The Coastal Cruise

This is the list of passengers Cunard invited on the Commissioning Run from Glasgow for Caronia's maiden arrival into Southampton.

Section I

Sterling Cruise Passenger Lists

These transatlantic crossings usually resulted in only around 150 passengers arriving in New York. Most passengers had previously disembarked at Bermuda and other Bahamian ports. Therefore for the 1952 and 1953 lists, both First and Cabin Class passengers are combined into one.

Most of these lists are transcribed from U.S. Immigration Manifests.

Section J

West Indies & South America Cruises

These were short cruises, often no longer than 14 days. Unlike the longer cruises, passenger lists only showed the passengers’ names, rather than their name and US home state.

Appealing to a Certain Clientèle

When reading through the lists for these cruises especially, you might wonder why the names read like a roll-call for excursions from several well-attended synagogues. Ross Blouin maybe provides an answer…

Further considerations back-up these thoughts entirely, as prominent features about the Caronia were appearing with some regularity within all the most esteemed periodicals to be found on US news-stands.

What's also noticeable from the manifests is the number of travellers who had come to the USA as immigrants. Despite having arrived from Germany, Poland and Russia, it was still a British ship they had chosen!

Section K

Caronia's Major Cruises

For these last sections I've placed all the cruises that lasted longer than 14 days. The shortest would be the Spring Mediterranean Cruise of around 30 days which followed the longest of up to 106 days.

Virtual Cruises

Don't forget that you can follow a selected number of Virtual Cruises that will give you an idea about the ports visited at that time and how people enjoyed life both on board and ashore.