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  California Gold Rush - 1849
Ship Richmond, barks Rio and Walter, and brig Grecian.
Ships Nestor and Herculean, barks Rhodes and Martha, brig Curacca (Curacoa ?), schrs.
Steamship Falcon, ship Rowland, bark Chalcedony, and brig Ceylon.
www.pt5dome.com /PassHome.html   (546 words)

  
 Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List
For many years, I've had the idea that if only all the passengers who came from Portugal to the U.S. (and to anywhere else, for that matter) were to be extracted from the passenger lists available for the many ports in the U.S., it would be a wonderful, and I daresay, a spectacular accomplishment.
Longwood..............................17 Jun 1896 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
The above ships: Nacoochie, Milly and Rachel, Zeno, T.Trowbridge, H.Trowbridge, Nancy and Mary Patton, are all ships carrying Protestant exiles from Madeira or Trinidad to New York.
www.dholmes.com /ships.html   (1657 words)

  
  EB - Small Passenger Ship Inspection Checklist
Small passenger vessels are required to carry radio equipment to comply with the requirements of the Communications Act, sections 381-386.
Likewise, small passenger vessels of less than 50 gross tons that sail in the open ocean or in bays, sounds, and other tidewater areas bordering on the open sea but never more than 300 meters (1000 feet) from shore are also exempt from radio carriage regulations.
Passenger vessels that sail to foreign countries are subject to SOLAS regulations in addition to the Communications Act.
www.fcc.gov /eb/ShipInsp/small.html   (3129 words)

  
  Passenger ships
Whereas passenger ships were originally regarded primarily as a means of crossing the sea, today they are seen as an essential part of the leisure industry.
While there could be no doubt that such ships were being built, designed and operated in compliance with applicable IMO standards, the time had come for IMO to undertake a holistic consideration of safety issues pertaining to passenger ships, with particular emphasis on large cruise ships.
For some ships, notably passenger ships operating on routes such as the North Atlantic in the days before aircraft, speed was definitely a bonus, since passengers wanted to get to their destination as quickly as possible.
www.oceansatlas.com /unatlas/uses/transportation_telecomm/maritime_trans/shipworld/tanker_pas/pass/pass.htm   (3270 words)

  
  Passenger ship - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers.
An ocean liner is the traditional form of passenger ship, apart from smaller craft used for coastal voyages and as ferries.
For a long time cruise ships were never as large as the old ocean liners had been, but in the 1980s this changed when Knut Kloster, the director of Norwegian Caribbean Lines, bought one of the biggest surviving liners, the France, and transformed her into a huge cruise ship, which he named the Norway.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Passenger_ship   (306 words)

  
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ships carrying passengers are a recent innovation in the history of seagoing vessels.
Ships of this era carrying passengers were extremely unhealthy.
In 1991, the Greek cruise ship OCEANOS sank in heavy seas off the coast of South Africa after a machinery explosion tore a hole in her side during the cruise.
www.webandwire.com /passengershipsafetyhistory.htm   (2297 words)

  
 TheShipsList: Passengers, Ships, Shipwrecks
The greatest concentration is for previously unpublished records found for the pre-archiving period in Canada (pre-1865) Canada was the gate-way to the US mid-west.
From this page find ship arrival information to Australia, Canada and the United States and other parts of the world, drawn from many sources, predominantly newspaper reports.
Never before published passenger lists for the Steamboats which carried arriving immigrants from Quebec, to Montreal, where they continued to their destinations in the United States and Canada.
www.theshipslist.com   (727 words)

  
 Genealogists/Family Historians - Immigration Records
Microfilm copies of passenger lists up to 1955 are available at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Some of the microfilm is also available at NARA's regional facilities, but you should call them first to check on their passenger list holdings.
Ancestry.com has indexed the New York Passenger Lists by ships arriving to New York from foreign ports from 1851-1891.
We don't have passenger lists of vessels arriving before January 1, 1820, though there is a small, incomplete series for the port of Philadelphia beginning in 1800, and for the port of New Orleans, 1813-1819.
www.archives.gov /genealogy/immigration   (456 words)

  
 Index to Doukhobor Ship Lists
Ship passenger list for SS Corsican listing the Nagornov family of Doukhobors (fifth from the top), 1910.
Passengers were typically listed alphabetically, by ticket number, or in the order in which they boarded the ship.
Originally when a ship arriving in port was suspected of being infected with an infectious disease, its cargo and crew were obliged to forego all contact with the shore for a period of several days to several weeks, depending on the disease.
www.doukhobor.org /Shiplists.htm   (1819 words)

  
 ExpeditionTrips.com - Ship Comparison
In 1991, she started her career as a passenger ship and has been cruising in the Arctic waters of Svalbard every summer since.
The ships have been continually refurbished since their conversion for passenger use and are ideally suited for expedition cruising.
The ships have been continually refurbished since their conversion for passenger use and the ships' ice-strengthened hull make them ideally suited for expedition cruising.
www.expeditiontrips.com /search/ship_compare.asp?destid=75   (1166 words)

  
 Passenger ships
Passenger ships - usually defined as a ship carrying more than 12 passengers - on international voyages must comply with all relevant IMO regulations, including those in the SOLAS and Load Lines Conventions.
Passenger ships in operation today are subject to a vast array of regulations and standards covering every aspect of ship construction and operation.
The idea is that ships should be equipped to recover persons from the water and/or survival craft and rescue craft, and give functional requirements for achieving this.
www.imo.org /Safety/mainframe.asp?topic_id=356   (1740 words)

  
 REMEMBERING THE AMERICANA - 88 PASSENGER & CONTAINER SHIP
The original intent was to build a fleet of similar ships but this idea never came to pass, and the Americana sailed in rotation with other Ivaran-owned or chartered ships carrying either 12 passengers or no passengers at all.
Originally, her passenger accommodation, built up aft, was of a very high standard, and up to 88 passengers could be carried in 52 cabins, ranging from 134 square feet to 500 square feet.
Passengers were mostly retired North Americans, though it was not unusual to have Australians and South Americans on board.
www.worldshipny.com /americanaart.htm   (684 words)

  
 World's Largest Passenger Ship Christened
The ship comes in at 160,000 gross registered tons, a standard measurement of carrying capacity that is about 100 cubic feet for each ton.
The ship's maiden voyage was last month, from Hamburg, Germany, to Oslo, Norway, but it won't have paying passengers until it leaves from Miami for the western Caribbean next month.
She said on a ship of this scale, passengers may be tempted to skip some of the ports.
www.breitbart.com /news/2006/05/12/D8HIEF100.html   (620 words)

  
 Princess Cruises : Ships
We call it "Big Ship Choice, Small Ship Feel," which means we outfit our ships with all the deluxe amenities that you'd expect from a first-class hotel — from 24-hour room service to chocolates on your pillows at night.
Truly a ship with style, the 1,590-passenger Regal Princess was designed to stand out from other cruise ships with its distinctive looks.
Scheduled for debut in spring 2007, Emerald Princess is the newest jewel in the Princess crown and brings a wealth of innovations.
www.princess.com /ships   (365 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists
Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1883-1945.
www.cyndislist.com /ships.htm   (5698 words)

  
 The World's Largest Passenger Vehicle ...................
Unlike other passenger cruise ships, the Queen Mary 2 is a true ocean liner, capable of navigating the seas of the north Atlantic.
The Freedom Ship, a massive ocean-going vessel, is being planned as a community on the sea, a small town where people live and work, that is continually moving around the world.
Freedom Ship would not be a cruise ship, but a unique place to live, work, retire, vacation, or visit.
www.worsleyschool.net /science/files/passenger/vehicle.html   (693 words)

  
 Ad Hoc Panel on Passenger Ship Safety
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) initiative on Large Passenger Ship Safety (LPS) began in 2000 at the suggestion of the Secretary-General, who questioned whether SOLAS requirements, much of which was written many years ago, duly addressed all the safety aspects of their operations, in particular in emergency situations.
These casualty thresholds are to be used by the Sub-Committees tasked with LPS items to develop requirements for passenger ships to maintain their essential systems and safely return to port.
New passenger ship regulations based on the probabilistic method were developed and were adopted as IMO Resolution A.265(VIII) in 1973.
www.sname.org /committees/tech_ops/O44/passenger/activity.html   (2664 words)

  
 Ship's Passenger Lists and Indexes
Passengers from mainland Europe often disembarked coastal ships, and subsequently boarded transatlantic ships, at ports in Great Britain.
Each Index card provides the passenger's name, sometimes his or her age, the name of the ship, and the date of that ship's arrival at Quebec.
As well, it's been suggested that many of the ships that regularly travelled between the UK and Quebec during the summer months, travelled from the UK to other ice free ports on the east coast of the US, such as Portland, Maine, during the winter months.
www.ikweb.com /murduck/genealogy/research/sources/passenger_lists   (1645 words)

  
 Ship List Index
The Passenger Ship List Index is a useful resource to search for information on the name of ship, date, and port of arrival for German-Russian immigrants to the Americas.
The publications with the ship passenger list extractions may also be obtained from AHSGR's library through the interlibrary loan service at your local public library.
Once the name of a ship as well as the date and port of arrival are known, one may then acquire a copy of the original ship manifest from the LDS (Mormon) Family History Library, National Archives of the United States or National Archives of Canada.
www.ahsgr.org /passenger_ship_list_index.htm   (758 words)

  
 wcbstv.com - World’s Largest Passenger Ship Comes To NYC
The ship's departure from Bayonne won't be its maiden voyage.
The $800 million ship left Southampton in England on May 3, crossing the Atlantic Ocean for New York, where it is expected to arrive on May 10.
The ship will sail for seven days to the western Caribbean, with stops in Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Royal Caribbean's private resort of Labadee, located on a peninsula on the north coast of Haiti.
wcbstv.com /local/local_story_126095637.html   (494 words)

  
 Passenger ship building Business Plan
Shipyards are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use.
Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling.
Writing a Passenger ship building business plan will force you to objectively develop and evaluate your tactical and strategic plans.
www.hjventures.com /writing/Passenger-ship-building-Business-Plan.html   (469 words)

  
 Ship Passenger Lists including Ellis Island
Links to resources for International ship passenger databases are also available from this page, including Canadian, Prussian, and Irish ships.
Passengers arriving at Port of New Orleans in 1851
Between 1928 and 1971, over a million immigrants, including war time evacuees, refugees, military troops and their families came through what is known as Canada's (front door).
www.ancestorhunt.com /ship_passengers.htm   (187 words)

  
 Digg - PICTURES: World's Biggest Passenger Ship   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Voyager of the Seas at 311 metres long, and 48 metres wide WAS the world largest passenger ship, but it was outdone by the Queen Mary II at 345 m long (longer than three football fields) and 45 m wide at the bridge wings.
Yes i was on the Voyager of the Seas and they had the same studio, it's for the TV in the state rooms and at the end of the cruse they sell DVD's with Video of events that went on during the cruse.
i extremely recommend this ship to anyone who plans on going on a cruise, my cruise to the carribean was awesome, and the boat was very safe, i could barely feel the motion sickness.
digg.com /design/PICTURES_World_s_Biggest_Passenger_Ship   (1949 words)

  
 ABC News: World's Largest Passenger Ship Christened
World's Largest Passenger Ship Is Christened 'Freedom of the Seas' in New York Harbor
In this photo provided by Royal Caribbean Cruises, the Freedom of the Seas, the world's largest passenger ship, passes the Statue of Liberty on its first arrival in New York Wednesday, May 10, 2006.
The ship will dock at Bayonne, N.J., until May 18, when it leaves for Boston.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1956509   (448 words)

  
 Cruise / Passenger Ship for sale
Easily converted to casino, mini cruise ship, or private/corporate yacht applications, this ship is presently one of the finest dinner-cruise vessels on the market.
Italy - Built in 1962, this 66 passenger cruise yacht was extensively refitted in 2004 and is actively cruising in Southern Italy.
Room for 44 passenger and up to a crew of 18; this ship represents a true value in today's market.
www.theyachtmarket.com /static/boattype_cruise__passenger_ship_1.html   (646 words)

  
 Ship Passenger Lists
British Ship "Sarah" July 1850 passenger list, arrived at New York on 18 July 1850, 38 days from Glasgow.
Ship "Wilmington" July 1803, passengers intending to travel from Belfast to New York.
Passenger Lists for Immigrant Ships to New Zealand by Denise and Peter.
www.ralstongenealogy.com /shiplist.htm   (318 words)

  
 On the Trail of Our Ancestors/Donna Speer Ristenbatt Genealogy/Passenger Ships' Lists
What we actually find, at least on the first seventy lists, are the names of all the male adults who were well on the day of signing and were able to appear at the Court House.
If any of the male passengers were sick, they were not required to sign later.
Ships are listed in chronological order, not alphabetical order.
www.ristenbatt.com /genealogy/shipind.htm   (545 words)

  
 What Passenger Lists Are Online?
Transcription of the passenger list for the SS Rotterdam which sailed from Rotterdam to New York, arriving on 27 May 1887 with 485 passengers from Germany, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Hungary, Austria, England, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, France, Poland, Belgium and Brazil.
Transcription of the passenger list for the John Holland which sailed from Le Havre, France to New Orleans, arriving on 20 June 1847 with 150 passengers, all from Germany.
Passengers to Norfolk & Portsmouth, Virginia in 1823
home.att.net /~wee-monster/onlinelists.html   (2671 words)

  
 Start Here! Directory of Passenger Ship Arrivals
Passenger lists can help bridge your research between the family homeland and the country they immigrated to.
Where available, each ship is listed with its known years of service.
Hint: Use key words to find all the variations of the ship name for which you are looking.
www.daddezio.com /genealogy/ships/index.html   (217 words)

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