Seaman Francis Edwin Turner is marked with the "X", middle of the back row. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. Presumably Pvt. His service number was 213177 and died while serving on the ship on 26 March 1918. Seaman Turner made it safely and years later was able to tell his story to his grandson, Wayne. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. Pvt. Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. 406. 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. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. Wherever we can, we have paired each port with its matching country. She had a displacement of 12,124 gross tons and 535.3 x 64.0 x 38.6ft . 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. 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. S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. Private Pearl B. Horn, USA, likely taken at Fort Dade, which was on Egmont Island in the Tampa Bay Harbor. What do I need to know before I start? Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. If you have research comments or additional information on this page E-mail them to: Joe Hartwell, [Return back to the Ships histories page] [ Return back to the Site Map ] [ Return to the Coast Artillery Corps page ], Pvt. Once on deck the men were faced with very strong winds. The differences between these different copies of the same list are usually cosmetic but there are sometimes also minor differences in content or in the Board of Trade's annotations or stamps upon them. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. You can search these arrival records in our collection. Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! 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 61541: Wayne. Lauch was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. This information will help us make improvements to the website. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min In May 1932 she played a small part in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the French ocean liner Georges Philippar in the Gulf of Aden. Passengers For New England, pg 407. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. Analysis. Free immigration to Tasmania 1803-1946. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Orient Steam Navigation Co.Ltd., Orient Line, reg. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. During the first decades of the 20th century, the . Hudson was from Jakin, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven. Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. Geoffrey already had three brothers living in Australia. He sailed on the Otranto with Casual Company No. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, Norwegian Police Emigration Records (1867 - 1973). He was not married, and had no children. His initial role in the novel is to illustrate the relationship between the fallen helmet and the prophecy of the true heir being revealed. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. Pvt. She was Orient Line's second ship of that name. He had a constant feeling that he was neglecting his duty by not going into the service when suddenly one Friday he made his mind to do so. Newsome was born in Belvidere, North Carolina about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. Seaman Goodwin was lost at sea aged 39-years when the HMS Otranto, on which he was serving, sank off the coast of Islay on 6th October 1918. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. You'll find steamship captains from Cunard, White Star, Inman, Guion, Anchor, American, Red Star, CGT French Line, and many others. His father, Frank Kish of 2885 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. We were delayed four or five hours. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. She had twin propellers driven through reduction gears by six steam turbines that between them developed 3,722 NHP. 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. Pvt. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). However, copies of the records (1820-1874 with gaps) survived. 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. Later in life Pearl B. Horn did not talk much about the war in an detail, but one day many years ago, he told his son, Paul Horn, a few things about that time and his limited experience in the last battle of WWI, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 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. I was quite seasick for four days and nights, but I overcame that and felt good, although I would have been very glad to have seen land. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. In 1953 the two rival vessels clashed at sea and almost come to grief. For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. September 25th saw the Otranto leaving America with a full load of troops on which, would be her last trip across the Atlantic. We have been treated well since we landed here. I supposed it was done while I was fastened under the chain. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. Journey to Australia: Tall Trees Family History DEPARTURES: 1822-1869 London, England Liverpool, England In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M237, rolls 95-580 and T715 . After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. If your search returns a large number of results you may wish to sort them by clicking on the column heading, to help you scan the list of records. I had looked for brother but was unable to find him. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. Edward Lewis Williams was a coal miner living in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. I cannot write any more. [1], In 1926 Otranto was slightly damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. J. C. Geiger, 3372653, 6 October, 1918", Victor Don Perrin shared his fathers story of the account of the HMS Otranto collision in WW I. Victor Don Perrin writes about his father, My father, a 22 year old doughboy, survived that collision. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. On 6 Oct. 1918, during a heavy storm while carrying troops from America to Glasgow and Liverpool, HMS Otranto collided with the P&O liner H.M.S. 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 Where an age is given for a passenger in the original list, we have calculated the approximate year of birth using the simple subtraction of the age from the year of voyage. 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. Marshal claims that the manuscript takes place "in the darkest ages of Christianity" but that the story's language is far . Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. You need to sign in to tag. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. However, in a few minutes we got orders to go up on C deck with life preservers, which we did in a calm manner. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. As well as searching for your ancestors in the passenger lists by their name it is also possible to browse by ship. She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. Lisa recalls that Owen Tucker, her grandfather never spoke about the disaster but his brother Edward Tucker did only when he had a couple of drinks. "SS Lucania" - partial passenger list for voyage from Ireland to New York in 1898 "Germanic" - partial passenger list for voyage from Queenstown, Ireland to New York in 1903. The passenger train was carrying 342 travellers and 10 crew, with two crew on the cargo train, Hellenic Train data showed. There is a memorial tombstone for him erected in the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia that says: "Lost at sea on the Otranto off the coast of Scotland". She reported to Admiral Cradock in his flagship, HMS Good Hope and then made her escape as she was no match for the German guns. That is, passengers may go to sleep Wednesday night and find that it is still Wednesday when they arise the next morning. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. 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. But I meant to do all in my power to make good. U.S.N.S. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. However, where this is unclear or not stated, the destination of the ship is given for the passenger instead. London, Naples, via Suez Canal, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. "Tel" or "Tel $" meaning Telegram, meaning they didn't have sufficient funds to travel to their intended destination, and they sent a telegram requesting money from a relative or someone else. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. As well as giving you additional information, sea departure cards give you a chance to view a person's signature. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. 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. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. Synopsis A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. 718867. It is a wonder that the destroyer (the Mounsey) wasnt torn to pieces, for sometimes she would be a wave higher than our ship, then she would be far below; then she would come up again near us. Dont worry about me Im all right, and if you dont hear from me regularly dont worry for you know the mails are so uncertain. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. Port of arrival. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. He enlisted 12 March, 1918 from Beloit, Kansas and was assigned to the 4th Co. CAC, Ft. Screven. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. If a port is not in the drop-down list, this means that (to the best of our knowledge) there are no sailings from it. Vessel. 1954 Nov 10. Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. Pvt. First Settlers of New Hampshire. [5] On 4 August 1932 she collided with the Thames barge Why Not in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; Why Not sank.[6]. It is considered the first Gothic novel in the English language, and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form. If you select this option, you will be returned only entries where New Zealand (rather than a more specific port) has been given on the passenger list. 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. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton and London. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. My mom put her engagement ring in the place where the pick was kept, a man came visiting next door to us, borrowed the mandolin when we got it back the ring was gone, she sent me over to ask him about it but he denied seeing it. The sea then began to get restless. Many of the deaths of drowned men came from the C. A. C. September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven, Georgia, as the Otranto was carrying this unit when the shik sank on October 6, 1918. 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. C1E 8B0. I remember my Grandmother complaining there was no white flour only brown, I remember seeing maple syrup in cans shaped like a log cabin with the chimney a pouring spout, that was used in place of sugar. Cuzco. Strong enough that one had to hold on to something to keep from being blown over. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. Passenger List is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Radabaugh was born in Connersville, West Virginia about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. The men on the Otranto were instructed to remain calm and 15-20 minutes later were again instructed to get on deck as quickly as possible. 1942 Nov.: Fitted out as an assault ship. A full account of the Johnson-Jeffries fight was received from the Macedonia's operator on Monday. Just a few days before his enlistment he bought himself a new automobile for her pleasure. This matching process enables a researcher to search by country when they do not know to which port within the country their passenger sailed. Dilts was given to me by his daughter Barbara Dilts Joike who on December 17, 2004, turned 90 years old. This means that there can be two or even three originals of some of the passenger lists within the BT27 series. Ft. Screven, American Ex. 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. 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. The National Archives has passenger arrival records, sometimes called "ship passenger lists," for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). 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. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. He helps Isabella escape from the castle during Manfred's suspenseful pursuit, while also attracting the . However, if you know that a particular passenger left from a particular port, or are only interested in passengers sailing from a particular port, you can select (for instance) Southampton from the list. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. These are digitised records from two. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Also capacity for 1,200 Mecca pilgrims on deck Launched Jan.1903 by D & W. Henderson, Glasgow for the China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool, an Alfred Holt ( Blue Funnel Line) subsidiary. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. Although the destroyer H.M.S. If you don't have an account please register. If you do open up a destination port drop-down list, you will see an A-Z alphabetical list of available ports. 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. To see the passenger list, use the Book and Page above, to find the correct microfiche in Assisted Immigrants from UK, 1839-1871, Compartment 21, Call no. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. His shoulder always caused him great pain and finally, he retired from his business in 1946, turning it over to my older brother Robert Morris Perrin, when he returned from WW II. Edward was the only one accepted that night. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Kashmir also carring American troops, in Machir Bay off the North coast of Islay, Scotland, drifted ashore and became a total wreck. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. 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. In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident. 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. HMS Otranto was an Orient Steam Navigation Company liner and was built by Workman Clark, Belfast in 1909 for the London to Australia route but also did cruses to Norway and the Mediterranean on occasion. Union 1867, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40 ft. Weser 1867, 2870 tons, 325ft x 40ft. Swadner was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. 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. By 11:00 am it was all over the Otranto was gone with many men and those who survived were taken to Belfast, Ireland. Men were beginning to jump off the Otranto and onto the Mounsey some timing the jumps right and making it to the Mounsey and others were crushed as the two ships slammed together. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, (image) We have constructed the database in such as way so that, where a port has had two names within the period covered by the BT27 data series, the ports are joined together in the drop-down list and therefore are searched together. Newsome was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Dr. Bowden, surgeon-superintendent, reports them to be in a highly healthy state, no diseases but measles having exhibited itself. She was sold for scrap in June. He and others had climbed to the top deck on the port side. 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. Blair Witch launched the "found footage" horror trope and Otranto inaugurated the "Gothic." Interestingly enough, Otranto also employs a "found footage" gimmick with its first edition, pretending that the original manuscript was hundreds of years old, unearthed from the . He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 20 years 3 months old. see description line storage D28 144038857786 Pvt. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Accordingly, you may wish to check under both Curacao and Caracas if you are trying to find a person who went to one or other of these destinations. [7], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RMS_Otranto_(1925)&oldid=1124982995, This page was last edited on 1 December 2022, at 15:49. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. Thomas and Margaret Goodwin had a son named Charles Goodwin who served in the Scottish Rifles and was killed in action during WWI just two years earlier at the Battle of the Somme when only 19-years of age and he is buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. 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. BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments BT 26 - Board of Trade:. partial passenger list. Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. Discover more about Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957. ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954.