Westbound Transatlantic
23 June 1956
& North Cape Cruise 03 July 1956
Crew List Transcript
Introduction
This page lists all of the jobs carried out by the crew of the “Green Goddess” on her 59th Transatlantic Crossing from Southampton ahead of the 1956 North Cape Cruise. Also included are the later New York amendments for that cruise where 4 people were signed on, 2 were signed-off and there was one desertion.
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 1956
- Deck Dept
- 136
- Engineers Dept
- 95
- Catering Dept
- 462
- Total
- 693 (including Master)
Accuracy
The original documents for this transcript are of poor quality, so several minor edits may ensue when I come to transcribe the next crew list. If any of the ratings, or occupants’ names, are incorrectly transcribed, do please advise me of these.
Notes
- Total crew complement, including the Master, for the 23 June 1956 Transatlantic Crossing was 691 of which there were 462 in the Catering Department
- The 4 people who Signed-on at New York are listed below. Their rating isn't shown within the list
and may not be revealed until the next list is transcribed
- Slattery, Anthony
- Ambler, Roy
- Rice, James Edward
- Leonard, Harold L
- The two people who signed-off in New York were…
- Rigby, Thomas
- Purchess, Raymond Victor
- M. Hughes returned to UK D.B.S. on RMS Queen Mary 05 July 1956
Key to Article Number Prefix Letters
- H = Signed back on at Southampton for this voyage
- ¶H = Signed-on at Southampton for this voyage
- ¶¶H = Signed-on at New York on 04 July 1956