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Crew List 28 August 1956

The Cunard Line's ‘Green Goddess’

Transcribed Voyage Crewlist

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Westbound Transatlantic
28 August 1956
& 1956 Autumn Med. Cruise
Crew List Transcript

Introduction

This page lists all of the jobs carried out by the crew of the “Green Goddess” on her 61st Transatlantic Crossing from Southampton. This was ahead of the 1956 Autumn Mediterranean Cruise, ending at Southampton on 13 October 1956

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
28 August 1956
Deck Dept
130
Engineers Dept
 94
Catering Dept
387
Total
611 (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 28 August 1956 Transatlantic Crossing was 611 of which there were 387 in the Catering Department
  • On arrival at New York, a total of 85 new personnel were signed-on. Only 51 of these can be listed
  • H29 Chief Radio Officer - MacDonald, Ian George is shown as MacDonald, John C.W. on this list with the same Discharge Book number
  • With the new signings, no differentiation was made between First and Cabin Class waiters
Long Service

By this voyage James Douglas Kennedy had been with Cunard for 44 years. He first joined the “Green Goddess” as Chief Baker back in April 1950. His name appears as Chief or 2nd Baker in 30 of the transcribed crew lists here.

[Left:]
2nd Baker James Kennedy pictured in 1953 after 41 years service
Photo:
Magazine, Nov 1953

It's worth pointing out that James would have first gone to sea in 1912 and served in both Great Wars! Could he have been on his first trip aboard the original RMS Caronia when she was called to aid the Titanic?

Key to Article Number Prefix Letters
  • H = Signed back on at Southampton for 23 June 1956 voyage
  • ¶ H = Signed-on at Southampton for 23 June 1956 voyage
  • ¶¶ H = Signed-on at New York on 04 July 1956
  • J = Signed-on at Southampton for 08 Aug 1956 voyage
  • K = Signed-on at Southampton for this voyage
  • ∏ = Signed-off in New York on arrival
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28 August 1956 Crew Manifest transcript

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