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Natal Maritime Pages

1835 Children's Friend Society - list 1838 Under Sail to Natal 1849 (March 2) Douglas and other ships arrival - passenger list 1849 (May 16) Wanderer arrival - Byrne passenger list 1849 (June 1) An Emigrant's Letter Home - by Thomas Phipson 1849 (July 18) Washington arrival - Byrne passenger list 1849 (September 28) Various Shipping arrivals - passenger list 1849 (October 10) Henry Tanner arrival - Byrne passenger list 1849 (November 2) Dreadnought arrival - Byrne passenger list 1849 (November 2) John Gibson arrival - passenger list 1849 (December 1) Ina arrival - Byrne passenger list 1849 (December 14) Aliwal arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (February 1) King William arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (March 29) Sovereign arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (May 10) Edward arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (May 17) Lady Bruce arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (June) Byrne's Emigrant's Journal - Picture 1850 (July 2) Ballangeich arrival - passenger list 1850 (July 4) The Wreck of the Minerva 1850 (July 5) Conquering Hero arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (July 12) Henrietta arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (July 12) Minerva arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (July 27) Sandwich arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (Sept 13) Globe arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (September 19) Unicorn arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (September 28) British Tar arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (October 7) Haidee arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (October 10) Emily arrival - Byrne passenger list 1850 (November 11) Justina arrival - passenger list 1851 (February 16) Bernard arrival - Byrne passenger list 1851 (May 9) John Line arrival - passenger list 1851 (May 16) John Bright arrival - passenger list 1851 (July 11) Jane Morice arrival - passenger list 1851 (October 3) Borneo, Bellona, Douglas arrivals - passenger list 1851 (October 31) Devonian arrival - Byrne passenger list 1852 Natal Witness - Shipping Intelligence extracts - passenger list 1853 (March 4) Wee Tottie departure for Australia - passenger list 1854 (March 15) Anne departure - passenger list 1854 (March 22) Sir Robert Peel arrival - passenger list 1854 (April 12) Natal arrival and departure - passenger list 1854 (May 12) Natal and Robert Peel arrival of vessels - passenger list 1854 (June 14) Engraving Natal entrance 1854 (July 12) Golden Age departure for Australia - passenger list 1854 (October 11) Rydal arrival - passenger list 1854 (December 8) Lady of the Lake arrival - passenger list 1858 (July 13) Passengers per Phantom arrival - passenger list 1859 Hints for Emigrants' Wives - by a Lady ca 1860 Bay of Natal and town of D'Urban 1861 (April 6) Natal Witness - voyage of the Norman 1862 (June 3) Nipisiquit arrival - Steerage passenger list 1862 (June 6) Nipisiquit arrival - passenger list 1862 (June 20) Dudbrook arrival - steerage passenger list 1862 (June 27) Dudbrook arrival - passenger list 1862 (July 11) Various Shipping arrivals - passenger lists 1862 (July 18) Olympia arrival - passenger list 1863 (March 1) Norman arrival - passenger list 1864 (August 3) Rubens arrival - passenger list 1864 (September 22) Eudora - passenger list 1864 (January) and 1868 (September 17) Natal Star - two passenger lists 1865 Extract from Natal Almanac and Yearly Directory 1867 (January 29) RMS Natal arrival - passenger list 1867 (January 31) William Shaw arrival - passenger list 1867 (April 9) Robert Brown, Sunny South and Natal Star arrival - passenger list 1867 (June 20) Saxon arrival - passenger list 1867 (August 13) The White Cross Line 1867 (August 14) Umgeni arrival - passenger list 1872 Keeper of the Bluff Light, Port Natal, South Africa 1873 (August 5) Elizabeth Martin arrival - passenger list 1873 (August 9) Zulu arrival - passenger list 1875 (October 2) Miscellaneous arrivals - passenger lists 1875 (October 2) Miscellaneous arrivals and departures - passenger lists 1875 (October 5) Natal arrival - passenger list 1875 (October 11) Natal - passenger list 1879 Anglo-Zulu War - maritime stories 1880 James Donaldson and The Lotus 1880 (January 8) Tragedy on Conway Castle 1880 (January 13) German - passenger list 1880 (February 21) Lapland - passenger list 1880 (May 19) African - passenger lists and background 1880 (April 23) The Loss of the American and mention of the Teuton - list of survivors 1880 (May 20) Kinfauns Castle - passenger list 1880 (June 20) Asiatic - passenger list 1880 (July 9) Melrose - passenger list and background 1880 (July 12) Nyanza - passenger list 1880 (July 14) Danube - passenger list 1880 (July 23) Dunkeld - passenger list 1880 (August 16) Dunrobin - passenger list 1880 (September 13) Warwick Castle - passenger list 1880 (September 6) The Wreck of the Luna 1880 (September 21) Dunkeld trip Natal to Cape Town and back 1880 (September 20) Immigrants to Natal under Free Passages 1880 (October 2) Dane - passenger list 1880 (October 16) Arab - passenger list 1880 (November 2) Teuton - passenger list 1880 (November 6) Asiatic - passenger list 1880 and 1889 Grantully Castle - 5 passenger lists 1885 (February - April) Railway Workers - arrivals - list 1889 (October 6) Moor - passenger list 1889 (October 18) Mexican - passenger list 1889 (October 22) Duart - passenger list 1889 (October 27) Drummond - passenger list 1889 (November 2) Athenian - passenger list 1889 (November 5) Pembroke - passenger list 1889 (November 12) African and Pretoria - passenger lists The Natal Direct Line 1850-97 Shipwrecks at Natal 1933 Australian Nationals in Natal, South Africa - list Heave ho me hearties! How about a sea shanty for the Maritime Pages, then? This midi clip has evocative sounds of the sea and the elements in general followed by the traditional shanty 'What shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?' You can see - and hear - this and a whole lot more sea songs at http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/2625/5shanty.html NOTE: We make no claim to the information offered here being all-inclusive. NATAL MARITIME PAGES presents SELECTED passenger lists. Passenger Lists are being added to the site on an on-going basis. We do not have full coverage of surviving lists - even if we reached such an (impossible?) ideal, there are many Passenger Lists which do NOT survive, either in original registers or in newspaper shipping columns. If your ancestor is NOT found on a search of the lists presented it should not be assumed (a) that he didn't arrive or (b) that he may not be found on our site in the future. So you should keep checking as more lists are added. Passenger lists of emigrant vessels are riddled with discrepancies and the Byrne lists are no exception. Every ship on leaving England would have carried a list of the emigrants on board - but even at that stage inaccuracies could occur: people might change their minds at the last moment (or even die before the departure). If emigrants joined the ship elsewhere, such as Plymouth, some might be omitted. On arrival at Natal, the departure list would be given to the agent, who supplied copies to the press. Incorrect initials and misspellings of surnames, confusion among family members etc are commonly-found in the newspaper lists. Certain individuals who may have been on board a ship were not emigrants - for example, the ship's surgeon. The lists presented on these pages are as accurate as possible under the circumstances. These passenger lists are extracted as digital photographs from the original newspapers, Natal Witness and Natal Mercury, of relevant dates. While the photos are presented at optimum size for the viewer, their clarity depends largely on factors such as the condition of the original, varying size of the print used in the columns, available light etc. Occasionally, print on the other side of the page shows through and the newspapers may be stained or yellowed with age. However, we believe that, should you find an ancestor listed on one of these extracts, the aesthetics will be a minor detail! Since many of the columns present more than one passenger list, the caption generally refers to the most important list shown, but we suggest you check ALL the ship arrivals or departures on each column. More lists, and further background information where available, will be added soon, so keep visiting.