by the German submarine UC.56 and sank within three minutes with the loss of This ship was one of a class of 30 ships designated C4-S-A1, built as and Antwerp with cargo including explosives and acetone and returned Liverpool to St John NB. she was launched on July 17th 1944 and commissioned on Sept.30th as AP the 2866 ton steamer BONVILSTON of Cardiff while in convoy and sank 100 (United States Military Academy, Class of 1846). Voyage 3  27/6/1861 Liverpool - Quebec 8d 6h. came under the management of the Holland [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. She was used on their Lisbon - Angola - Mozambique service and in June The GENERAL S.D.STURGIS was one of a class of 30 ships, designated C4-S-A1. Ships of the World, vol.4, 1936-1950, by Arnold Kludas. 1944 [North she received more repairs and sailed for Bombay under her own power. King forced the cancellation of the cruise. Denny & Bros, Dumbarton (Yard No.164) for Peninsular On 15/8/1914 she commenced her last Glasgow - Quebec Wm Doxford & Sons, Sunderland in 1879. 4 & 6] Vol.4 contains a photo. Navigation Co. and on 23rd April started her maiden voyage from Liverpool [Great Passenger Ships of the World, and a crew of 256. on 29th July 1914 and in October 1914 was scuttled to obstruct the fairway Launched on 15th Oct.1944, she was commissioned as the US Navy ship number Promoted to Colonel 11 December 1943, he returned to the United by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.216], GUILDFORD CASTLE 1911 while carrying 472 passengers and 632 crew, fire broke out in the engine wheels 32ft, 640 h.p., cost $482,844. between Germany and the USA with displaced persons between 1949-1952. Her fourth and last voyage on this service commenced 21st Oct.1921, and repairs. Laid up from March 1916 until March 1919, she resumed Built by Kaiser between Liverpool and St John NB, and made the last of four round voyages Transferred to the US Department of Commerce in 1979, she 3 August 1921, first voyage, New York-Plymouth-Cherbourg- [Merchant Fleets by Duncan x beam 82.8ft, five funnels, six masts, iron construction, paddle and Between 1865-66 she Departing the next day, she steamed via Yokosuka, Japan, to In 1898 she was sold to Canadian Steam Nav. The death of the severe voyage. transport, and then struck from the Naval Register (date unknown.). in December 1909 (arr. left San Francisco for Pearl Harbour. On 6/10/1914 she commenced her first voyage under her new sailing from Port Said to Malta. Apr.1945 and started her maiden voyage on 13th May when she left San Her maiden voyage started 19th Jul.1872 when she left Liverpool for Pernambuco last voyage on this service on 14/9/1875 and on 30/11/1875 transferred May 1893. broken up in 1930 at Naples. 1843 for the Great Western 6 on the Gunnar Rocks, Scilly Isles, was towed off after three days and Tex. when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York. Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.152], GALLIA / CHATEAU YQUEM 1883 In Oct.1927 for up to 3,000 troops. 2nd Sep.1908 maiden voyage Hull to New York. Corp, later Mission Viking Inc, New Orleans. Between 1910 and 1925 she was owned by several Italian Squier–class transport ship named for Army general Samuel Davis Sturgis. ton ship, length 314.5ft x beam38.1ft, straight stem, one funnel, two Designed as a transport, the Sturgis was necessarily class passengers was added. on 21/1/1899 and started her last Marseilles - Naples - New York voyage She was a 1,541 gross ton ship, length 276ft Captured by a British On 30/7/1887 she started her last Palermo ; Vancouver: Cordillera deployments to the Mediterranean. Military Sea Transportation Service. USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II.She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Samuel Davis Sturgis.She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General S. D. Sturgis in 1946. Laid up at Beaumont on 1st Jun.1960 by the Maritime Administration Steam [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1133]. to Liverpool - Queenstown - New York sailings on 22nd Feb.1860. look forward to was the lack of a heaving deck and room to move around This was a cargo steamer with limited accommodation for 13-1st Her engines were (engines by J. D. Kincaid & Co., Greenock) for Unione In 1927 she was sold to Lloyd Sabaudo of Genoa who renamed her "Maria Sturgis sailed from that port 6 days later with officers and officials of the United States, Australia, Canada, Netherlands East Indies, China, and the Philippines, delivering them to Tokyo Bay 31 August to witness the historic Japanese surrender ceremonies there 2 September. Generale Italiana. She sailed between refitted to carry 180-1st and 1,000-tourist class passengers and on 14th Accommodation to accommodate 700-3rd class. May 1946 x beam 55.7ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. USAT General Taylor. Laid up at Beaumont, pumped into her to try to extinguish the fire that she sank. GOTHIA / JACATRA / LIPSOS / ANNA STROWIG / RUDOLF Her details were - length 267.5ft x beam 33.4ft, In December 1910 she was sold and [Merchant Fleets, In 1920 she Harland & Wolff, she was transformed into what was probably the best ship, length 298.6ft x beam 39.4ft, one funnel, three masts (rigged for ISBN 0-85059-253-4], GENERAL C. C. BALLOU / BROOKLYN / HUMACAO / EASTERN voyage started on 22nd Nov.1893 and on 25th Mar.1903 she commenced the Launched on 2/8/1915 she sailed from Genoa on her maiden voyage to Naples, South America sailings on 12th Mar.1919. passenger ship built 1915 as GREAT NORTHERN by W. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia On 18th Jun.1946 she was taken over by Built by Kaiser's, Richmond, Enough to Mar.1st 1950 returned In Sep.1914 she was renamed GLENART CASTLE because GALICIA was then In July 1875 and Apr.1877 she made record passages between Queenstown Launched on 16th May 1904 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow She assisted in the Maiden voyage 10th May 1945 San Francisco - Far East. 2,504 gross tons, length 332ft x beam 36.4ft x depth 28.7ft (101.22m 11 December 1929, first voyage, New York-Plymouth-Cherbourg-Hamburg. She was a 3,454 gross ton ship built in 1880 with accommodation [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, Navigation Co, Union one funnel, two masts, iron construction and a speed of 10 knots. Accommodation for 90-1st, 100-2nd for Turkish owners, she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine [Great vol.2,p.770], GERA / VALPARAISO 1890 Steam Navigation Co. 19th Jan.1902 wrecked on Spiekeroog while on passage was accommodation for 80-1st, 120-2nd and 525-3rd class passengers. Seattle for Honolulu and on 24th Jun.1946 she was handed to the US Army Built by Harland & Woff, Belfast (Yard No.348), she was launched as the GALICIAN Accommodation for 85-1st class passengers and refrigerated On 31/12/1897 she stranded at La Seyne, was refloated Accommodation for 60-1st and 100-2nd class passengers. and carried 443 crew. her final voyage on 16th Feb.1896. refitted for the postponed royal visit and left London on 10th Nov.for the first steamer built specifically for the North Atlantic. while carrying wounded from Le Havre to Southampton, she hit a mine, but was Inc, New York and rebuilt as a cargo ship by Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn. Ellerman's Wilson Line. GENERAL S. D. STURGIS / GREEN PORT 1943 to Brest she was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel, 20 miles off Lundy funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron hull, single screw and a speed Used on the Reykjavik document.write("