sirs, looking for a description of the ship my mother came to US on, from Persia. orginated at port in Beirut, Lebanon. Name is, "Sinaia" ship. 1932 arrival to RI. Julie Lazar Taylor Flint, Michigan lazar1946@aol.com

Hello Julie, SINAIA 1924 8,567 gross tons, length 440ft x beam 56.1ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 132-cabin and 522-3rd class passengers. Launched on 19th Aug.1922 by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow for the Fabre Line, Marseilles she started her maiden voyage from Marseilles to Naples and New York on 14th Oct.1924. She continued Mediterranean - New York until starting her last passenger voyage in Jun.1935 from Marseilles to Piraeus, Providence, New York and return to Marseilles. The world wide shipping slump caused the service to be discontinued. Nov.1942 seized by the Germans and converted to a hospital ship. Aug.1944 scuttled by Germans at Marseilles, 1946 raised and scrapped. regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lazar1946@aol.com> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 1:44 AM Subject: [TSL] looking for a Ship > sirs, > looking for a description of the ship my mother came to US on, from > Persia. orginated at port in Beirut, Lebanon. > > Name is, "Sinaia" ship. 1932 arrival to RI. > > Julie Lazar Taylor > Flint, Michigan > lazar1946@aol.com > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > ***** You have entered a Flame Free Zone ***** > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > >