This delightful 4,162 GRT three mast, clipper bow ship had a single funnel, and was fitted with refrigerated cargo space. 4 Feb. 26, 1931 RMS AORANGI--Aug. 5, 1931, EMPRESS OF JAPAN Laura Borden, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden, launched her on 17 August 1912. [76], In 1925 the Amalgamated Wireless Company built a new, powerful shortwave beam wireless transmitter for her[77] that was installed when she was overhauled in Sydney from February to April 1925. The available records are fairly complete, with a few Images and index of the ship passenger lists from Archives New Zealand. But instead of a grab, Foremost 17 had what Johnstone called the "iron man". gjenvick.com One of the largest collections of historical documents from the 1800s through 1954 with concentrations in Steamship and Ocean Liner documents and photographs, passenger lists, U.S. Navy Archives and additional materials covering World Wars I and II, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Immigration documents from Ellis Island . omissions, Two. [106] Another escape was photographed in 2000,[104] when marine environmentalist Wade Doak described the wreck as a "ticking timebomb", threatening Whangrei's mangrove systems and the Hen and Chickens Islands nature reserve. [48], Among the passengers who disembarked from Niagara at Auckland were the then New Zealand Prime Minister, William Massey, and his Minister of Finance, Joseph Ward. The boilers supplied steam at 220 lbf/in2 to the high-pressure cylinders of her triple-expansion engines. [61], On the morning of 19 December 1927 the three-masted schooner Doris Crane was sailing from Fanning Island to San Francisco with a cargo of copra when fuel for her auxiliary diesel engine caught fire. until 1921-11-04, QUBEC/MONTRAL 1919 - 1924: see Immigration Form Passenger Records Pt. The UK government urgently needed the gold to be salvaged from the wreck. Although steam ships began to carry passengers to Canada as To obtain a search request form, write to: The cost of a search using NATF Form 81 as of November 2000 is $17.25, You can also order National Archives (NARA) forms online at http://www.archives.gov/global_pages/inquire_form.html Your . [42] Niagara's hospital had only about 10 beds. 1 July 9, 1929, SS ARABIA MARU--Jan. 1, 1930 RMS NIAGARA That October Canadian-Australasian Line introduced a 33 percent war surcharge on passenger fares. This law forbids any vessel anchoring above the wreck[105] without special permission. [124] By 23 July she had recovered 30 of the 35 remaining gold bars and Johnstone had ended the salvage operation. document.write(" Baldwin Park Police News, Rapper Morrison Robbed, Body Found In Birmingham Today, Articles R