tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post7914214245907236212..comments2024-03-04T11:10:34.207-05:00Comments on QE2 - Pride of the Clyde: T.S.S. CameroniaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505720008360910233noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-64034423655120467592022-06-21T17:49:51.916-04:002022-06-21T17:49:51.916-04:00I am looking for information about the Cameronia i...I am looking for information about the Cameronia in 1952. I would like to know the sailing route that was used from Glasgow to Fremantle. My Mum sailed on this voyage as a 10 pound pom with when she was 4 years old and we are trying to piece together some details to help her with her memory of the trip. Many thanks for any help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-23459511243114183622021-10-13T23:25:25.997-04:002021-10-13T23:25:25.997-04:00Think my grandfather and his family emigrated from...Think my grandfather and his family emigrated from UK to Durban in 1940ies have a postcard of the ship in a old album... That's I knowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713636533941635997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-46274585649639211222021-06-03T03:41:58.607-04:002021-06-03T03:41:58.607-04:00I have just come across these comments. I was 9 y...I have just come across these comments. I was 9 years old when we travelled overnight on the "boat train" from London to Glasgow in 1952 and sailed on the SS Cameronia arriving in Melbourne on 6 November (I was thoroughly peed off about missing Guy Fawkes Day). My father also came out earlier that year on the Otranto, I think leaving Tilbury about Feb 1952. He came out with a group of men who all worked for Holloway Brothers and their families followed about 9-10 months later, and moved into the houses they had constructed. I remember Suez Canal and the native boats, also that we had a lot of trouble understanding the broad Scottish accents of the crew.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878760853792996691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-79710897652406390382020-11-20T20:03:03.982-05:002020-11-20T20:03:03.982-05:00Our family returned from Cyprus in December 1956 o...Our family returned from Cyprus in December 1956 on the, by then 'Empire Clyde'eagletankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792825047987486385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-88005465166665826382019-10-15T02:33:08.987-04:002019-10-15T02:33:08.987-04:00That was supposed to read "TSS" Cameroni...That was supposed to read "TSS" Cameronia.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275661650837679617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-27001162324995021692019-10-15T02:32:05.953-04:002019-10-15T02:32:05.953-04:00I have a neat English silver perpetual calendar fr...I have a neat English silver perpetual calendar from the YES Cameronia. I bought it at an antique shop in St. Paul in 1995.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275661650837679617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-17680278609361942352019-01-04T08:32:20.974-05:002019-01-04T08:32:20.974-05:00My father David Thompson was chief store keeper on...My father David Thompson was chief store keeper on the Cameronia, my dad took me aboard when he was home from one of his trips when I was probably 3 or 4 years old (I was born Jan 1951), he left the merchant navy in 1955, and we moved from Dalmuir that same year. I am now retired myself and live in Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast since 1961. William ThompsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-49920247265079534522018-08-17T04:18:20.088-04:002018-08-17T04:18:20.088-04:00Hello
My Dad was a crew member from 1946
on the ...Hello <br /><br />My Dad was a crew member from 1946<br />on the Austrailian run<br /><br />Catherine Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13422882190090306448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-29097678031353211492018-08-17T04:03:02.210-04:002018-08-17T04:03:02.210-04:00Hi
My father was on that run. He worked as Merch...Hi<br /><br />My father was on that run. He worked as Merchant Seaman on the TSS Cameronia in 1946<br /><br />CatherineAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13422882190090306448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-70690424932775130812018-02-12T12:10:34.046-05:002018-02-12T12:10:34.046-05:00It would appear we were on the ship at the same ti...It would appear we were on the ship at the same time Bob P, my parents disembarked in Melbourne, I was 3. I understand it was a strange situation with women and children on one deck and men on another. Not an ideal family situation, but a wonderful life was the reward. At 91 my mum is still alive to tell the tales. MMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-18844055361732754942018-01-24T18:35:51.142-05:002018-01-24T18:35:51.142-05:00Hi Tom, I didn't crew on the Cameronia but was...Hi Tom, I didn't crew on the Cameronia but was a passenger of 2 years old leaving Glasgow and arriving Freemantle September 11 1951.<br />I hope this finds you safe and well. Thanks for the safe journey. Bob PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-43917896763153663642017-03-09T17:22:51.394-05:002017-03-09T17:22:51.394-05:00My grandmother sailed from Glasgow to New York in ...My grandmother sailed from Glasgow to New York in 1927 and again in 1930 working as a domestic servant/nanny to a middle class family in NY. I found the passenger lists on Ancestry.com and I recently found these silent films on the National Library of Scotland moving image archive website:<br />http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1217 (clip only)<br />http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5623 (full 14mm film accessible at the museum in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow)<br />http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1745 (full film on the Port Health Authority)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427920868512499819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-64990168637147742802015-12-28T03:58:13.889-05:002015-12-28T03:58:13.889-05:00Anonymous December 28, 2015 at 7.48PM.
I, too, was...Anonymous December 28, 2015 at 7.48PM.<br />I, too, was on that last trip from Glasgow with my parents and 4 other siblings. We landed in Sydney on a sunny morning dated 19 November, 1952. My memories are mostly the same as yours. The ship was very slow and very crowded but the journey was worthwhile. I've had 63 rewarding years in this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-56591580009210989272014-12-25T16:17:42.313-05:002014-12-25T16:17:42.313-05:00From 1949 - 1956 I served on the ship in the utili...From 1949 - 1956 I served on the ship in the utilities gang (chain gang). I sailed under Captain Johnston during this time. I am now 83 and I would like to read any comments from anyone who may have been a shipmate of mine from that time as I have many stories and happy memories of my life on board during this period. I stayed at deep sea until my last sailing in 1962. Tom Bell (Ting)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-86742604314233633262013-05-05T06:03:16.016-04:002013-05-05T06:03:16.016-04:00My Ancestor John Allford sailed on the Cameronia o...My Ancestor John Allford sailed on the Cameronia on 17th of August from Glasgow, reaching New York on the 25th of August. He had already emmigrated in 1907. Richard HallfordRichard Hallfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589512799668309991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-56657658102633253702013-05-05T01:16:18.921-04:002013-05-05T01:16:18.921-04:00My mom sailed on the Cameronia from Glasgow to New...My mom sailed on the Cameronia from Glasgow to New York; leaving Glasgow on Sept. 5, 1939. She was in room A-74. It was the first British ship to enter New York after the outbreak of war. My mom was returning to her home (at the time) in Attleboro, Massachusetts, after visiting her relatives in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, where she was born in 1921. She still recalls that voyage, even at her current age of 91! She now resides in Wisconsin, and has been here since my parent's marriage in 1946. Her name at the time she sailed was Anne Shand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-59867525594492105072013-03-25T03:58:59.814-04:002013-03-25T03:58:59.814-04:00My mum travelled on the Cameronia with her parents...My mum travelled on the Cameronia with her parents Roy & Alice Collins departing Southampton on the 11th June 1952 and arriving in Fremantle on 12th July.<br />She was only young so doesn't remember much of the voyage, just that it was really rough when they first left Southampton and she spent the first day or so being seasick. <br />I'm writing a piece on our family history and would love to hear any tales of that particular voyage, such as those written above, or any details of what the ship was like - the accommodation arrangements, the facilities & the type of meals served.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-11718883681024965132013-01-10T19:25:36.036-05:002013-01-10T19:25:36.036-05:00Could you send me a picture of this? This is an a...Could you send me a picture of this? This is an amazing find as she would be my great great aunt. KenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505720008360910233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-35567794588625028052012-08-15T16:48:11.194-04:002012-08-15T16:48:11.194-04:00In war and peace many of the deckcrew seamen on th...In war and peace many of the deckcrew seamen on the Cameronia came from the Western Isles of Scotland. Known around the globe as amongst the finest of seamen. Many were MacLeods and wonder if the MacLeods mentioned aqs passengers to the USA were originally from the Wstern Isles.<br />Gaelic VikingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-16612529651046352542012-08-11T08:24:58.242-04:002012-08-11T08:24:58.242-04:00MY GREAT UNCLE (JAMES NEILSON) AND HIS WIFE (...MY GREAT UNCLE (JAMES NEILSON) AND HIS WIFE (ELEANOR); SAILED ON THE S.S. CAMERONIA ;(9 MARCH 1926).<br />THEY MADE A NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES IN AMERICA.RELATIVES WERE ALLOWED TO SAIL DOWN THE CLYDE WITH THE EMIGRANTS ;TO GREENOCK,WHERE THEY THEN DISEMBARKED.MANY OF THEM NEVER SAW THEIR RELATIVES AGAIN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-44820499185042693602012-08-05T19:46:58.101-04:002012-08-05T19:46:58.101-04:00Hi Jane
I was almost five when my family emigrate...Hi Jane<br /><br />I was almost five when my family emigrated from the UK to Melbourne on the "Cameronia" in June 1952. There was me, Dad and my Mum who was four months pregnant with my sister Annette (who was born 22 November 1952). Being so young I have limited memories of the voyage, however I remember the boat train proceding to the docks in Glasgow plus recollections of looking through the railings at the white sails of a passing yacht. My parents said she was a good ship however there was an incident with unruly crew, and one night they came up on deck to see a crew member being thrown overboard. They weren't spotted themselves and hurredly departed the scene. RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-72612269819209114142012-02-24T06:04:03.827-05:002012-02-24T06:04:03.827-05:00I was 8 years old when we left Glasgow in late 195...I was 8 years old when we left Glasgow in late 1952. I think it was its last trip down-under. My dad had come out earlier that year on the Otranto,(R.A.A.F. enlistee), and we followed him later. There was my mum, me 8, and two sisters aged 5 and 1. I remember bits of the trip through the Suez and the natives in little boats selling their wares and arriving in Melbourne after six weeks. I still dont know how my mum handled it on her own. When we got here we had no relatives at all and had to make our own way. I dont think any young couple today could do it, or even think of going to the other side of the world with no family or support system that is now in place for them even if they were to move interstate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-44286680328133306202011-10-30T19:04:41.542-04:002011-10-30T19:04:41.542-04:00Great Ship.sailed back from Colombo in 1952.Dockin...Great Ship.sailed back from Colombo in 1952.Docking at Liverpool.I was 7years old at the time,my DAd was in the Royal Air Force at the time,was returning to the UK after two years at RAF Negombo.Does anybody remember him,his name was.Junior tech Raoul (Ralph) Berthiaume?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-41421110819863240952011-09-07T00:42:50.540-04:002011-09-07T00:42:50.540-04:00My family and I, which included my Mum, Dad and tw...My family and I, which included my Mum, Dad and two younger brother's came out to Australia on the "Cameronia". We left Scotland on my 7th. birthday which was 11th. June, 1952 and arrived in Sydney on 9th. July, 1952. I remember coming through the Suez Canal and how hot it was, I still have the menu for our final night on the ship, a children's menu and one for the adults. Would be interested in hearing from anyone else who was on this voyage. Our family name was Gardner, Lewis & Jean, with children Jane, Lewis & Alex. I am now 66 years old and love looking up old records like this.Jane Fisher.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784818136223459509.post-76306153517233936962011-03-14T13:38:12.908-04:002011-03-14T13:38:12.908-04:00My Mother travelled from Bombay, with her mother s...My Mother travelled from Bombay, with her mother sisters and brother in 1946, arriving in Glasgow on Xmas Day. Family name then Jameson, they had never been to the UK before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com