Hi Margaret, At 09:15 AM 2006-08-17 +1000, mboots@tadaust.org.au wrote: >Hi List, > >I have just joined in the hope that someone can help me with the passenger >list >for the SS Narrung which ran into a storm in December 1912 and had to >return to >England. It was on its way to Australia. > >I believe my grandparents Charles and Harriet Powell were on that ship. > >Is there a site that you can go into and put in their names and find out what >ship they actually came out to Australia on. > >Thanks. > >Regards Margaret Boots in OZ Are you positive about December 1912 _from_ England? Her description and voyage history is here http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsN.html This says in part << NARRUNG was sold by P&O to Eng Hok Fong SS Co., Hong Kong in 1912 and in 1913 was . . .>> Curiously in a web search I found that www.anmm.gov.au (the Australian National Maritime Museum) showed up with a .pdf link . . <<An adjuster's report of the assessment of insurance. claims resulting from an accident to the SS Narrung in. December 1912. . . .>> so something must have happened. And, this link <<Mr. Waine, who began transmitting in about 1898 became well known locally when he received the S.O.S. that was transmitted by the Narrung P.&O. liner, during a gale in the Channel, on Boxing Day 1912. >> so maybe our description needs adjusting. http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Engineering/Electronics/history/radiohistory.htm I see where MargM has weighed in to offer you some Oz research advice, so good luck. You may have heard of British "outbound" passenger lists, but those are unfilmed and unindexed, so you are probably best advised to keep trying at the Oz end. As Marg mentioned, if you know where they settled, so can estimate their port of arrival, you'll be part way there. Still, if you have anyone in / near London who can go to Kew for you, then provided the Powells didn't have the 'fit of the vapours' and delay, but actually sailed again quite soon, then a P&O ship to Australia, from probably Southampton, after December 26th 1912, might not be that hard to find. Searching British records requires a personal visit to Kew . . that, or hiring a researcher. Good luck Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hi Sue, I think Haws book is in error on this ship description (his 2nd edition says 1913). Schell Register says - 1913 sold by P & O to Mexico SS Co, Hong Kong (Eng Hok Fong SS Co, managers) renamed MEXICO CITY. Rabson & O'Donoghue - P & O, A Fleet History is more specific and says - 16th Apr.1913 sold by P & O to Mexico SS Co renamed MEXICO CITY Seems like the description needs altering. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Swiggum" <swig@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [TSL] Narrung3 > Hi Margaret, > > At 09:15 AM 2006-08-17 +1000, mboots@tadaust.org.au wrote: >>Hi List, >> >>I have just joined in the hope that someone can help me with the passenger >>list >>for the SS Narrung which ran into a storm in December 1912 and had to >>return to >>England. It was on its way to Australia. >> >>I believe my grandparents Charles and Harriet Powell were on that ship. >> >>Is there a site that you can go into and put in their names and find out >>what >>ship they actually came out to Australia on. >> >>Thanks. >> >>Regards Margaret Boots in OZ > > Are you positive about December 1912 _from_ England? Her description and > voyage history is here > http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsN.html > > This says in part << NARRUNG was sold by P&O to Eng Hok Fong SS Co., Hong > Kong in 1912 and in 1913 was . . .>> > > Curiously in a web search I found that www.anmm.gov.au (the Australian > National Maritime Museum) showed up with a .pdf link . . <<An adjuster's > report of the assessment of insurance. claims resulting from an accident > to the SS Narrung in. December 1912. . . .>> so something must have > happened. > And, this link <<Mr. Waine, who began transmitting in about 1898 became > well known locally when he received the S.O.S. that was transmitted by the > Narrung P.&O. liner, during a gale in the Channel, on Boxing Day 1912. >> > so maybe our description needs adjusting. > http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Engineering/Electronics/history/radiohistory.htm > > I see where MargM has weighed in to offer you some Oz research advice, so > good luck. You may have heard of British "outbound" passenger lists, but > those are unfilmed and unindexed, so you are probably best advised to keep > trying at the Oz end. As Marg mentioned, if you know where they settled, > so can estimate their port of arrival, you'll be part way there. > > Still, if you have anyone in / near London who can go to Kew for you, then > provided the Powells didn't have the 'fit of the vapours' and delay, but > actually sailed again quite soon, then a P&O ship to Australia, from > probably Southampton, after December 26th 1912, might not be that hard to > find. Searching British records requires a personal visit to Kew . . > that, or hiring a researcher. > > Good luck > > Sue > -- > TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > ***** You have entered a Flame Free Zone ***** > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > >

Hi Ted, At 11:18 PM 2006-08-17 +0100, Ted Finch wrote: >Hi Sue, > >I think Haws book is in error on this ship description (his 2nd edition >says 1913). Schell Register says - 1913 sold by P & O to Mexico SS Co, >Hong Kong (Eng Hok Fong SS Co, managers) renamed MEXICO CITY. > >Rabson & O'Donoghue - P & O, A Fleet History is more specific and says - >16th Apr.1913 sold by P & O to Mexico SS Co renamed MEXICO CITY > >Seems like the description needs altering. >Ted Thanks very much . . . this makes more sense. I have made the changes. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/