First Class Passenger List
Westbound Transatlantic Crossing
From Southampton
Sat, 23 June 1956
Arrive New York 30 June 1956
- Arrival Summary
- 30 June 1956
- First Class Passengers
- 154
- Cabin Class Passengers
- 309
- Total Passengers
- 463
- Crew Total
- 693
- Total souls on board
- 1,156 (including Master)
Ship's Officers
- Master
- Robert G. Thelwell, OBE, RD, (Cdre. RNR Rtd)
- Staff Captain
- William J. Law, RD, RNR
- Chief Engineer
- Stanley Hudson
- Staff Chief Engineer
- Thomas E. Williams
- Chief Officer
- Percival W. Silson
- Surgeon
- Isaac N. Winer, MRCS, LRCP
- Assistant Surgeon
- Anthony J. Jones, MB, BCh, DTM&H
- Purser
- John B. Morton
- Staff Purser
- Gerald J. Nolan
- Cabin Purser
- Patrick C. Fison
- Chief Steward
- Percy G. Burrage
- Chief Cabin Steward
- James L. Grace
List of Passengers
This page is a full-text transcript of the First Class Passenger List for Caronia's Westbound transatlantic crossing from Southampton and Le Havre on 23 June 1956. It is constructed from original New York Immigration records.
This was a positioning crossing ahead of the 1956 North Cape Cruise. The ship was also carrying a few passengers back to the USA after their trip on the Spring Mediterranean Cruise and 10 days in Europe.
Important Notes
- As with crew lists assembled from this source, not all the information, such as age or place of birth, has been transcribed
- Because no titles or decorations were recorded at source, only Mr., Mrs., Miss or Mstr. could be used here. This except for 3 Doctors found in the Spring Cruise list
- With no marital status being shown, annotations of title for women travelling alone may be incorrect
- Both place of embarkation and U.S. destination are shown in this list
- The New York Times reported 463 passengers on this trip, which indicates there may be a sheet missing from the Immigration manifest
- Immigration manifests usually provide reliable information about who actually travelled
Accuracy
No guarantee of accuracy can be given with regard to marital status or indeed spelling of names. Any proven corrections will be gladly accepted.
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