document.write("to:"); Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly as ship passenger lists. 1877 chartered from PSNCo, 1878 purchased from PSNCo, 1905 Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. [2] The Orontes was scrapped at Valencia, Spain in 1962. 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. Used on the London - Sydney run from 1902 to 1916, and then as a troopship during WW1 on occasional charters. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. Orontes, 1906-1908 Access status Open Previous System Identifier DID39035 Description Register of . Join our community and help us keep our history alive. River ports on such navigable rivers as the Amazon and the Yukon mean that, for example, inland locations such as Manaus (Brazil) and Dawson City (Canada) are included. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. The Young Australia times : published on board the ship "Young Australia", Captain Charles Grey : during the passage from London to Brisbane, 1864/ edited by George Grimley. The passenger lists date from 1878 to 1888 and 1890 to 1960. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C. PASSENGER SS "ORONTES". In many cases, the country is self-evident, i.e., Boston is of course in USA, Melbourne in Australia and so on. Photographs and important passenger information was included. Westfal Larsen. Please note that not all ports are sea ports. Extract from Guide to the public records of Tasmania, records relating to free immigration (Appendix f). 1881 Outward sailings to Australia were alternately via Suez and Cape of Good Hope. For records of passengers after 1960 it may be worth contacting the relevant shipping line. Funnel: 1958 Joint P&O-Orient Line introduced to Australia and trans-Pacific. Brand Names Orient Line (Shipping Services) Classification Migration, Travel - shipboard life, Plans Category History & Technology [1], The ship served on the England to Australia route from 1948 to 1962, being refitted as a single class passenger ship at Thornycroft in 1953. You may do research in immigration records in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. Willem Ruys ay Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW How do I declare my intention to publish? From the database page, you can search using a variety of fields, or browse starting with the List Type (Outgoing or Incoming). These lists contain the names of the labourers who were recruited to support the development of the settlement. Credit Line: ANMM Collection Gift from Dennis McLoughry. and Otago (Ship). Some are decorative and beautiful historical documents, others are more functional in their appearance. document.write("slist@g"); Passenger lists vary in size and in length, they changed over time, and different shipping lines had their own pre-printed forms. 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. Support Donate Achievements SS Orontes In 2017 the Foundation launched a fundraising campaign to support the acquisition and conservation of this important ship model. The database Passenger Lists, 1865-1922 allows you to access the passenger lists by name of ship, port and date of departure and or port and date of arrival. There are very few records in The National Archives of passengers before 1878. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. 1962 transferred to Trident Tankers, 1965 transferred to, 1877 transferred from Pacific Steam Nav.Co, 1900 sold to. The Gull : a weekly newspaper published on board the 'Otago' during a four months' voyage from Glasgow to Brisbane: Also containing a complete and truthful statement of the privations and negligences experienced by the emigrants on the voyage, likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants on the voyage likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants in the depot on their arrival here, and of the manner in which government inquiries are conducted. The SS Orontes was a passenger ship owned by Orient Line. Ascension is included under St Helena. Download Low Res Image Order a copy Description THE SS "ORAMA", A 19,000 TON PASSENGER VESSEL OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENT LINE, ON CHARTER TO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A TROOPSHIP, BEING SHELLED BY THE GERMAN 10,000 TON CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER". Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. research. 1880-1882 Orient Line Australia service. HMS Orion. Orontes was the last of the "Orama" Class and great effort was taken to make the public rooms of Orontes the best of this class. 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. Trade, re-possessed by Orient Line, renamed Orontes, 1926 scrapped. Briefly resumed service, only to be scrapped in 1926. Old Calabar and New Calabar are different places within Nigeria but have been merged within the dropdown list of Nigerian ports, as many entries in the passenger lists simply state Calabar. Lists were not kept for every ship and some have been lost, but those that survive are becoming increasingly available online and new indexes afford us much better access to them. For example, if you search for William Lancaster and you type in William Lan*, your search will return a list of results that include names such as William Lane or William Landau - as well as William Lancaster. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. Collectie Fotocollectiie Afdrukken ANEFO Rousel, fotonummer 157-0455, Bestanddeelnr 157-0455.jpg. File: P & O Orient Line - SS Oronsay passenger lists & publications. Learn more. There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. info@sea.museum, Gifts to the Foundation have enabled us to conserve this important builders model of the SS. These cards form a complete alphabetical name index to the material below. with PSNC fleet to. HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale [From: AWM P01122.003] The HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale weighed 5121 tons with an average cruise speed of 15 knots or 27.78 kmph. document.write("