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May I suggest that
you navigate the
site via the
index on page 01.
 PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE
If you want to make a comment,
a site guestbook is here. Test.
To search for specific text on this page, just press 'CTRL +
F' & then enter your search term.
Here are Carmania pages
57,
58,
59,
60,
61 and
62.
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I will place on this page such data as can be found
about the
Carmania, which played the lead role in the Volturno rescue effort. Survivors were picked up by
the smaller rescue vessels and Carmania landed only one
Volturno survivor, Walter Trentepohl, who was plucked from
the high seas at night, totally exhausted, after swimming for an hour. His story is
on page 35 of this site.
The image at left is of the Carmania by Real Photographs Co. Ltd. of unknown date but surely
very early.
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Hopefully the page will expand as new
data becomes available.
I have read that the Carmania would normally have landed at Queenstown, Ireland, but because of bad
weather could not do that so and went straight on to Fishguard, Wales. The
London Times advises us that arrangements were made for passengers who had
booked to Queenstown to cross the Irish Sea to Ireland a little later.
I like to start off with a full size image of the
vessel to give you a quick idea of what she looked like. In Carmania's case, I
can now, thanks to Tony Jones of North Wales, provide an image of the
Carmania taken, it is believed, on the Mersey in 1915. The text at left
reads simply 'R.M.S. Carmania' and at right is the name of the photographer
which reads, on the image, 'Priestley & Sons Egremont 25'. A part of the image
is however missing at right and it should, I think read 'Priestley & Sons
Ltd. Egremont' and the number should be probably of 2 extra digits. Then I
have an image derived from an e-Bay postcard item and dating also from about 1915.
And beneath that image, we have Charlie's 'home for a week' - a Tuck Oilette postcard image ex e-Bay that
you will enjoy. (Tuck #9268 of a painting by Samuel J. M. Brown, I learn. It
surely dates from no later than Jul. 1907 when a for sale item on the WWW was
postmarked). I trust that I
may be permitted
to use the last two images on this non-profit and informational site.
With all three images, the visitor will have a good idea of what the
Carmania looked like - a distinguished looking ship indeed!
A fine 1907 print of Carmania comparing her
size with that of Brittania, Cunard's first ship in 1840. We thank
giant e-Bay vendor 'periodpaper' for
their 2014 listing image, now long gone. The image below was webmaster size
reduced. The full listing image is here.
On this 'www.greatships.net' page Jeff
Newman
has assembled a fine archive of Carmania postcards, each of which can be seen in a bigger format with a click of the mouse.
The Carmania?
Or maybe I should say Carmania I, because there would seem to have been three liners of that name. This page
relates solely
to the Carmania involved in the Volturno rescue. But some limited data on the
other two Carmania's is below.
'Our' Carmania, officially numbered 120901 per Kathryn Atkin
(thanks!), was built by John Brown & Co. Ltd. on the Clyde in Glasgow,
Scotland, (Yard # 366) in 1905, a vessel of 19,524 gross tons, a capacity for 2,650
passengers, (300 in 1st class, 350 in 2nd class, and 2,000 in 3rd class)
just over 650 feet long (650.4) and almost 73 feet wide (72.7). She was launched on Feb. 21, 1905,
the naming ceremony being performed by Lady Blythswood, the wife of a former
aide to Queen Victoria. Cunard
Line built
two vessels at that time, the Caronia and the Carmania. The
Caronia was powered by traditional steam 'quadruple-expansion engines'. The
Carmania was powered by the
then innovative steam turbine engines, which promised higher speeds, easier maintenance and lower operational costs. On
her maiden
voyage from Liverpool to New York, on Dec. 2, 1905, Carmania's triple screw Parsons steam turbines proved
their
worth and turbines became the standard for
liners of the future including the Lusitania and also the Mauretania which held the Blue Riband
for nearly 25 years! In their time, the Caronia and the Carmania were the largest ships of the
Cunard
Line.
Carmania had a service speed of 18 knots, I read, but could exceed
that speed and surely did in getting to the scene of the burning Volturno
in some very rough seas. Both Caronia and Carmania
were equipped with the 'Stone-Lloyd' apparatus which closed all watertight doors
throughout the ship simultaneously by hydraulic controls from the bridge.
I had not read anywhere that Carmania went aground approaching New York on
Sunday Dec. 7, 1907 and was,
in fact, aground for twelve hours. But it clearly was aground, as you can see from the next image which is of a page from the New York
Herald. The item was for
sale on e-Bay, in Feb. 2005, and the image appears here with the kind permission of Alan Bergins
whose eBay store no longer exists, whom we sincerely thank!
I did modify the image in one minor way. I moved the publication date at the top
a bit to the left to permit
visitors to read it all on screen.
The Carmania was on the New York run for a number of years. I read that
on Jun. 2,
1910, whilst the ship was in Huskisson Dock at Liverpool, a fire broke out in
her coal bunkers resulting in
considerable fire & water damage to the passenger accommodation. The hull & machinery
were undamaged, however. Repairs were effected & it re-entered service on
Oct. 4, 1910. (That last date would
seem to be incorrect since there was, it would appear, a voyage from Liverpool
to Boston via Queenstown & New York on Sep. 6, 1910. See lower on this
page.)
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The date of that fire at Liverpool, would seem, correctly to have been
not Jun. 2, 1910 but rather Jun. 2, 1912. I was alerted by a postcard that was available on e-Bay in May 2009, which showed the fire
actually in progress. With the caption 'Fire on the Carmania June 2nd 1912 8pm'.
Image at right - it does say 1912.
What is a puzzle is that Cunard's own history pages, used to state, here
(history seems no longer to be available), that the fire was in
1910. Proof that it was, in fact, in 1912? Read this dramatic New York Times reference of Jun.
3, 1912
(probably not today unless you subscribe!).
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It was a major fire! And it surely was in 1912 - unless there were 2 fires, one
in 1910 & another exactly 2 years later, in 1912! More on the subject.
In Sep. 1911, I read, when in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
the Carmania's turbine blades were damaged. The damage was quickly
repaired.
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On Jan. 1, 1913, Captain James Clayton Barr, Captain of
the Carmania became
Commodore of the Cunard Line, in succession to Captain R. C. Warr, recently
retired. So it was that Captain (maybe I should call him Commodore) Barr was in
command of the Carmania when it heard, in the early hours of October
9, 1913,
the SOS message of the Volturno, broadcast via the new-fangled
'Marconi wireless'.
Throughout these pages, there are numerous references to the service that Captain Barr and the
crew of the
Carmania provided in the
total Volturno rescue effort.
May I suggest that you might best read the text of Arthur Spurgeon's definitive
book,
published in late
1913. The full text of that work is available in these pages - indexed on page
1 of this site. It is from that work, indeed,
opposite page 48, that the image at left of
Captain Barr was obtained, thanks again to Tony Jones. In the book it had his
signature also.
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I have read in Colin Simpson's book referred to on Carmania site page
59, that Captain Barr was 5' 4" in height and stocky. If you have other
images or data, re Captain Barr, I would
welcome it in these pages.
The exact date of his birth perhaps. There is more data, in fact, on
Carmania page 58.
After the outbreak of World War I, on Aug. 4, 1914, the Carmania was requisitioned by
the British Admiralty and converted into an AMC 'Armed Merchant Cruiser'. But the material already assembled on that
subject requires a page of its own, hence Carmania page
58.
After the sea battle between the Carmania and the Cap Trafalgar, temporary repairs were made to the Carmania and she limped, escorted by
the Bristol and later the Cornwall also, to the Abrolhos rocks, some
50 miles off the coast of Brazil for further emergency repairs. She then was escorted to Gibraltar by the Cornwall,
and placed in dry dock where repairs were completed in Nov. 1914. "Until May 1915 the ship
patrolled the coast of Portugal and the Atlantic Islands, but was
afterwards required to assist in the Gallipoli campaign. It also
assisted in quelling a mutiny on board the British steamship Maristan."
In May 1916, Cunard re-assumed control of the Carmania which was employed largely on trooping duties between Halifax
and
Liverpool.
The next postcard image of Carmania,
mailed from Halifax, Canada, on Dec. 13, 1919, to Glamorgan, Wales, is interesting due to its hand written words, which indicated:- 'Arrived at Halifax today, Dec 13th, after rather a rough voyage. I
suppose you have heard about the accident this boat met with, nothing very
serious, everybody shaky.' But with no words as to exactly what had happened.
The card, written to his great aunt Kesiah (Ciss) Herbert,
was kindly provided to the webmaster by Meurig Thomas, of Epsom, Surrey.
We can now advise the circumstances
of the 'accident' or some of them at least. Carmania left Liverpool on Dec. 3, 1919
with 950 passengers aboard, G. W. Melsom in command, bound for New York. She was, however, directed to Halifax to load coal to get her
first to New York
& then back to England. On Dec. 10, 1919, in stormy conditions, high seas, snowstorms, fog
- and also darkness, the vessel was about 300 miles S. of Sable Island. At 45.40N/52.17W. Visibility was so
bad that lookouts could not see a ship's length ahead. It suddenly became
apparent that Maryland, a 4731 gross ton ship of Atlantic Transport Line,
bound from Baltimore for Liverpool, was about to run head
on into the side of Carmania, amidships. Evasive action was taken
& what could have been a serious collision indeed became instead a glancing
blow to Carmania with modest damage, in fact, to both of the vessels.
A few of the Carmania passengers, those whose cabins were located
right at the
point of impact, were hospitalized - with shock rather than with damaged limbs.
Carmania was further delayed by weather in entering Halifax, but arrived there on
Dec. 13, 1919. You used to be able to read the detail in 2 archived articles at the New York
Times (1 & 2
but no longer)
& at this interesting page
(again no longer made available) ex 'Chronicles of Barabbas', which
page indicates that Carmania was temporarily repaired at sea 'by timbers and cement'. Thank you, Meurig, for bringing this whole matter to our attention.
Carmania was completely reconditioned in 1920 and returned to the
Liverpool to New York service. And in 1923 she was converted to oil, while the passenger accommodation was
reduced to 1,440 (425 in cabin class, 365 in tourist class and 650 in 3rd class).
In the early 30s, she had become outdated. In Mar. 1932 she was sold to Hughes Bocklow & Co. and scrapped at Blyth, Northumberland,
about 125 miles, as the crow flies, from where she was built 27 years earlier.
The end of a distinguished career, indeed.
These pages are a distillation of data from
quite a number of WWW sources. Foremost among those sources
was, until I had read Colin Simpson's book and a chapter on the Carmania/Cap
Trafalgar battle in Stephen Harding's 'Great Liners at War', a 2002 posting by Frank Young of Kensington, Maryland, available
here
(Google says the site is now unsafe).
But I now think that Frank's data truly originated on the official Cunard page
which I can today no
longer access.
I wish I could provide more information about the next image than I can. It was an e-Bay item some while ago,
but so long ago that the item can no longer be viewed not even the text. It would seem,
however, from my file name, that the photograph was taken aboard Carmania
in about 1919, and shows a group of passengers listening to a 'Sonora' phonograph. I have trimmed the image a little to make it entirely visible
on this page without scrolling. I trust that it is in order to use the image on
this non-profit and informational site. If anyone knows anything more, about the
image, do please contact me.
Carmania medal recipients
On Jan Daamen's
site there is a list of the crew of
the
Carmania provided by Tony Jones of North Wales. Here, with his kind permission, is Tony's list,
which I believe is of medal recipients re the Volturno rescue. Thank you, Tony!
| James
Clayton Barr |
Captain
2a |
William
Turton |
Seaman
1, 2c |
| Robert John
Johnstone |
Chief Officer
2b |
Michael
Murray |
Seaman
1, 2c |
| Francis John
Reddie Gardner |
1st Officer 1, 2b |
William
Henry Donking |
Seaman
1, 2c |
| William
Garvey |
Seaman
2b |
Thomas
Titchen |
Seaman
1, 2c |
| Edward John
Heighway |
Seaman
1, 2b, 3, 4 |
John Wise |
Steward
1, 2c |
| James
Donohue |
Seaman
1, 2c |
Harry Payne |
Steward
1, 2c |
| Sidney
Smith |
Seaman
1, 2c |
George
Oliver Thompson |
Steward
1, 2c |
The crew members who were awarded medals are identified after their roles by the following:
1 -
All of the recipients listed above, except only for Captain
Barr, Robert Johnstone and William Garvey,
received the Sea Gallantry Medal (SGM), a very prestigious medal indeed.
2 - The Marine Medal of 'The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society' - 2a = gold,
2b = silver, 2c = bronze.
3 - The Honorary Silver Medal of 'The Royal Humane
Society' was granted to Edward John Heighway.
4 -
Lloyd's Bronze Medal for Saving Life (at Sea).
In addition to the above, I should indicate that Bernard de Neumann advises that
Edward John Heighway received the Bronze Medal of The Life-Saving Benevolent Association of New York,
(plus a cash award) as you can read here.
Other medals may very well be referenced
in due course, should new data be received.
I am advised that 'The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society' medal awarded to
Chief Officer Robert John Johnstone,
in a nearly extremely fine condition, was sold at a Dec. 5, 1995 auction by
'Dix Noonan Webb' of London. The hammer price was £150, I find.
DONKING, William Henry
The bronze medal awarded to this Carmania seaman by 'The Liverpool Shipwreck and
Humane Society' was sold via an e-Bay and live auction that took place on May 12, 2005 - an auction
by Bloomsbury Auctions of Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox Street, London, U.K., W1 S1PP. The medal sold for GBP 170 or approximately U.S. $312.18. Bloomsbury
Auctions stated both on their e-Bay listing and upon further enquiry that the medal is
truly engraved 'C. Douking' rather than 'C. Donking'. Both of the
site's U.K. experts on the subject of medals, indicate that 'Donking' was the correct spelling of his name. Alas, the e-Bay listing did not contain an image of the actual
medal. I have no other data about this award winner who
was, however, a crew member of the single Carmania lifeboat which
attempted to rescue Volturno passengers and only with the greatest
of difficulty made its way back to the Carmania.
But now we know a little more
about him! Lauren Morgan has been in touch to advise (thanks Lauren!) that
William Donking, Lauren's GG grandfather, was born in Devon, U.K., on Dec. 5, 1876, the son of Margaret &
James. He married Cathrine Solan on May 20, 1895 at Liverpool, Lancashire. On
Feb. 17, 1917, he died, at just age 40, at Birkenhead, Cheshire. He was buried
at Liverpool.
GARDNER, Francis John Reddie
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There is, elsewhere on this site, extensive data about First
Officer Gardner, most especially in the
text of the Spurgeon book.
And other references may be found via the site search engine at the foot of
this and every other site page. The image at left is part of the image of Gardner at
the Spurgeon link. The complete Spurgeon image together with another image of him in the
Carmania lifeboat can be seen at about 1/3 down on page
29 of the site.
I was particularly interested to read, in the London
Times, that he had, in a previous experience, spent
23
days at sea in an open boat. Can anybody tell us the circumstances?
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THOMPSON, George Oliver
The only fact about steward Thompson known to the webmaster
is that he did a pencil sketch of the scene of the disaster. That sketch was reproduced
in the Spurgeon book The Burning of the "Volturno" and it can be seen on
site - about half way down on site page 29.
The Other Carmanias? (all Cunard
or partially Cunard)
R.M.S. Saxonia, launched in 1954, was renamed
Carmania in 1963 and later, when sold in
1973 to Nikreis Maritime Corp, of Panama, for the Soviet
State Shipping Company, was renamed the Leonid Sobinov. I used to
provide a link to an image showing her in Southampton, England, before
being acquired by Russian interests but it is no longer available.
I refer you to Wikipedia instead. The third
Carmania was
'ex-Orange, 1976 purchased from Chichester Shipping, Glasgow renamed
Carmania, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Perseus.' I think that means that the ship was
originally named the Orange before Cunard acquired it.
OTHER CAPTAINS OF 'OUR' CARMANIA?
Other Captains of 'our' Carmania? I will add
them in here as I see any references. Ten different captains, so far.
For one of those captains, namely Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R,
(captain during years 1926 to 1930) an unusual postcard was for sale
in July 2008, a card which had his image added, overprinted presumably, to the standard 'abstract of log' card, &
was signed by him. In watching e-Bay items re
Carmania for a number
of years now, I have not seen its like before.
The list that follows is becoming excessively long. I will need to modify the list soon to indicate just the
earliest and latest referenced voyage of each Captain. Only one, so far, re
Captain Barr. R.D. means, I read, 'Reserve Decoration',
an award for service in the R.N.R. (Royal Navy Reserve).
1)
1906, Jul. 3 - Captain John Pritchard - per an
e-Bay item
sold in May 2006, a saloon passenger list
re a voyage from New York to Liverpool.
2)
1906, Sep. 11 - Captain John Pritchard - per an e-Bay
item on
sale
in May 2006, a 2nd class passenger list re a voyage from
Liverpool to New York. And per another e-Bay
item in Oct. 2007 a saloon
passenger list for the same voyage.
3)
1906, Nov. 3 - Captain John Pritchard - per an e-Bay
item on
sale
in Aug. 2006, a 2nd cabin passenger list re a voyage from
Liverpool to New York and Boston via Queenstown.
4)
1908, Jul. 25 - Captain James C. Barr - per an e-Bay
item on
sale in Jun. 2007, and a similar
item in Dec.
2008, a saloon passenger list re a voyage from
New York to Liverpool via Queenstown. And this item, also,
in Jul. 2009.
5)
1908, Sep. 5 - Captain James C. Barr - per an e-Bay
item on
sale in May 2009, a saloon passenger list re a voyage from
New York to Liverpool via Queenstown.
6)
1910, Jun. 25 - Commander James C. Barr - per an e-Bay
item on sale in Sep. 2009 - a saloon passenger list re a voyage from
New York to Liverpool.
7)
1910, Sep. 6 - Commander James C. Barr - per e-Bay
items on sale in Jan. & Feb. 2008
& in May 2008 - saloon passenger lists re a voyage from
Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown & New York.
8)
1911, Jun. 17 - Captain D. Dow, R.D., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in
Apl. 2009, & another in Jan. 2010, an 'abstract of log' re a voyage from New York to Liverpool.
9)
1911, Jul. 7 - Captain D. Dow (As I read it but e-Bay
listing said
Dowd), R.D., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in Jan. 2006, a
'Programme of Entertainment' in aid of 'Seamen's Charities of Liverpool and New
York'.
10)
1911, Aug. 29 - Commander D. Dow, R.D., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in
Apl. 2007 re a passenger list and booklet re a voyage from Liverpool to New
York via Queenstown.
11)
1912, Nov. 23 - Captain D. S. Miller, I. E. - per this reference
re a 2nd cabin passenger list re a voyage from Liverpool to New
York, probably via Queenstown.
12)
1913, Mar. 23 - James C. Barr - per an e-Bay
item on sale in Apl. 2009 re a saloon passenger list re a voyage from
Alexandria, Egypt, to Liverpool via Naples, Italy.
13)
1913, Jun. 28 - James C. Barr - per an e-Bay
item on sale in
Apl. 2008 re a saloon passenger list re a voyage from New York to Liverpool via Queenstown
& Fishguard.
14)
1918, Mar. 1 - Captain A. H. Rostron, R.D., R.N.R. An e-Bay listing in Jul. 2007 re a 'Grand Concert' held on board the vessel
in aid of 'Seamen's Charities of Liverpool and New
York'. A little data about Roston.
15)
1919, Jan. 15 - Commander W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in Jul. 2006, a
programme re a
'Grand Concert' in aid of 'Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution'.
16)
1919, Dec. 03 - Captain G. W. Melsom, R.N.R. - as per
data higher on this page. A voyage from Liverpool to Halifax & on to New York.
17)
1920, Jan. 13 - Captain G. W. Melsom, R.N.R. - as per
Peter Wood, who had a relative on the voyage from Liverpool to New York.
18)
1920, Feb. 18 - Captain G. W. Melsom, R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in Jun. 2005, a saloon passenger list
re a voyage from Liverpool to New
York via Halifax.
19)
1921, Sep. 27 - Captain G. W. Melsom, R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in May 2007, a list of passengers re a voyage from Liverpool to New
York via Queenstown and Halifax.
20)
1922, Apl. 22 - Captain G. W. Melsom, O.B.E., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item in Feb. 2009, a Programme of
Entertainment in aid of British & American Seamen's Charities. Held aboard
the vessel.
21)
1922, Jun. 15 - Captain G. W. Melsom, O.B.E., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in Sep. 2008, a list of Saloon passengers re a voyage from
New York to Queenstown and Liverpool.
22)
1923, Apl. 07 - Captain G. W. Melsom, R.D., R.N.R. - per an e-Bay
item on sale in
Jan. 2008, an 'abstract of log' re a voyage from Liverpool to New
York via Boston.
23) 1924, Jul. 05 - Captain S. C. S. McNeil, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'abstract of log' on sale
via e-Bay
in Jul. 2005, re a voyage from New York to Liverpool.
24) 1924, Sep. 04 - Captain S. C. S. McNeil, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'cabin passenger list' on sale
via e-Bay
in May 2007, re a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec via Belfast.
25) 1925, Feb. 14 - Captain S. C. S.
McNeil, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
'cabin passenger list' on sale
on e-Bay
in Jul. 2005, - a 36 page booklet re a voyage from Liverpool to
Boston & New
York via Queenstown.
26) 1926, July 07 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
List of Passengers
for sale via e-Bay in Aug. 2009, re a voyage from New York to London via
Plymouth & Havre.
27) 1926, July 23 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
3rd Class List of Passengers
for sale via e-Bay in
Jun. 2006, re a voyage from
Havre to New York via Southampton.
28) 1926, Aug. 20 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
Cabin Passenger List for sale
via e-Bay in Oct. 2006, re a voyage from
Havre to New York via Southampton.
29) 1927, Jul. 23 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
Passenger List for sale via e-Bay in Aug. 2009, re a voyage from
New York to London via Plymouth & Le Havre.
30) 1927, August 5 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
Passenger List for sale via e-Bay in Jun. 2007, re a voyage from
Havre to New York via Southampton.
31) 1928, May 25 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
List of Passengers sold
via e-Bay in
Sep. 2005, re a voyage from
New York to Plymouth, Havre and London.
32) 1928, Aug. 04 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
List of 3rd Class Passengers for sale
via e-Bay in
Mar. 2006, re a voyage from
Southampton to New York via Havre. And a similar item
in Nov. 2007.
33) 1929, Jun. 21 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'abstract of log' on sale via e-Bay in Dec. 2007, re a voyage from
London to New York via Southampton & Havre.
34) 1929, Jul. 03 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'abstract of log' on sale
via e-Bay in
Aug. 2005, re a voyage from
New York to London.
35) 1929, Oct. 25 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'abstract of log' on sale
via e-Bay in Feb. 2006, and also on sale
via a 'Buy-It-Now' listing, re a voyage from
New York to London via Plymouth and Havre.
36) 1930, Jan. 18 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per
a List of 1st Class Passengers on sale via e-Bay
in Jan. 2009, re a voyage from
New York to Havana, Cuba.
37) 1930, Mar. 22 - Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'abstract of log' on sale
via e-Bay, re a voyage from
New York to Cobh (Queenstown) and Liverpool.
38) 1930, Jul. 4 - Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R.
- per an 'abstract of log' on sale
via e-Bay in Jul. 2006, re a voyage from London to New York via Southampton, Havre and Queenstown.
39) 1930, Jul. 18 - Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R. - per a
3rd cabin passenger list for
sale in Oct. 2008 re a voyage from
New York to London via Queenstown, Plymouth and Havre.
40) 1930, Aug. 01 - Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R. - per an
'abstract of log' visible low on site page 57,
re a voyage from London to New York via Southampton, Havre, and Queenstown.
A site visitor has asked an interesting
question. Whether Carmania passenger lists are preserved anywhere. Such that you might
search for a particular voyage & read who were the passengers on that trip. Does
anybody know the answer? And if there is such a record, know whether it would cover all classes of passengers? If
you know the answer, do drop me a line.
Another site visitor advises that his father arrived at Halifax, Canada, aboard
Carmania, on Dec. 31, 1918. He seeks a passenger
list re that voyage that hopefully will list his father's name. His father served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during WW1 & returned to Canada on that date.
You can contact me via the link a few lines up & I will gladly pass on any
messages that are received.
Maybe you can provide
additional Carmania images? Or data?
This page will, hopefully, track data about the
Carmania as it comes to hand. And hopefully data as it specifically relates to the
Volturno tragedy.
If any visitor can clarify
(or correct) or provide more information about any of these
matters, I would truly welcome
their help.
May I suggest that
you navigate the
site via the
index on page 01.
PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE
To Carmania pages 57,
58,
59,
60,
61
&
62.
To the Special Pages Index.
Some Carmania Pages (not already linked above)
1) Page re Caronia and Carmania
2) Lost Liners Site
3) Lots of interesting images of
Cunard documents
4) Booklet Cover
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