Westbound Transatlantic
25 April 1953
Crew List Transcript
Introduction
This page lists all of the jobs carried out by the crew of the “Green Goddess” on the 43rd Westbound Transatlantic out of Southampton. This was a positioning crossing ahead of the 1953 Coronation Cruise, so 100 more crew were employed. These included photographers, extra band members, and a full laundry staff.
Although this list is shown as a manifest, it is not intended that it give full details of each rating, like Age, Nationality, Service at Sea etc. The list is ordered according to Articles Number with series letter prefix.
- Crew Complement
- 25 April 1953
- Deck Dept
- 137
- Engineers Dept
- 95
- Catering Dept
- 460
- Total
- 692 (including Master)
Accuracy
If any of the ratings are incorrectly described below, do please advise me of these.
Notes
- Total crew complement, including the Master, for the 1953 Westbound Transatlantic was 693 of which there were 460 in the Catering Department
Key to Article Number Prefix Letters
- Prefix E = Sign-on at Liverpool / So'ton for 10 Dec voyage
- Prefix ¶E = Signed-on at New York post 19 December 1952
- Prefix F = Signed back on at Southampton for this voyage
- Prefix G = Signed-on at Southampton for this voyage