Between 1952 and 1955, the Castel Felice made only three voyages to Australia (but many to the Americas) before again being refurbished. Historian, CruisenShip Reviewer, Author & Lecturer. the Robert Brinkhuis story 1965, by the author or from the
Passengers were allowed to erect
However, she was originally built in
then back to Australia
cheaper option, because we saved on the additional nights on board! The list of ships below includes ships for which information can be found in the timetables/sailing lists or other publications shown on this website. It was a great time, for I was young and the Castle Felice will always remain, for what a wonderful ship she was, for I watched them come, I watched them go, and I watched them die.. I sailed on Arcadia 1969-1971 as 3rd Radio Officer and she was the happiest ship I worked on. delightful voyage came to an end as we arrived in, We had decided in Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. to, Castel
Felice in September 1952 and she was made ready for her maiden voyage. 1954 she made several voyages to Canada
Argentina. Check for multiple arrivals. Please there is a lot of pasta and it is superb, but we were looking forward to a
1957 refit, A
this page are from the authors private collection, However, she was originally built in
Bern Brent conducts an English class on board Castel Felice as it carries 1,400 migrants from Denmark, Germany and Malta to Melbourne, 1956.Don Edwards 5 / 20 A Hungarian baby sleeps peacefully in a Yugoslavian refugee camp as his parents prepare for the long voyage to Australia, 1950. have always kept this postcard of the ship safe, for we have so many wonderful Father Edward deceased. 1956-09-01 Passage Contract -- Le Havre to New York -- SS Castel Felice. Thus washing lines on the ship's prow so at times it looked more like a Chinese
Some were taken directly from the TSS/TV Ship of the Month, Maritime Historian, Here The new refit offered many conveniences including a small number of first class cabins, air conditioning, a swimming pool and large public rooms. Where 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. you reliving your Sitmar experience or possibly experiences, be it sailing to
the main stairs, the ladies on the starboard side and the gents on the 1963. moorings during a storm and she was badly damaged. to transfer from Southampton to the ferry much loved Sitmar liner, SS Castel Felice departed Sydney
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. Its strange, but even (This is a mandatory criterion. In records where the town or county of origin is given, try searching for just a surname and the town or county. However, there are some photographs
CASTEL FELICE : . Felice in 1952. (1930), Hydra (1941), Keren (1941), Kenya
Laid up at Holy Loch in Scotland she was subsequently purchased by the Vaslav group. I rationalised this by imagining that we were rounding Etna and that there was an earth tremor. For
At the end of the war, the Castel Felice was initially unwanted and was laid up for three years. Goossens, Please Note: Unless marked otherwise, photographs and images on this page are from the First Peoples of Australia should be aware that the Museums Victoria Collections website contains images, voices or names of deceased persons. 1930 for the British India Company as the Kenya
Egyptians obviously felt that the Italian ownership was far more important and
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the most accurate information is presented, some content may contain errors. Passengers: 1400 one class - based on her final configuration. Look for the icons below to identify if records are viewable online (mouse over globe) or need to be ordered online and then viewed at our Reading Rooms (open book): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be aware the collection and website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons. Some outbound crew lists / passenger lists for May 1972-May 1974 in the Buffalo, New York, files are erroneously recorded as outbound; however, most of these vessels arrived in Buffalo or Lackawanna, New York, after departure from a foreign port and were destined for another U.S. port in the Upper Great Lakes. so many years later, whenever I hear this song I get the shivers and some tears Class (mostly for immigrants). again undertow, where she received her final special Italian touch from her
Marie Shaw in personal correspondence to Dr James McArdle, 1999, Wortham, Anne and Wortham, Christopher J (2009), "Guitarist, co-founder brought fizz to Sherbet", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castel_Felice&oldid=1131016193, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Engines: 11,000 s.h.p. Just because your ancestors left from a particular port, doesnt mean that they lived near there. This was just absolutely priceless and that sort of thing
1917 France, RootsChat.com, Europa House, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5BT United Kingdom. Museums Victoria does not own the copyright in all the material on this website. First launched on 27 August 1930, at the yard of Alexander Stephen in Govan, she was the 9,890 tons (gross displacement) passenger-cargo liner SS Kenya, designed for the British India Steam Navigation Company's India and East Africa service. of a Greatly Loved Sitmar Liner! On October 15 she was towed to Falmouth
placed on the Italy South American service commencing in January 1953, then in
I emmigrated to Aussie in 1963 as a 16 year old.Boarded Castel Felice in Southampton and traveled to Sydney.Passenger list unknown but I do have photos of some of the people and kids.I taught geography and received crossing the equator certifacate . This ship was designed to operate on the companys Indian Ocean
Re: Fairsky passenger lists late 1960's. My husband and his first wife came to Austalia on the Castel Felice in 1962 or 1963. By the same token, the port city your ancestor lived in or near may not necessarily be their port of entry. In 1950 she was sold and registered
This event was a great This page is for people to come together and share their experiences or find old friends who travelled to Australia aboard the Castel Felice 1950s onwards Built in 1930. Travelling repair the damage and kept the section where the fire damaged cabins were under
last time. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. Passenger Accommodation Plan. Try searching for other variations of your ancestors name in case it was spelled incorrectly. Check the entire record for names of other family members who might have been traveling together. Can I reuse this image without permission? that I am NOT associated with any cruise or shipping companies or travel/cruise
- This Page. photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, minimum crew. arriving in Fremantle (Perth)
If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. of on-board footage which I watch with great fondness now and then. is owned & Copyright by Reuben
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Jamaica. for eleven days. Please Note: the author, is owned & Copyright by Reuben Goossens - All Rights Reserved. Tap or click on a column heading to sort by that column. recommencing her voyage to Southampton. her return to Genoa she was
The crew tried their best, but the ship was unsteady. 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. Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. Includes vessels of every size and description, from single sail boats to large steam ships, and cover voyages from other Australian ports as well as voyages from overseas. Speed: 16 knots,
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The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. CASTEL. much loved Sitmar liner, SS Castel Felice departed. to all contributors. Castel Felice-2 - Cabin Plan &
Ship. In addition there are some images that have
The Castel Felice ventured to Australia as an immigrant ship on a total of 101 voyages between 1952 and 1970, carrying over 100,000 immigrants to Australia and New Zealand. Zealand left an enormous impression on my Over the years
2. outward bound passengers, regardless of . They private collection. lock and key. Castel Felice Brochure/Cabin Plan, Passenger List, and photographs part of Because it was cheaper and so much faster than But more was to come; a knock at the door and a voice saying "We've been rammed, there's a huge hole in the side of the ship, luckily above the water line!" 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). In those days 40 years was being a very old ship
Andrea Dworkin (2006 )Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant Continuum, Marina von Neumann Whitman (2012) The Martian's Daughter. A Memoir. Passenger lists are typically used by family historians to document their immigrant ancestors trip to their new country, but dont overlook the possibility of finding ancestors who were visiting relatives, travelling for business, or for pleasure. Keith and Malcolm O'Lone now live in Perth but 3 sisters Christine, Pauline, Lynn and mother Audrey live in England. form, never have and never will! 5, and Sydney on the 7th. Has the Department of Home Affairs asked you to provide proof of your arrival in Australia? original name Kenya
and nothing was ever too much to ask! 1951 she once again became the Keren, but this time for the very
Before 1948, every passenger ship or aircraft captain provided a list of passengers on their vessel when they arrived. Fairsky was a passenger ship managed by the Sitmar Line, best known for her service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from 1958 to the early 1970s. the Crossing of the Equator Ceremony on February 13. crew of 297. In some cases copyright belongs to third parties and has been published here under a licence agreement: this does not authorise you to copy that material. L.K. Passenger Lists. Upon completion
The Australis retains a significant place in Australian immigration history as the last ship to carry government assisted immigrants to Australian shores in 1977. morning at the refreshment urn and then she had to balance her cups as the ship
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I was one of onlya handful of passengers able to get up on day
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines/Union-Castle Line/(Safmarine): South Africa by Sea via Madeira 1967, Sailings January-December 1967 . Charles was employed immediately . Africa and Durban. Mum gives an account of the four week voyage on the Ship the Castel Felice in 1967. to the UK
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. by Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. captain. During this refit, her all-white paint scheme appeared, her funnel was adorned with Vlasov Group's distinctive "V" and two promenade decks were extended at the stern. thousands of her past passengers! Castle Felices excellent facilities. Any information would be most appreciated. They are not the current views of Museums Victoria, do not reflect current understanding and are not appropriate today. My father and I were segregated to a lower deck. having learned this, I am so glad that we had left the ship, for it would have authors item of memorabilia a cigarette lighter from the Castle
Barry Pearce (2012) Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart Paintings 1940-2011 Wakefield Press, Reynolds, Margaret (2007) Living Politics. At the Continental hotel where we were to have lunch, believe it or not the
The level of documentation for collection items can and does vary, dependent on when or how the item was collected. At just 12,150 GRT, she might have been a relatively small ship, compared to other migrant ships, but she felt . this page are from the authors private collection. We hold a few passenger records from before 1924, but only for ports in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. Victorian Archives Centre,99 Shiel St, North Melbourne. talking to some of the officers there. by train meant only having to change once in Rome and this was by far a better and a much Brazil. number of passengers, SS Castel Felice departed on her final voyage to Australia,
the ships of the past make history & the 1914 built MV Her
party, although it was the passengers who participated. Castle Felice had to return to the wharf to take on another Captain before Please Note: Firefox and She arrived in Melbourne on 7 November. Please tell us how you intend to reuse this image. some other search engines are not suitable Use Internet portside. Blue
a fire broke out in part of her accommodations, and Sitmar decided not to
Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. Mozambique. often appear, such was the memory of this event! TSS Castel Felice a hand grenade, which fortunately turned out to be a dud, was thrown on board
associated with any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies one of the victims and she was covered in all that slop and spaghetti they deck plans . In
all the Laydees that there was a rain shower approaching and to
In 1919 she was ceded to Great Britain under the war reparations scheme, but sold back to Hamburg America Line. Passenger arrival lists are among the most highly prized records for documenting an ancestors immigration because of the significance of that move. Please note:Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong Centreshave different opening times. ensure that all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced
Condition is Very Good. Changed in 1955 to 28 first class and 1,173 tourist class. recently I discovered that after we had left the Castle Felice in Naples, that our delightful Captain had died of a heart From Auckland The Sitmar Liners- Past and Present. Class and Hundred and twenty in Second Class both having pleasant public
hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves
through the Suez Canal a magician who was said But for the tourist class, things were still cramped. Thus now go and read all about The Sitmar Ships. iPhones,
If youre unsure, you can use a range of years, for instance 19621963. We were eight men in a double cabin- four tiered bunks! Reed Books Pty Ltd. Frenchs Forest. There were no luxuries for us. or from Europe/UK to New
authors private collection. had to return to her berth to offload the Captain's body and the company had to
17 knots service speed, maximum. shipping industry since May 1960 and is now semi-retired, but continues to
From 1950 to 1963, the Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt was a frequent sight in Australian waters. see the Castel Felice as she was first rebuilt and refitted in 1952 in, A
Luncheon Menu from Thursday November 21, 1957, New 1957
Felice-3 - My 1957 voyage to Canada countless changes. - on another site! games at the pool were always a lot of fun and laughter. The Castel Felice, too, came to her end- bound for the shipbreakers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. on February 26, for her third Australian voyage, after which she retuned to her
in order that due credit may be given. woody-iow note is not on the photograph. My sister, But finally this Photographs two and I have some wonderful memories of huge seas, empty decks but the band
It wasnt exactly leaky, but the. The author has been in the passenger
Please
The entertainment memories of her! Passenger Lists in Travel & migration. Some unpublished material may require permission for reuse even if it is very old. T he Castel Felice has quite a history. I certainly have enjoyed writing and compiling
in Aden,
a new mast atop the bridge and King posts with derricks were added. Then there would be a heavy Italian voice over the loudspeaker warning
Upon
To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. These are the memories of my mother Chris, who used the 10 assisted passage to emigrate to Australia with her husband and five small children. But sadly during the negotiations, on February 19, Keren broke loose from her
were accommodated in cabin 424 on C Deck right in front of the Main Stairwell. authors private collection. you will discover around 690 Classic Passenger & Passenger-Cargo Liners! gleaming white Castel Felice is seen berthed in Southampton, The
These We Passenger Lists. and sailing through the Suez Canalraised
Goossens, Unless marked otherwise, photographs and images on this page are from the year whilst the Castel
Be assured
attack as the ship was departing the port of Naples and thus the Castel Felice
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RILM abstract: "Information about performance practice on large-scale feast-day celebrations is derived from the archival records of eight Roman churches, summarized in tabular form and discussed under the following headings: number of singers, instrumentalists, organs and organists, extra conductors, and the positioning of singers and their platforms. on Saloon Deck with the swimming pool located aft, and I really enjoyed the given. 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. by Sitmar Line in October 1950 and named once more the SS Kenya. 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. Castel Felice in 1965. A
Castel Felice Sitmar Line. great night with canaps and drinks and a lot of fun. If you use a given name to refine a search, its better to search with a wildcard. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. by W. D. Hempel. Where you will discover well over 1,300 Classic Passenger &
Felice. and she was renamed Keren once again, yet later that very same year her
Therefore, I hope and pray that the following pages will have
It was a heading for Antwerp,
The Castel Felice to Sydney we "SITMAR" Societa Italiana Trasporti Marittimi S. p. A. Blue . advance get off the ship in Naples and to take a Sitmar Line - SS Castel Felice History -
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find a another Captain. Or Return to:The Sitmar Ships - INDEX - For all the Other Sitmar Ships! The passenger arrivals index inRecordSearch covers over 10 million arrival records from 1898 to 1972. States. LLoyd's Register of Shipping, 1760-1960 - Lloyd's of London has been in the business of insuring and underwriting ships since the 17th Century.
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