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Crew List 23 Sept 1955

The Cunard Line's ‘Green Goddess’

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Autumn Mediterranean Cruise
23 Sept 1955
& Caribbean Cruise 09 November 1955
Crew List Transcript

Introduction

This page lists all of the jobs carried out by the crew of the “Green Goddess” on her 1955 Autumn Mediterranean Cruise from New York back to New York and the subsequent late autumn Caribbean cruise. Some 87 new ratings Signed-on at New York on arrival from Southampton on 21st September 1955

Although this list is shown as a manifest, it is not intended that it give full details of each rating, like Age, Nationality, Service at Sea etc. The list is ordered according to Articles Number with series letter prefix.

Crew Complement
23 Sept 1955
Deck Dept
140
Engineers Dept
 96
Catering Dept
459
Total
695 (including Master)
Crew Complement
09 November 1955
Deck Dept
137
Engineers Dept
 96
Catering Dept
423
Total
656 (including Master)
Accuracy

If any of the ratings are incorrectly described below, do please advise me of these.

Notes
  • Total crew complement, including the Master, for the 23 Sept 1955 Autumn Mediterranean Cruise was 695 of which there were 459 in the Catering Department
  • After the Autumn Mediterranean Cruise, 1 rating deserted, 42 ratings signed-off and 4 ratings Signed-on at New York ahead of the Caribbean Cruise departing on 09 November 1955
  • Ratings signing-on in New York were…
    • E09 Linotype Operator, Richard Atkinson
    • E10 Master-at-Arms, Frederick Herson
    • E320 Trimmer, George Young
    • E586 Librarian, George Saunders
  • Ratings who signed-off in New York after the Mediterranean Cruise are annotated with a ∏ suffix
  • Total crew complement, including the Master for the 09 November 1955 voyage was 656
  • After the Caribbean Cruise, Robert Dawkins and Peter Harris Signed-on at New York for the Eastbound non-revenue transatlantic crossing on 22 November 1955
  • Total crew complement, including the Master for the 22 November 1955 voyage was 658
Key to Article Number Prefix Letters
  • Z & ¶B = Signed back on at Southampton for 22 June 1995 voyage
  • B = Signed-on at Southampton for 22 June 1955 voyage
  • C = Signed-on at Southampton for 06 August voyage
  • D = Signed-on at Southampton for 26 August voyage
  • E = Signed-on at Southampton for 14 September voyage
  • ¶E = Signed-on at New York for this voyage
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23 Sept 1955 Crew Manifest transcript

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