Westbound Transatlantic
23 June 1954
Crew List Transcript
Introduction
This page lists all of the jobs carried out by the crew of the “Green Goddess” on her 49th voyage from Southampton. This was ahead of the 1954 North Cape 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
- 23 June 1954
- Deck Dept
- 140
- Engineers Dept
- 96
- Catering Dept
- 459
- Total
- 695 (including Master)
Accuracy
This list starts from scratch as there are no carry-overs from the previous voyages. The quality of some of the copy images that form this list is less than perfect, so there is a stronger possibility for transcription errors.
If any of the ratings are incorrectly described below, do please advise me of these.
Notes
- Total crew complement, including the Master, for the 23 June 1954 Westbound Transatlantic was 605 of which there were 459 in the Catering Department
- There was one desertion on arrival at New York, making a 696 total crew complement on leaving Southampton. His name does not appear on this list
- S313 Greaser, Reginald Barnes was left in a New York hospital, suffering with “convulsions”
- Thomas Hidderley Signed-on at New York as Cruise Director for North Cape Cruise
- T492 Frank Potten also Signed-on at New York as 1st Class Waiter
Key to Article Number Prefix Letters
- Prefix S & ¶T = Signed back on at Southampton for this voyage
- Prefix T = Signed-on at Southampton for this voyage