hms sicilia

[Guest natashalorraine]

hi sorry if i've posted in the wrong place

im researching my family tree who have turned out to be norweigen and german. We have been given loads of info of a distnat relative who has already researched the tree. In this info was a painting of hms sicilia she thought it was maybe the ship my ancestors came over in but its obviously wrong as its the wrong type of ship. i have seen it pop up a few times on here but still dont know anything about it. I just really want to know why this paitning is in this research.

my norweigen gg grandad was a seaman if this has any relavance.

any info on this ship would be great and if any of you know where i could crew lists ect would be fantastic

thanks

[ARABIS]

Hello natashalorraine,

If you go to the search facility on this site & put in sicilia then it will come up with previous threads about the WW1 hospital ship which might help you.

The only other reference I can find is the Sicilia of SVENSKA LLOYD, REDERIAKTIEBOLAGET [sWEDISH LLOYD] of Gothenburg which was a cargo vessel with passenger accomodation launched in 1934. It`s possible there might have been another earlier ship with the same name used by this company so it would be worth you trying some merchant navy websites.

Regards,

ARABIS.

[per ardua per mare per terram]

I can not find hms sicilia listed for any period. HMS stands for Her or His Majesty's Ship so it could be that you are looking for a merchant ship and there are several with that name. Have you done a google search? Here are 2 from around the World War One period:

http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=4196 This is the hospital ship mentioned by Arabis.

http://members.aol.com/rich353/ships.htm

Edited 1 September , 2007 by per ardua per mare per terram

[historydavid]

Hello natashalorraine,

Try a google for the Ships List, they may have it listed. Their search facility is near the bottom of the front page.

Best wishes

David