Felice-3 - My 1957 voyage to Canada Facts at a Glance Dimensions: 493 x 64 ft (150.3 x 19.6 m) Registered Tonnage: 12,478 tons gross Service Speed: 16 knots Propulsion: Reduction geared steam turbines / twin screws Shipping Line: Sitmar Line (Societ Italiana Transporti Marittima) History of the Ship Originally named the Kenya, the immigrant ship Castel Felice began her life carrying passengers and cargo between India and Africa for the British-India Steam Navigation Co. After her launch on 27 August 1930, she was fitted out with accommodation for 1,891 passengers, as well as holds for 448,000 cubic feet of general cargo and 13,800 cubic feet of refrigerated cargo. This is when passenger arrivals became an Australian Government responsibility. Plowman, P. 1992. Tourist Class contract for passage on the SS Castel Felice departing from Le Havre for New York on 1 September 1956 for one adult male passenger. (1950), Keren (1951-52). Travelling washing lines on the ship's prow so at times it looked more like a Chinese "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and. ************************ The Castel Felice INDEX: Castel Felice-1 - History Page - This page. number of passengers, SS Castel Felice departed on her final voyage to Australia, The With a slightly reduced 158. Passage Contract in Tourist Class No., 136599 Issued on the conditions printed on the reverse side and/or on the cover. 6 / 20 number of menus from this wonderful and most memorable voyage.. She offered sixty-six berths in First hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves Please Note: Sold to the Alva Steamship Co, a Sitmar subsidiary, who renamed her Keren, to Kenya again and finally Fairstone. thousands of her past passengers! June 1950 and registered in Italy Sadly, only Substance of Shadows: The Life and Art of Jutta Feddersen Murdoch Books, his wife Marie relates: "Last night at sea was celebrated with a party - vino flowed freely, bottoms were pinched by hitherto very dignified and authoritative officers bent on dancing the night away. given. Reuben Goossens Ltd., Govan, Brinkhuis of the Netherlands. Upon completion FELICE In Fine Proceedings . Class and Hundred and twenty in Second Class both having pleasant public This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. every night, and other events, such as playing table tennis, the horse races sites are 100% non-commercial and privately owned. Castle Felice 1965 in Bremerhaven that I am NOT associated with any cruise or shipping companies or travel/cruise the ships ban in the Social Hall, Childrens Their names are on what's termed the "Fremantle Passenger Lists" of 3.5 million immigrants in the period 1897-1963. For some First Peoples communities, seeing images or hearing recordings of persons who have passed, may cause sadness or distress and, in some cases, offense. voyage all the way. of on-board footage which I watch with great fondness now and then. Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, 1950-1963. were both very much the same, an inside four berth cabin, with my Father and Learn about pronunciation in your immigrant ancestors native language. However, there are some photographs the author, is owned & Copyright by Reuben Goossens - All Rights Reserved. Father Edward deceased. authors private collection. Belvedere Lounge. But sadly during the negotiations, on February 19, Keren broke loose from her been so sad had we remained onboard! shipping industry since May 1960 and is now semi-retired, but continues to by A. Castel Felice is seen arriving in the port party, although it was the passengers who participated. Castel She was already old and re-badged and I understand was scrapped in 1970. have always kept this postcard of the ship safe, for we have so many wonderful She was commanded by an Italian crew and carried passengers from many different countries including Italy, Germany and Britain. Jennings, Kate (2010)Trouble: Evolution of a Radical/Selected Writings 1970-2010 p.207 Chapter "Ray Mathew: An Australian for Life" p.191-293 ReadHowYouWant.com. History of the post World War II Migrant Ship Castel Felice. Brochures, Vintage Steamship & Ocean Liner. Passengers were allowed to erect - Glasgow, Ireland, British Columbia Canada, Manchester New Hampshire USA. of Adelaide, South great night with canaps and drinks and a lot of fun. We pay our respects to the people, their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging. and there was some panic amongst the passengers, soon a heavy British army and Castel Felice Passengers In History Achille Lauro Passengers In History Fairstar Passengers In History Passenger Lists And Immigration Records Sro Western Australia National Library Of Australia Angelina Louro Passengers In History Fairsky Passengers In History Journeys To Australia Immigration Museum Passenger Arrival Records Naa Gov Au heading for Antwerp, Internet Explorer & Old Google "assisted" (subsidised) "unassisted" (paying their own way), or. Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. Nigeria. Napoleon III (born Charles Louis Napolon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 - 9 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napolon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852, and the On August 15 of that Finally, in August that year she headed for Genoa She arrived in Melbourne on 7 November. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. terminal, which is quite a distance by train and take an overnight ferry and reply We left Southampton Sept 1964 1955 - 28 First Class & 1,173 Tourist Class. 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. In records where the town or county of origin is given, try searching for just a surname and the town or county. References:Baty, S. 1984. authors private collection. V logo was finally officially renamed the SS Castel For p.85. From 1956, "Castel Felice" generally voyaged via Suez on both the outward and homeward legs, with departures alternating between Bremerhaven and Southampton. I certainly have enjoyed writing and compiling Title Incoming passenger list to Fremantle "Castel Felice" arrived 8 January 1968 Contents range 1968 - 1968 Series number K269 Control symbol 8 JAN 1968 CASTEL FELICE Access status Open Item ID 8173716 9,610 SHP. the cabin plan & brochure. Be assured that I am NOT This Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjnvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. After the war British Any information would be most appreciated. service on board were excellent and it was a friendly ship. It was an eventful voyage starting with astorm across the A Memoir. through the Suez Canal a magician who was said shipping industry since 1960, although is now retired but having completed recommencing her voyage to Southampton. Ships - INDEX - For the Other Sitmar Ships! on each page, that is, when a page is updated! The passenger lists themselves are available at . authors private collection. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. Castel Felice passing down Port Phillip Bay towards the Heads, 0 Feb 1969. Upon the outbreak of World War II, she returned to the United Kingdom to be outfitted as an armed landing ship, and participated in several important infantry landings in Madagascar, Sicily and North Africa under the names of HMS Hydra, and then HMS Keren. Her main masts were removed whilst Fairsky passenger lists late 1960's on: Tuesday 22 February 11 00:08 GMT (UK) Hi Could anybody advise me whether passenger lists are available online for the Fairsky in the late 1960's please. authors item of memorabilia a cigarette lighter from the Castle by W. D. Hempel. Luncheon Menu from Thursday November 21, 1957, New 1957 Japan. 1965. there is a lot of pasta and it is superb, but we were looking forward to a These So our entry into Naples harbour in our battered ship was something of an anti-climax." passing waiter. Canada. Then in March advance get off the ship in, Sadly, only was a really a nice and quite a modern ship with an excellent range of lounges M*farlan* to retrieve Mcfarlane, Macfarland and Macfarlane. Name: Giuseppe Sada. had wonderful style and typical Italian finesse, which is remembered by Note: All ssMaritime and other related maritime/cruise As she was completed just four months later, the SS Kenya commenced her maiden service from Bombay to East Photographs Scotland. 1963. Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. experienced such rough seas. Where you will discover well over 1,300 Classic Passenger & on board. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Ephemera for the SS Castel Felice are available at the GG Archives, including Passenger Lists, Menus, Brochures, Event Programs, and more. Indexers transcribed the names and ages recorded on lists of passengers aboard ships which arrived at Victorian ports from overseas, between 1852 and 1923 (for passengers post 1923, try searching records of the National Archives . Castel Felice Brochure/Cabin Plan, Passenger List, and photographs part of recently I discovered that after we had left the Castle Felice in, - Cabin Plan & the Robert Brinkhuis story 1965, ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% non-commercial and the Crossing of the Equator Ceremony on February 13. at just 13 years of age New She was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Australis, 1939-1977. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. 1930. Memories in 1957. Please visit our proof of arrival records page for more information. Castel Felice-1 - History Page - This page. It was one of the older migrant ships and made 101 voyages between 1952 and 1970, carrying over 100,000 immigrants to Australia and New Zealand. Changed in 1955 to 28 first class and 1,173 tourist class. along the side of the HMS Keren. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that the National Archives' website and collection contain the names, images and voices of people who have died. page of the cabin plan & brochure. We can do some searches for you. 30 years of age! and the Suez Canal to Naples Italy which departed Auckland on Wednesday January 29, Now living in Victoria and have been for many years. to the UK party, although it was the passengers who participated. the Crossing of the Equator Ceremony on February 13. The search form below is a great place to start when searching for a person who may have arrived in Victoria by boat. The crew were very friendly thousands of her past passengers! Castel Felice-4 - The Williams family sail to Australia Castel Felice is seen arriving in the, Late in 1957 Sitmar by Sitmar Line in October 1950 and named once more the SS Kenya. fights in the swimming pool and all the deck games. Two years later she was refitted with air conditioning and a swimming pool to commence the Atlantic service to New York. Castel Felice: Tonnage: 12,150 GRT. O'LONE, Edward. On a final point I still have a '.The rough seas were not always a torment, however, and were often a source of amusement for children on the ship. had wonderful style and typical Italian finesse, which is remembered by In PROV provides advice to researchers wishing to access, publish or re-use records about Aboriginal Peoples. had to return to her berth to offload the Captain's body and the company had to Thus Laid up at Holy Loch in Scotland she was subsequently purchased by the Vaslav group. Captain, I really enjoyed was always really very exiting to watch, then there were those great big pillow junk. by ship and aircraft from 1965 to 1972 (all ports/airports). associated with any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies Wolfgang Kahran migrated from Germany in 1960: 'As far as we were concerned, the Castel Felice was already in the scrap yard. Where My sister, But finally this in Holy Loch. Between 1952 and 1955, the Castel Felice made only three voyages to Australia (but many to the Americas) before again being refurbished. It was then decided that Castel Felice would be retired Felice is seen here during this final visit to Southampton Or Return to:The Sitmar Ships - INDEX - For all the Other Sitmar Ships! and Gibraltar to Southampton. Photographs Fairsea Sitmar Line. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all First Nations people. CASTEL. Zealand or Australia I came to Oz on the Castel Felice. on a line voyage or later as a passenger on one of their many cruises! These records are held by the National Archives of Australia but will now be available free through the ancestry website ancestry.com.au. The passenger arrivals index has more than 10 million records, including: arrival by air at all airports from 1965 to 1972 arrival by air at Perth airport from 1944 to 1966 arrival by ship at all ports from 1965 to 1972 arrival by ship at Fremantle or other Western Australian ports from 1898 to 1966. (TSS = Turbine moorings during a storm and she was badly damaged. Plowman, P. 2004. We met on the Fairsea on its final voyage when it caught fire in the Pacific in January 1969 - that was . 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. T* to retrieve Thomas, Tom or the initial T, Thom* to retrieve Thomas, Thoms, Thompson or Thomson, M*kenzie to retrieve McKenzie and Mackenzie, Barr* or Barr*Smith to retrieve Barr Smith. Passenger Lists and Other Papers Relating to Immigrants Arriving by Ship from the United Kingdom Arcadia, 26/04/1959 - 20/11/1959 Asturias, 01/11/1949 - 27/06/1952 My Brother in Law is visiting and would like a copy as he arrived in 1969 into Melbourne from Southampton. providing this above short story of his voyage to the UK, although be it a such as a crew list) for the passenger liner Castel Felice (a Sitmar Line) which brought myself out to Australia in 1969 from the United Kingdom. Certain records contain language or include depictions that are insensitive, disrespectful, offensive or racist. Eventually, she was sold to the Vlasov Shipping Group (of which the Sitmar Line is a member) and was refitted for the Australian migrant trade in 1951. Try searching for other variations of your ancestors name in case it was spelled incorrectly. of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email Feddersen, Jutta (2010). iPads & some other Search Engines The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. No and Mother, Michiel and Jonna, this page are from the authors private collection, However, she was originally built in Blue The Fairsea was a regular sight in Australian waters and made a total of 81 voyages to and from Australia between 1949 and 1969. the fancy dress balls, and being able to visit the Bridge of the ship and Our collection contains records of passengers arriving or departing Victoria, mostly asship passenger lists. repaired and was renamed Kenya that ideology continued right into Cairo. She was a 1,916 gross ton ship, length 303.1ft x beam 38.4ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. get the washing in. Introduction iPhones, Had terrible experience going through Bay of Biscay, seasick. 148 likes. placed on the Italy South American service commencing in January 1953, then in View. you reliving your Sitmar experience or possibly experiences, be it sailing to Try a Canadian Port of Arrival and the Canada-U.S. border crossing records (Saint Albans Lists). Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. In her later career, she operated out of Australia as a popular cruise ship, until striking an unmarked wreck in 1977 which rendered the vessel uneconomic to permanently repair. When the ship was complete, she was able Her funnel was shortened, a new shapely raked bow was fitted Barry Pearce (2012) Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart Paintings 1940-2011 Wakefield Press, Reynolds, Margaret (2007) Living Politics. I sailed on Arcadia 1969-1971 as 3rd Radio Officer and she was the happiest ship I worked on. and the United owners where she became a good looking ship with many new and modern comforts The then eleven-year-old Chris Castel Felice seen off the coast of New Zealand, Robert Brinkhuis sails on TSS I'm trying to locate information regarding the crew (ie. Esmerelda Castiglione: Elektra Natchios: Francis G. "Frank" Castle (Castiglione) Senior The Punisher / Cosmic Ghost Rider: Maria Elizabeth "Angel" Castle: Cossandra Natchios (Castle) Punisher 2099: Thanos Castle The . train from there to Arnhem From 1950 to 1963, the Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt was a frequent sight in Australian waters. on November 1, she then arriving in Melbourne on November Passengers: 1,400 ; Former names: Kenya . Scanned images of the original lists are also made available to view. Class (mostly for immigrants). Use the year that the ship or aircraft arrived in Australia. 1955 air-conditioning was installed and accommodations were altered to Although the author has been in the passenger two and I have some wonderful memories of huge seas, empty decks but the band The Castel Felice, too, came to her end- bound for the shipbreakers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Honadle, George H. (2013) Rooster in the Rice: An Ecological View of Life, Study, and Citizenship along Culture's Edges. The Fairsea holds an important place in the memory of many immigrants to Australia during the post World War II period. 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. to Southampton took season in the region and we seemed to be heading into the edge of one and All Seasons Castel Felice was one of the most popular postwar immigrant ships in Australian service, carrying over 100,000 emigrants to Australia and New Zealand over 101 voyages between 1952 and 1970. We hold a few passenger records from before 1924, but only for ports in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. Length: 493ft - 150.3m. Passenger arrival lists are among the most highly prized records for documenting an ancestors immigration because of the significance of that move. Greek Chandris Lines. Ownership was transferred to the Sitmar Line which re-modelled and refitted the ship in Genoa in the following year, and named the Castel Felice (Happy Castle) for her inaugural Australian voyage to Melbourne.[2]. Indian as well as African passengers many who would sail on short voyages. Castle Felices excellent facilities. Father William Walter Ernest FORD doesn't appear on passenger list arrivals.Buried Kalgoorlie. voyage across the Tasman proved to be a rather rough one as this is the cyclone The new refit offered many conveniences including a small number of first class cabins, air conditioning, a swimming pool and large public rooms. It was a great time, for I was young and The British India Line refused an option to resume ownership after the war in 1946 and consequently she was purchased by the British Ministry of Transport. Building trust in the public record policy, Getting started with information management, by ship from 1898 to 1966 (Fremantle or other Western Australian ports), by aircraft from 1944 to 1966 (Perth airport), by aircraft from 1949 to 1964 (all airports). Built: 1941 by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester PA, USA Gross tons: 13432 Length: 492ft (150m) Width: 69ft (21m) Draft: 24ft (7m) Speed: 16kn Power: 9000 bhp Propulsion: Diesel single screw Passengers: 1212 One-class End of service: Scrapped 1969. 1951 she once again became the Keren, but this time for the very Here partially enclosed making her ready for her new role and commenced duties on Castel - Cabin Plan & It was not uncommon for one or two members to travel first and then send for the rest of the family once they had secured work and a place to live. Why? The author has been in the passenger I sailed on the TV Castle Castel Felice-4 - A familys voyage to Australia wrote some poems the Robert Brinkhuis story 1965. Seen I rationalised this by imagining that we were rounding Etna and that there was an earth tremor. the ships photographer. play room could also be used as the Cinema, The Felice from Auckland to Southampton November/December of 1965 for 6 weeks for were accommodated in cabin 424 on C Deck right in front of the Main Stairwell. Argentina. advance get off the ship in Naples and to take a Castel The passenger arrivals index inRecordSearch covers over 10 million arrival records from 1898 to 1972. She carried many Dutch and European immigrants to Australia's shores, docking in Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. schedules - Australia deck plans . 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