Look at the Ships List website for information about passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa, as well as immigration reports and newspaper records. [26] The RCAF and RAF crews claimed two torpedo hits on Monte Rosa; the ship was also struck by eight rockets and by cannon fire. [31], In September 1944, the vessel was damaged by another explosion, possibly from a mine. Introduction The MV Empire Windrush arrived at the Port of Tilbury on 21 June 1948 and its passengers disembarked a day later. 22 June 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the ship Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock, Essex, the beginning of a new chapter in the story of London. The fire was still burning fiercely more than a day after it started, but a party from Saintes managed to get on board and attach a tow cable. However there were various problems. The HMT Empire Windrush carried many migrant passengers that were encouraged by the British government to leave their Caribbean islands and travel to the UK in order to work to rebuild Britain.. The passengers (including one stowaway) were the first large group of West Indian immigrants to the UK after the Second World War.. Windrush settlers arrive in Britain, 1948 treasures of The National Archives (UK). Official Number: 181561. She was used as a barracks ship at Stettin, then as a troopship for the invasion of Norway in April 1940. means Household Domestic, someone like a servant or a cleaner). [1] One of them later recalled they were accommodated in cabins below the waterline, only allowed on-deck in escorted groups and were kept segregated from the other passengers. HMT stands for "His Majesty's Transport" and MV for "Motor Vessel". [13], After the Nazi regime came to power in Germany in 1933, the ship was used by the party to help spread its ideology. Having transported workers from Jamaica, Tobago, Trinidad, and other islands, the ship MV Empire Windrush travelled across seas to help fill the post-war UK labour shortages. Britain is . The UK government was forced to apologise and offered compensation for anyone who had "suffered loss". Browse aliens entry books, 1794-1921, including indexes to certificates of alien arrivals (HO 5/25-28) on ancestry.co.uk (). At the end of the war, she was taken by the British Government as a prize of war and renamed the Empire Windrush. [4] Another ship was commissioned to cater for the demand the MV Monte Cervantes. Of these, more than 800 passengers gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean. According to Nicholas Boston of the City University of New York, those who gave Mexico as their last country of residence were a group of Polish refugees - mainly women and children - who had been offered permanent residence in Britain. She called at Kure and was to sail to the United Kingdom, calling at Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Aden and Port Said. The first two to be launched Monte Sarmiento and Monte Olivia were in fact the first large diesel-powered passenger ships to see service with a German operator. Which parts of the West Indies did most of these people come from? [10][Note 2] Some official documents, such as the enquiry report into the ship's loss, used "MV Empire Windrush" instead of "HMT". Wonderful project to remind our new generation of who we are, a great asset to the UK. [70], Empire Windrush set off from Yokohama, Japan, in February 1954 on what proved to be her final voyage. A plinth with a tray of 1027 blank landing cards, each representing a passenger who arrived on the MV Empire Windrush in June 1948, greeted visitors as they entered the space set up to echo passport control, complete with border officers and an airport soundscape. There, a group of 50 Royal Marines from 3 Commando Brigade came on board and ship left port for the last time. Read about our approach to external linking. [citation needed], However, the voyage was plagued with engine breakdowns and other defects, including a fire after the departure from Hong Kong. Neither Claud or Rudolph had an address to go to so they both spent their first nights in England at the Clapham South Deep Shelter. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most popular destination recorded by passengers from the Caribbean was London - 296 people gave the city as their planned place of residence. "But then some of us have ended staying for 50.". The ship also carried two Scotch marine boilers to produce high-pressure steam for some auxiliary machinery. As on the Windrush many were former service personnel who had served in the RAF during World War 2. The arrival of Empire Windrush was a notable news event. In the event, the emigrant trade was less than expected and the two ships were repurposed as cruise ships, operating in Northern European waters, the Mediterranean and around South America. [74] With 1498 people on board, the ship was almost completely full as it was certified to carry 1541. The most noted occupation, though, was "HD" - or "housing domestic" - meaning a housewife, servant or cleaner. From 1939 it became a German troopship, and after the Allied Forces defeated Germany in 1945 the British took it as a 'prize of war' and renamed it Empire Windrush. 86 of the passengers were children aged 12 and under. This information will help us make improvements to the website. When in port in Argentina, she hosted Nazi rallies for German-Argentine people. This is a brilliant resource for anyone with an interest in the Windrush, well done to Goldsmiths for making it available free of charge. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. A number of them were anxious about the unfamiliar conditions . [4], During the 1920s, Hamburg Sd believed there would be a lucrative business in carrying German emigrants to South America (see German Argentine). However, due to the poor condition of the document, there may be unintended errors in our transcription. LA.W.11-12.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. This information will help us make improvements to the website. [34] Monte Pascoal was damaged by an air-raid on Wilhelmshaven in February 1944; in 1946 she was filled with chemical bombs and scuttled by the British in the Skagerrak. Report of the British Consul in Algiers for the, This page was last edited on 22 March 2023, at 10:51. [73], Many of the crew and troops abandoned the ship by climbing down ladders or ropes and jumping into the sea, after first throwing overboard any loose items to hand that would float[7] Some were picked up by Windrush's lifeboats, others by a boat from the first rescue ship, which reached the scene at 7.00am. All of its passengers were saved. Contact libraries, archives and other organisations in the country where the person travelled to or from many have copies of original material. Reality Check: Could you prove you've been living in the UK? Use the arrows or press 'enter' to move through your search results. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Source 3. It was two different things," he said. Two ships were sunk in Kiel harbour by separate wartime air-raids, Monte Sarmiento in February 1942 and Monte Olivia in April 1945. But by providing modestly priced cruises, Hamburg Sd was able to profitably cater to a large new clientele. What was life like on-board the Windrush? Mr Denniston, who died in 2000 aged 86, went on to settle in Brixton, where he worked as a street trader. And . These passengers were the first of up to 500,000 immigrants to the UK who became known as the Windrush generation. They had been granted permission to settle in the United Kingdom under the terms of the Polish Resettlement Act 1947,[44][1][2][45][46] and the Empire Windrush had called at Tampico, Mexico to pick them up. [25] The attacking force consisted of nine aircraft from Royal Air Force (RAF) 144 Squadron, five of which carried torpedoes; and nine aircraft from Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 404 Squadron, all armed with armour-piercing RP-3 rockets. As most eyewitness accounts testify, the majority of people on board the ship were men. The rapid depletion of oxygen and the fire's noxious gasses were thought to have also caused the deaths of the four engine room crew. [13], Monte Rosa's entry into service came just as the Great Depression was causing a serious downturn in Hamburg Sd's cruise business. HMT Empire Windrush is best remembered today for bringing one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom. This iteration of the exhibition coincided with Black History Month and transformed an otherwise empty retail unit in Lewisham Shopping Centre. The MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks on 21 June 1948. Merchant ships in service with the United Kingdom Government during and after World War 2 had names prefixed with the word Empire. Alongside those travelling from the Caribbean for work, there were also Polish nationals displaced by World War Two, members of the RAF and people from Britain. Its first use was as one of Hitler's "Strength through joy" cruise ships and named the MV Monte Rosa. After WWII, Britain encouraged immigration from . We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. or a port of another insular possession, in whatsoever class they travel, MUST be fully listed and the master or commanding officer of each vessel carrying such passengers must upon arrival deliver lists thereof to the immigration officer. [74] Although some people were in the sea for two hours,[73] all were rescued and the only fatalities were the four crew killed in the engine room. "We had two or three bands - calypso singers. The British Nationality Act 1948, giving the status of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC status) to all British subjects connected with the United Kingdom or a British colony, was going through parliament, and some Caribbean migrants decided to embark "ahead of the game". It was always our intention to make the database available to anyone who wanted to use it but, recently, we discovered that we dont need to. Successful projects can use their funding to mark Windrush Day 2021 or launch their projects on 22 June to run throughout the year, following the impact of COVID-19. At 6:45am, all attempts to fight the fire were halted and the order was given to launch the lifeboats, with the first ones away carrying the women and children on board[7][74] and the ship's cat. The arrival of the ship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks in Essex in 1948, bringing 500 passengers from the Caribbean, is a moment that symbolises the start of post-war . "Many of us thought we would come here to get a better education and to stay for about five years," he said. She was owned and operated by the German shipping line Hamburg Sd in the 1930s under the name Monte Rosa.During World War II she was operated by the German navy as a troopship.At the end of the war, she was taken by the British Government as a prize of war and renamed the Empire . I was very excited.". The four killed were Senior Third Engineer George Stockwell, First Electrician J.W. The HMT Empire Windrush was a ship which travelled from the Caribbean to Britain in 1948. They had boarded the ship in Jamaica, where the Windrush had docked en route from Australia to England. There were also people from Mexico, Scotland, Gibraltar, Burma and Wales. Also among the Caribbean passengers was a hatter, a retired judge, a potter, a barrister, two hairdressers, two actresses, two piano repairers, two missionaries, three boxers, five artists and six painters. Their names, travel details, and certain other particulars are preserved on the ship's manifest beneath the heading 'Alien Passengers', as opposed to 'British . Jamaican artist and master potter Cecil Baugh was also among the passengers. [1], The ship also carried 66 people whose last country of residence was Mexico they were a group of Polish people who had been detained and transported to Siberia by the Soviets after the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, but had escaped and made their way to Mexico via India and the Pacific. 115 people contributed moving messages of support, including: For Windrush Day 2020, we collaborated with the map-based history websiteLayers of London to create theWindrush: Arrival 1948 map which highlights the addresses supplied by passengers when they arrived in London all those years ago. Read about our approach to external linking. told the BBC in 1998 that the atmosphere on the ship was "jolly". The Story of Windrush More Pages. Search the passenger list and see recreated landing cards. https://www.gold.ac.uk/windrush/passenger-list/, Cheryl Butler A new contributor to Historycal Roots, A remarkable find: Cyril Mellonius on Path News, A black soldier in Edgeware (London) in 1919, A newly discovered image of Cyril Adolphus Stuart, Black sailors in the Royal Navy in World War One. Below is a new transcription of the Windrush passenger list held at The National Archives. [82][7] An alternative theory was that a fuel pipe fractured and deposited fuel oil onto a hot exhaust pipe. [7] The enquiry also concluded that Windrush was seaworthy at the time she caught fire. However, genealogists sometimes find that their ancestor's name is crossed off of a passenger manifest . The UK government was forced to apologise and offered compensation. Prior to 1962, the UK had no immigration control for CUKCs, who could settle indefinitely in the UK without restrictions. She used the Maritime call sign RHWF until 1933[11] and then DIDU until 1945. One of Ormonde's passengers was Ralph Lowe, the father of author and poet Hannah Lowe. Overall, 802 passengers gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean. The emergency generator powered the ship's emergency lighting, bilge pump, fire pump and the radio. [7], At 6:23am, the first distress calls were transmitted; further SOS calls used the emergency radio transmitter as electrical power had been lost. Flag states still use national systems, which also cover those vessels not subject to the IMO regulations. Images of the African-Caribbean passengers filing off the gangplank have become part of the country's social history. Of the 46, all but two were murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp. [58], Many of Empire Windrush's passengers only intended to stay for a few years but, although a number did return, the majority remained to settle permanently. As with any typed list there will be cases where the typist simply made a mistake. [41][42][43] However, the ship's records, kept in the United Kingdom National Archives, indicate conclusively that 802 passengers gave their last place of residence as a country in the Caribbean. [55] The ship docked at the Port of Tilbury, near London, on 21 June 1948[52][39] and the 1,027 passengers began disembarking the next day. [66] The fate of Holchu's crew remains unknown and the incident is cited in several works on Ufology and the Bermuda Triangle. [34][13]Monte Rosa was renamed HMT Empire Windrush on 21 January 1947, for use on the SouthamptonGibraltarSuezAdenColomboSingaporeHong Kong route, with voyages extended to Kure in Japan after the start of the Korean War. LinkedIn. Graves, Seventh Engineer A. Webster and Eighth Engineer Leslie Pendleton. [38], A commonly given figure for the number of West Indian immigrants on board the Empire Windrush is 492,[2][39][40] based understandably on news reports in the media at the time, which variously announced that "more than 400", "430" or "500" Jamaican men had arrived in Britain. HMT Empire Windrush, originally MV Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930. [50][Note 3]. Resources 1 - videos 4 There are many videos online on the voyage of the MV Empire Windrush in 1948, its historical background and its effects on the Caribbean community and their life in You might think that would make it pretty easy to get the basic facts about who was on board right. At the time, the use of diesel engines was highly unusual in ships of this size, which would have been typically steam-powered. [citation needed], The ship was renamed in British service. [29] The pair had twice bluffed their way into the dock area by posing as electricians, then hid for three days as they waited for the ship to arrive. When you have more than six you have a party.". There were 802 people on board from . Odd Claus[no], a Norwegian boy with German parents who was being forcibly taken to Germany, was one of those on board when this happened. Look at Source 3. As a result of the initial exhibition at Goldsmiths, we were approached by a number of individuals and organisations wishing to host the exhibition. It was conceived and curated by Dr John Price, Head of the Department of History, in collaboration with Will Cenci, Public Engagement Manager. Margaret was thrilled when she found her fathers card. Explore recreations of 1,027 individual landing cards representing each passenger who arrived on the MV Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks on 22 June 1948. The British troopship HMT Empire Windrush anchored at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 21 June 1948 carrying hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean hoping for a new life in Britain - alongside hundreds from elsewhere. [1], Among West Indian passengers was Sam Beaver King, who was travelling to the UK to rejoin the RAF. [81], It was thought the rapid failure of the ship's three main electrical generators was due to the fire consuming all the oxygen in the engine-room and stopping the internal combustion engines that powered them. However, she struck an uncharted rock and sank after only two years in service. George Isaacs, the Minister of Labour, stated in Parliament that there would be no encouragement for others to follow their example. HMT Empire Windrush, originally MV Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930. [7], The ship did not have a sprinkler system. On arrival a local steel pan band will welcome passengers as they step ashore, with Windrush inspired poetry readings, displays . It was not until 1933 that this picked up again, when the older ships, Monte Sarmiento and Monte Olivia reverted to their original role of carrying immigrants to South America while Monte Pascoal and Monte Rosa were used for cruises, to Norway and the United Kingdom,[4] Monte Rosa also continued to carry immigrants to South America, making more than 20 return-trips before the outbreak of World War II. Many then moved into rented houses and rooms in the Brixton and Clapham areas, working for employers such as the National Health Service or London Transport. LA.W.11-12.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Interestingly, we know of at least a dozen men who claim to have been on the voyage whose names do not appear on the passenger list. From here, large Caribbean communities developed, contributing to the political, social and musical life of Britain ever since. Archives, Open Government Licence Records of the 1,027 immigrants who sailed to London on MV Empire Windrush in 1948 are freely available at https://www.gold.ac.uk/windrush/. 8,530 long tons deadweight (DWT)Length: 500 ft 3 in (152.48 m)Beam: 65 ft 7 in (19.99 m)Propulsion: 4 SCSA diesel engines (Blohm & Voss, Hamburg), double reduction geared driving two propellers.Speed: 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |} The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury on 22 June 1948, carrying 493 passengers from Jamaica wishing . Find step-by-step Literature solutions and your answer to the following textbook question: From which country are all of the "alien" passengers listed on page 1 of the passenger manifest for the MV Empire Windrush?. Sadly, you would be wrong. Based on a new transcription of the Windrush passenger list held at The National Archives, the landing cards reflect a single pivotal moment in the life of each passenger; a snapshot of hope, opportunity and uncertainty. Look at the Country of Last Permanent Residence column on the list. When the people from the Windrush arrived at port, they were faced with discrimination and racism because of the colour . But, despite living and working in the UK for decades, it emerged last year that some of the families of these Windrush migrants have been threatened with deportation, denied access to NHS treatment, benefits and pensions and stripped of their jobs. Interestingly, 109 passengers didn't give any address, perhaps indicating they had no fixed plan on arrival. [67][68][69], In June 1953, Windrush was one of the ships that took part in the Fleet review that marked the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It refers to the ship MV Empire Windrush . Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. She was operated as part of the state-owned Kraft durch Freude ('Strength through Joy') programme, which provided leisure activities and cheap holidays. Passengers who settled locally were highlighted and visitors were encouraged to locate them on a map of London. It presented 341 individual landing cards of those passengers who gave a London address as their intended destination in the UK. But her father is sometimes referred to as Nick and that was not a name he ever used to her knowledge so names can be a bit flexible! The court sentenced them to one day in prison, which effectively meant their immediate release. From War to Windrush explores how, despite facing discrimination during their service, many former Black West Indian servicemen and women and civilian war workers returned to settle in Britain after the Second World War. Who are the Windrush generation? Many former servicemen took this opportunity to return to Britain with the hopes of finding better employment, including, in some cases, rejoining the RAF; others decided to make the journey just to see what the "mother country" was like. These were submitted to the enquiry as evidence. [citation needed], In 1948, Empire Windrush, which was en route from Australia to Britain via the Atlantic, docked in Kingston, Jamaica, to pick up servicemen who were on leave. LA.RI.11-12.1 Accurately cite strong and thorough textual . [85], In 2020, a fund-raising effort was begun for a project to recover one of the ship's anchors as a monument to the people of the Windrush generation. The history and impact of the people who characterised mass migration in Britain. I have been part of a call to action for a public holiday called Windrush Day on 22 June, the anniversary of the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks in 1948. Its previous port of call had been Kingston, Jamaica, but it had also collected passengers from Bermuda, from Trinidad, and from Tampico in Mexico. Other services may also be available. The ships' top speed was 14 knots (26km/h) (around half the speed of the large trans-Atlantic Ocean liners of the era) but this was considered adequate for both the immigrant and cruise business. List of passengers disembarking at London. [22], In September 1943, the Tirpitz was badly damaged by British X-class submarines at Altafjord in Norway, during Operation Source. Four hundred and ninety-two West Indian passengers had paid . From 21 January - 21 February 2019, more than 1000 cards went on display at Goldsmiths alongside a mid-century Caribbean front room installation curated by Goldsmiths designer and lecturer Rose Sinclair. [83], In 1998, an area of public open space in Brixton, London, was renamed Windrush Square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush's West Indian passengers. PA Wire. [Note 1] Empire Windrush's namesake, the River Windrush is a small tributary of the Thames, that flows through the Cotswolds towards Oxford. The listed occupations on the passenger lists give some indication of the wide range of skills that were on offer. The order was given to wake the passengers and crew and assemble them at their emergency stations, but the ship's public address system was not working, nor were its air and steam whistles, so the order had to be transmitted by word of mouth. They had learned the ship was to carry 3,000 German troops back to Germany and their purpose was to sink her during the trip. In November 1942, she was one of several ships used for the deportation of Norwegian Jewish people. [79], The wreck lies at a depth of around 2,600m (8,500ft). Centre for Academic Language and Literacies, Confucius Institute for Dance and Performance, Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE), Media, Communications and Cultural Studies (MCCS), Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies (STaCS). This sounded like a relatively straightforward task, albeit a tedious one. There are very few records in The National Archives of passengers before 1878. While doing our own transcription we identified another problem, anyone relying on the details transcribed from that list onto sites like Ancestry.co.uk may be disappointed as, in many cases, where a name was hard to read, whoever did the transcription work for Ancestry simply gave up and moved onto the next legible entry. There were 684 males over the age of 12, compared to 257 females over the age of 12. These could be heated either by burning diesel fuel or by using the hot exhaust gases from the main engines. Those that took us out to the Suez Canal Zone, but better still, brought us back home again", "Windrush engineer warned that ship was unsafe archive, 1954", "Recovering Windrush: The deep-sea hunt for a new monument to British history", "The mission to raise the anchor from a shipwreck as a monument to the generation it brought to Britain", Passenger List from the Public Record Office. During the peak of migration, various booklets were published and sent to the Caribbean to give would-be adventurers an idea of what would be in store for them when they arrived. In 1948, Empire Windrush brought one of the early, large groups of postwar West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, carrying 1,027 passengers and two stowaways on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [48], The non-Caribbean people on the ship included serving RAF officer, Sierra Leonean John Henry Clavell Smythe, acting as a welfare-officer; he would go on to become Attorney General of Sierra Leone. To commemorate the "Windrush Generation", in 2008, a Thurrock Heritage plaque was unveiled at the London Cruise Terminal at Tilbury. [7], Monte Rosa was launched on 13 December 1930[13] and was delivered in early 1931 to Hamburg Sd. Adequate supplies of food, water and fuel were found, and a meal had been prepared in the ship's galley. [7] Her passengers included recovering wounded United Nations veterans of the Korean War, and some soldiers from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment who had been wounded at the Third Battle of the Hook in May 1953. [citation needed], The ship's designation prefix was also changed, from "MV" (Motor Vessel) to "HMT". [4], Electrical power was initially provided by three, 350-kW DC electric generators, powered by internal combustion engines and installed in the engine room; a fourth generator was added in 1949. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. 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