The British steamship Willesden is in after a good voyage. Completing the finest voyage in history of immigrations to Hawaii, the British ship, Willesden, under the command of Captain Cox, arrived off port yesterday afternoon, March 30, 1913, after 49 days out of the city of Gibraltar, and 20 days from Puenta Arenas, her port…
Author: Melody Lassalle
Description of the Voyage of the S.S. Willesden to Hawaii, Voyage 1, 1911
Willesden – Voyage #1 S.S. Willesden arrives with an army of embryo citizens. Over 1800 must go into quarantine for 2 weeks, smallpox is on board the vessel. With the death rate of but half of what the S.S. Orteric had on the same trip, the British steamship Willesden, arrived in port yesterday morning after…
Description of the Voyage of the S.S. Victoria to Hawaii 1899
The S.S. Victoria The British steamship Victoria, took 65 days from Funchal, Madeira to the port of Honolulu. She arrived on Wednesday, September 13, 1899 late in the afternoon, and was anchored off the lighthouse in Naval row. She embarked from Funchal, Madeira with 343 Portuguese immigrants, sailing from Madeira on 8 Jul 1899 and…
Description of the Voyage of the S.S. Sterlingshire to Hawaii 1886
The S.S. Sterlingshire The British steamship Sterlingshire came into port yesterday morning, March 2, 1886 and anchored in the stream. The Portuguese immigrants were all safely landed at the Kakaako Immigration Depot before 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Before they left the ship, Honorable A.S. Cleghorn, Inspector General of Immigration went on board and made…
Description of the Voyage of the Bark Thomas Bell to Hawaii 1888
The Bark Thomas Bell The British bark Thomas Bell, commanded by Captain James Low, of which destination was the Sandwich Islands, having arrived early yesterday morning, April 13, 1888, at Honolulu port bringing 144 men, 66 women and 184 children, a total of 394 immigrants. On the ship there were 22 stowaways from the island…




