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The Sitmar Ships
TN Castel Felice
Castel Felice seen in the 1950’s
From the author’s private collection
Robert Williams & Family
sails to Australia
TN Castel Felice Voyage 45 - November 1957
We as a family immigrated to Australia in November 1957
and sailed from Southampton
on the £10 assisted passage on the TN Castel Felice. If I remember right we
disembarked at Sydney,
but can clearly remember living in Brisbane Queensland, and going to school
there. I have still have many photographs of that time
and we lived in the suburb of Graceville.
Sailing together on the Castle Felice was;
My Father: Albert Leslie Williams, born 13 May 1913, he passed away on 25
December 1971. My Mother: Muriel Irene Williams born 29 September 1917, she
passed away on 15 August 1997. MY sister: Gail Williams born 19 September 1949.
Myself: Robert Kenneth Williams born 22 November 1953,
and my Brother: Clive Barry Williams born 30 August 1955.
Whilst in Brisbane I also remember my Father and all the
family visiting another Sitmar liner being the TSS
Fairsky, which had docked at the Hamilton
wharves. As far as I can remember, we did sail on her somewhere at some time.
Although having lived in Brisbane for four years, my parents for some
reason decided to return to the UK in 1961 and we sailed on
the 16,335-ton Chandris liner TSS
Bretagne, which happened to be her maiden voyage for the company having just
been fully refitted having been purchased from the France.
But, having found these pages on Sitmar
lines and the TN Castel Felice has brought back memories, although I was but a
young child. I present the photographs below and the menu as part of our
collection in memory of a fine ship!
Photographs
on this page were provided by Mr. Robert Kenneth
Williams of the UK,
unless marked otherwise.
Fancy Dress Party – November 14
No 1. Is my Father Albert, 2. Is my Mother Muriel, 3. Is my sister Gail
4. Is myself, Robert.
And finally; 5.
Is my youngest brother - Clive
My Father and Mother: Albert & Muriel
Williams (left) and friends Ron and Mary - taken November 22
Menu cover
Luncheon Menu Thursday November
21, 1957
Castle Felice seen in Southampton
From the author’s private collection
The Sitmar Liners - INDEX:
The Early Sitmar Liners …
Part One … Castel Bianco & Castel Verde -
Built as a Victory
VC2-S-AP2 class
of freighters.
Castle Bianco - The Karlsson
family’s voyage.
Part Two … Castel Felice
- ex SS
Kenya.
Castel
Felice - Cabin Plan & the
Robert Brinkhuis story 1965.
Castel Felice
- My 1957 voyage to Canada
by W. D. Hempel.
Castel
Felice - The
Williams family sail to Australia
in 1957.
Castel Felice - Three articles about a
family’s voyage on the Castel Felice and arrival in Australia.
Part Three … Fairsea (1) - Built as a C3 class freighter.
Fairsea – Photo Page.
Fairsea - Deck Plan.
Fairsea
– The Strachan family
migrates from the UK
to Melbourne in December
1957.
Part Four … Fairsky
(1)
- Built as a C3 class freighter.
Fairsky – Deck Plan.
Fairsky – Piet Mulder
sails on SS Fairsky.
Fairsky – Fairsky hits a wreck out of Djakarta – The Pamela Joyce Hansen story.
The last
Sitmar Liner and Cruise Ships …
Fairstar - ex Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire – Built as a Bibby Line troop ship.
Fair
Princess - ex P&O & Princess, also Sitmar Fairsea (2), Fairland, Cunard Line Carinthia.
China
Sea Discovery - ex Fair Princess - broken up.
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