1966 The Orient Line name was dropped and thenceforward disappeared. ALL of the first class passengers have a line ruled through them. Funnel: Note: This list is not completely accurate; records differ as to the number of immigrants by each ship, and the classification of ships as immigrant vessels or otherwise. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. 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. SS Orontes in Tilbury Docks, circa 1957, about to sail for Sydney on a single-class voyage with (mainly) migrant passengers on the Ten Pound Poms scheme. document.write(".com'>"); document.write(".com'>"); Between 1919 and 1924, the individual Form 30A was used instead of the passenger list. 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. The ship was built in 1929 by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England. Orient. You may do research in immigration records in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. 1917 torpedoed and sunk while serving as convoy escort. Therefore, there are not many lists included in this database that date from these earlier years. The name had previously belonged to the RMS Orontes, an earlier ship owned by the Orient Line. Secondly, a passenger who is shown as aged 30 on a voyage on 10th June 1935 may have been travelling on their 30th birthday and only just turned 30, or they may have been on the eve of their 31st birthday. When you search from the regular search page, the results are from the most popular 10% of all their databases. document.write("to:"); Free shipping for many products! The Orontes' maiden voyage was a Mediterranean Cruise in June 1929. The ship was built in 1929 by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England. The Assisted Immigrants index on the State Records of New South Wales website may contain names not on the lists above, for the period 1839-1851. 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. Rare 1906 passenger information brochure from the Orient-Royal Mail Line that carried passengers and mail betwen the UK and Australia, the voyage taking about 33 days each way. 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. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. These voyages often called en route at additional ports, including those in Europe, and any passengers disembarking at these stops are included. They do not usually include the New Zealand Company shareholders. 1954 Nov 12. Medium: Paper. 2.1 England to Fremantle 10 March - 4 May 1918 2.2 Sydney to Liverpool 5 June - 11 August 1918 Remarks Built for the Orient Line, and able to carry 200 first class passengers, 200 second class, and 600 third class. 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. 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. Mariners and sailors. By 1961, she was converted to a One Class liner. File: File 1 - Passenger lists. We also hold records about: Ships arriving at South Australian ports. "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and. 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Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. 1958 Joint P&O-Orient Line introduced to Australia and trans-Pacific. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. Support Donate Achievements SS Orontes In 2017 the Foundation launched a fundraising campaign to support the acquisition and conservation of this important ship model. ORONTES OF PLYMOUTH, D. BAIN, MASTER, BURTHEN 1317 TONS FROM THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH, TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 17TH JUNE, 1882: The ORONTES departed from Plymouth on 18th May, 1882 with 414 Immigrants on board, this document is the passenger list for the voyage made on embarkation in Plymouth and was included in the Shipping Masters Office records for port of Sydney. 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. In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. 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. Applications for any other use should be made to. These lists contain the names of the labourers who were recruited to support the development of the settlement. In August 1958, Orontes was involved in a collision with SS Empire Baltic, a landing ship used as a ferry on the River Thames. Later 1,691 One Class (Tourist) Crew: 466, later 565. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence Back. There is no single, standard format. 1906-1965 Buff Yellow, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present Information about Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960. Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab, Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab, Share . Additionally, this record set contains no incoming voyages to Britain. Used on the London - Sydney run from 1902 to 1916, and then as a troopship during WW1 on occasional charters. Classification: Ephemera. Research guide A3: Tracing family history from maritime records. Assisted immigrant ships 1832-1889. SS Orontes - WikiMili, The Free Encyclopedia - WikiMili, The Free Encyclopedia. Embarking at Bombay and Port Said. Quite the same Wikipedia. The Orontes' maiden voyage was a Mediterranean Cruise in June 1929. Gifts to the Foundation have enabled us to conserve this important builders model of the SS Orontes. The Library's subscription to Ancestry currently provides the following Queensland immigration and travel-related resources via its online database: To access Findmypast (WorldEdition), visit theeResources portal, click the Browse eResourcestab and search for 'Findmypast'. 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. Records relating to departures are also listed. These include arrivals to Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C. We found information about the following specific ships: SS Orontes. Southampton: SS Orontes (Orient Line) travelling from Bombay to Southampton. The State Library of Queensland provides the following guides relating to passengers, immigration and shipping: The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australias First Nations Peoples the First Australians as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders past and present and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Famous passengers included the England cricket team on the way to the Bodyline tour in 1932.[1]. OTRANTO. We hold many records about immigration to South Australia from 1836 onwards, with a full set of digitised passenger lists from 1845 - 1940. Collectie Fotocollectiie Afdrukken ANEFO Rousel, fotonummer 157-0455, Bestanddeelnr 157-0455.jpg. Passenger lists are typically used by family historians to document their immigrant ancestor's trip to their new country, but don't overlook the possibility of finding ancestors who were visiting relatives, traveling for business, or for pleasure. Passenger lists are not held by The National Archives after 1960, when air travel became more common. Passenger lists are not always clear or precise as to their exact routes and any ports of call on their way to their final destination. Used on the London - Sydney run from 1902 to 1916, and then as a troopship during WW1 on occasional charters. I have also been to where the passenger manifests recording passengers landing in Fremantle or passing . SS Orontes was a passenger ship owned by Orient Line. In addition to its immigration indexes listed on this guide, the Queensland State Archives also provides the following guides to its passenger, immigration and shipping-related records: This page lists Queensland-related online, networked and microform resources as well as print publications available for use within the National Library of Australia. Woodcock, Powell & Mellefont, Brisbane 1884. The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. Southampton: SS Orontes (Orient Line) travelling from Bombay to Southampton. [2], During World War II, Orontes became a troopship, serving that role from 1940 to 1947. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z SS ADRIATIC Clues 1982, Part 1, p. 87 SS ALAUNIA Clues 1992, p. 105-110 SS ALEMANIA Last updated: February 03, 2005 and maintained by For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. Bookmark pages you're researching and check back periodically for additions as we continue to digitize our extensive ephemera materials. document.write("TheShipsList"); Just better. 1878-1881 used by Orient as a standby Birds of Paradise: Ellis Rowan in New Guinea, Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas, Guidelines for the hire of the National Library venues, Director-General and Executive Member Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy 20132018, National Library of Australia Fellowships, Communications and digital community strategy, Agency plan for the National Library of Australia, Collection deaccessioning and disposal policy, Selective collecting: overseas publications, Part 1: Disaster preparedness and prevention policy, Copying, access and publishing conditions for special collections, Policy on the illumination of collection material on display, Visitor access to and use of, medications and other personal medical equipment in the Library, Artwork around the foyer, exterior and grounds, Artwork in the Special Collections Reading Room, Donate to the National Library of Australia, Donate to support fellowships and scholarships, Scholarships and fellowships donation form, Cultural Gifts Program and tax incentives, Office, Quarterly statements of receipts and expenditure 1865-1866, Queensland State Archives, Series ID 13086, Registers of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals, Rolls M471, M473, M1075, M16961710, Amount of deposits received 1864-1883 (IMA 3/1), Butts of receipts for immigration deposits 1890-1905 (IMA 3/2), Lists of immigrations arriving 1871-1902 (IMA 3/4-IMA 3/9), Immigration Agent, Rockhampton, Register of Immigrants 1884-1915, Index to registers of immigrant ships 1848-1923, Immigration Agent, Brisbane, Passenger Lists of immigrant ships 1913-1915, Immigration Agent, Maryborough, Lists of immigrants arriving 1911-1915, Register of prospective immigrants 1884-1896, Register of engagement of migrants 1873-1885, Lists and returns of migrants landed 1885-1896, Colonial Secretary's Office, Passenger List 1863. document.write("