Passenger ships that went to/ from Africa

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Dennis
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Passenger ships that went to/ from Africa

Post by Dennis » Wed May 07, 2008 8:36 pm

Hi:)

Is there a list of ships that regularly sailed the lanes between African ports and UK ports during the mid 1800s to early 1900s?


dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)

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Post by paddyscar » Wed May 07, 2008 11:46 pm

Hi Dennis:

Specific to Africa:

Mauritius and Liberia http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/index.htm

South Africa
HMS Weymouth 1820 Portsmouth to Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth) - Log & Muster roll
African 1880, from Southampton to Natal / Anglian 1880, eastbound

The following may also be of help:

http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/passenger/
www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm
www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/index.htm
www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships
www.immigrantships.net/

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow