown erected a monument to honor the men who had died in service from my town. He was 20 years old at the time he enlisted and was born in Montgomery, Alabama and lived at the home of his father George W. Smith, at 1111 E. Lurna St. in Pensacola, Florida at the time he enlisted. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. For example, in the 1890s passenger lists the city known as Jakarta was generally referred to as Batavia, so if you select the destination country Indonesia you will find that we have joined together these two names as Jakarta (Batavia) in the dropdown list of ports. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. Berlin 1868, 2333 tons, 285ft x 39ft. My dad had written to my mother from Georgia asking her to bring me to the train station so he could see me before he went overseas, it seems the government was sending the troops through their hometowns so they could see their families before shipping out. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). Notes. This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. SBS TV | SBS Radio | SBS On Demand, news, sport, food, movies Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. LOC 2018696845. C1E 8B0. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton and London. The Ship Hope, 1733 List A - The Captain's list List B - The signers of the Oath of Alligiance List C - The signers of the Oath of Abjuration. The wave seemed like huge mountains. His mother, Mrs. Martha McAfee, R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. He worked hard at home to regain strength and range of motion and was far more successful that had been predicted by his surgeon. Victor Morris Perrin passed away in 1967 in Naples, Florida. Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. Please note that the A-Z drop-down list of countries includes larger and less precise entities such as Africa, Antarctica, Far East, Mediterranean Ports and South America, for cases where more specific information is not available. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, (image) HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. Rafts and crushed lifeboats were used between the two ships so she would not be hit so hard. Born in Union County, North Carolina he was the son of Reese & Tabitha/Tobitha (Helms) Haywood. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. Find out where they were going and where they were coming from, where they called home as well as their age, occupation and whether they were married or single. The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. They are divided into: 1. inward bound passengers "assisted" (subsidised) "unassisted" (paying their own way), or "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. Pvt. HMS Otranto men listed on the Toddington St. George Roll of Honour, Bedfordshire, England: Benjamin Lewitt, Otranto Ship's Surgeon, killed during the sinking. My hopes and prayers are that he may yet survive. I supposed it was done while I was fastened under the chain. The ABA was a 7,937 gross ton passenger ship, 450ft x 55.8ft, twin screw motor ship, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 225-1st, 70-2nd and 70-3rd class passengers. PASSENGER LISTS Journey to Australia Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. The Otranto is the first of the new Orient liners to be fitted with wireless, and during her present trip she was able to maintain communication with 23 shore stations and 45 steamers. This matching process enables a researcher to search by country when they do not know to which port within the country their passenger sailed. You'll find steamship captains from Cunard, White Star, Inman, Guion, Anchor, American, Red Star, CGT French Line, and many others. His father, John Lauch, 248 West Forrer St., Lockland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. However, in 1933, she was given a comprehensive refit to become a One Class Liner, accommodating just 770 Tourist Class passengers and she was listed as being 14,983 GRT. Ft. Screven, American Ex. The Brig Alexander - The passenger list of the Brig Alexander and the Glenaladale Settlers of 1772. Lauch was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 249 W. Forrer St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 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. Finally, there is the summary section, which gives statistical detail on the number of passengers and usually a signature and stamp from the Board of Trade (BT), to which the list was sent by the shipping line. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, privacy policy, Need more context? S.S. Kronprinz length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. First Settlers of New Hampshire. If you do open up a destination port drop-down list, you will see an A-Z alphabetical list of available ports. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. Hong Kong is included under China. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. I can remember standing in front of my mother at the funeral parlor and seeing his coffin with the flag over it. View all Works. HMS Otranto men listed on The Australian Naval War Memorial in Canberra: M. McNally, lost while serving on the Otranto. 1939: Troopship. Hudson was from Jakin, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven. Passing time with a boxing match on board the HMS Otranto with Seaman Francis Edwin Turner on the left and an unidentified sailor from another ship on the right. 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