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Charles Hansen
Starting member
USA
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 Posted - 18/06/2011 : 06:29:43
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My grandfather claimed he jumped off this ship and swam ashore near Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, in June 1910. I don't know if the ship had actually docked there, and I'm checking in N.C. Rauma had last sailed from Valparaiso, Chile - so was clearly not an immigrant ship.
Although there is a small town named Rauma in Norway, the ship was more likely Finnish (Nurminen company?), as this port city had more vessels registered in 1897 than any other place in Finland - I am checking on that end. I believe he began as a cabin boy ~1907, likely boarding somewhere in Norway, but could have started on a different ship. I have no idea if there are digitized port or crew records from this era.
FYI - To avoid "false positives", the minesweeper Rauma was built as HNoMS (His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship) in 1939, but I can't find mention of any other ship with this name. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2011 : 08:23:52
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Hi,
At www.genealogybank.com in historical newspapers there is a ship named Rauma reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 8 June 1910 as " Nor. str., 1353 tons. West India trade, six weeks, July ". Could be your ship?
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Charles Hansen
Starting member
USA
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Posted - 18/06/2011 : 14:35:02
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Thanks, Jackie. It sounds like they were advertising for their next voyage. I wasn't aware of that resource and I just took out a trial membership. Is there a separate process in searching for ship vs. person names?
Charles |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2011 : 02:51:42
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Hi Charles,
Yes you may view only "shipping news" items by selecting that category on the left hand side of the results screen.
Jackie M. |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2011 : 04:06:57
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Ancestry.com has two mentions of a ship with the name Rauma.
One in Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945 for an arrival from Cuba in 12 Mar 1906 with two passengers
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One in New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945 for an arrival from Dunkirk France in 3 Mar 1897 with three passengers. |
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Charles Hansen
Starting member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2011 : 06:16:44
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I was wrong in suggesting Rauma might be Finnish, as it is often described as a Norwegian steamer of 1353 tons. Rauma regularly appeared in U.S. east and Gulf Coast "shipping news" columns 1895-1915, and also served the West Indies and both coasts of South America. I have yet to locate any builder/owner info in Norway, but her home port may have been Bergen.
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2011 : 09:51:05
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Hi Charles,
Here is the Norsk Maritime report on a ship named Rauma in English. Could be two different ships of the same name or perhaps it is the same ship rebuilt to a s (steamer?):
Ship Register - Displaying 1 - 1 of 1 results Hide resultsView results
Rauma (possibly two ships of the 1852 Molde, NorwayNationality:
Norwegian
Type:
Brigg
Material:
Three (I think this should be timber)
Year built:
1852
Building Location:
Molde, Norway
Tonnage:
100 cl, 224 net
Dimensions:
128,6 - 25.5 to 11.9
Modifications:
Rebuilt 1866. Changed to s
Hometown:
Molde 1852 - Bergen, Stavanger 1
Owners:
J. Jerwell 1852 - Herman Lehmku
Shipmasters:
T. Brekke, 1856 N. Nielsen 1865
Speed:
Mediterranean Speed, Black Sea Speed
Not sure what this means:
40, 6, 5, 47
The final fate:
Stranded 1866 by Nexø, Bornho
Other information:
Did a trip to China, while r
Hilsen,
Jackie M. |
Edited by - jkmarler on 23/06/2011 10:12:00 |
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
5861 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2011 : 10:34:09
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In the 1900 census for Norway there were two Raumaships.
1) A small local cargo ship Rauma of 67 tons reg. in Molde town.
2) SS Rauma of 1953 tons registered in Bergen town.
If the tonnage was Brutto Reg. tons perhaps the Netto tons was ab. 1353 tons.
Rauma had a total crew of 23, of which 18 were Norwegian, shipmaster was Johannes Mortensen from Korshavn, Norway.
Dec. 18. 1900 Rauma was in Pensacola USA.
Information comes from the Norwegian Viceconsulate in St. Nazaire, France.
SS Rauma in the 1900 census.
Note: SS has two meanings; SailShip and SteamShip.
Kåre |
Edited by - Kåarto on 23/06/2011 11:12:38 |
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Charles Hansen
Starting member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2011 : 14:35:42
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Thanks to both of you -
Jackie, yours is too early, as it is stranded 30 years before it shows up in the new world. I think Kare has the right one - both of them. Here is info on the smaller ship: http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsr.html
I have photos of it in 1889 as built and in 1931, and she was still sailing between Ålesund and Hjørundfjorden until 1962.
I don't know what connections Kare has to the Norwegian Viceconsulate in St. Nazaire, France, but he seems to have it right. All the tonnage data are out of the Philadelphia Enquirer, and it could have changed by modifications but not been updated there. I was mostly looking at the years my frandfather was on her = he probably went down from Øksnes to join as a cabin boy - perhaps after his 15th birthday? |
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 23/06/2011 : 19:57:26
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Hi.
The Viceconsulate (not diplomatic) in France performed the duty of Norway for a small fee and had nothing with SS Rauma to do exept for information they send home on where SS Rauma and other ships were in Dec.1900 used as information in the 1900 census.
The consulate was as one among many the link between the authorities and Norwegians abroad like ships in foreign trade.
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Merchant ship Rauma (likely Finnish)
