SS Orca Passenger List - 19 June 1926
Front Cover of a Student Tourist Class Passenger List from the SS Orca of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP), Departing 19 June 1926 from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain H. A. Le Brecht.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: H. A. Le Brecht, Commander
- Chief Officer: H. E Ravensberg
- Senior Second Officer: R. A. Gammos
- Junior Second Officer: L. C. King, R.N.R
- Third Officer: P. A. Yeatman
- Chief Engineer: L. Lister
- Second Engineer: R. E. Potter
- Third Engineer: T. H. Boulton
- Fourth Engineer: J. Horton
- Surgeon: Malcolm Sarkies, M.R.C.S. (Eng.); L.R.C.P. (Lond.)
- Purser: R. V. Stephenson
- Assistant Purser: K. M. Hewson
- Assistant Purser: S. H. Marsh
- Chief Steward: W. H. Rand
List of Student Tourist Class Passengers
- Miss D. Adams
- Mr. E. Adams
- Miss A. L. Akins
- Miss R. Allison
- Mr. B. N. Anderson
- Miss B. Andriessen
- Miss I. Andriessen
- Miss M. Argali
- Mrs. E. V. Atkinson
- Mr. C. Atkinson
- Mrs. E. Bailey
- Mr. J. Barnard
- Mrs. Barnard
- Miss V. Begue
- Miss M. Begg
- Miss M. Bennett
- Mr. B. Benson
- Mrs. Benson
- Mr. H. C. Benson
- Miss E. Best
- Mrs. G. R. Boardman
- Miss M. Bone
- Miss D. Bone
- Mr. G. Bone
- Miss A. Bonebrake
- Miss V. Blackman
- Miss M. Braungard
- Miss M. Brown
- Miss M. Brumback
- Mr. C. S. Carson
- Mr. A. Cellan-Jones
- Miss G. Chardavoyne
- Miss M. Chitty
- Miss H. Cohen
- Miss B. Coubes
- Mr. G. L. Craig
- Mr. J. P. Crawford
- Mr. O. C. Creeson
- Miss E. Crow
- Mr. B. R. Delap
- Mr. W. Devine
- Mr. D. Donegan
- Miss C. Donegan
- Mrs. V. Dow
- Master P. Dow
- Mr. H. Eggers
- Mr. L. P. Everhart
- Miss G. Everest
- Miss M. Farrenkopf
- Miss S. Farrar
- Miss j. Farrar
- Miss P. Frappier
- Mrs. R. Flynn
- Miss J. Flynn
- Mr. J. Flynn
- Mrs. C. Fogo
- Mrs. H. M. Fogo
- Miss M. Fugate
- Mrs. W. H. Goodman
- Mr. M. Goldston
- Mrs. Goldston
- Miss I. Goodman
- Mr. G. M. Gordon
- Mrs. G. Gourleyv
- Mr. T. Gourley
- Mrs. A. C. Greene
- Miss E. C. Greider
- Mrs. E. D. Grizzell
- Miss D. Guilbert
- Mr. A. Gumaer
- Miss M. Hagerty
- Mrs. E. C. Hahn
- Miss E. B. Hall
- Miss D. Hall
- Miss F. Hall
- Mr. A. L. Hamilton
- Miss A. J. Hannah
- Mr. W. Harbeson
- Mrs, E. Harris
- Miss E. Harris
- Miss T. Hermann
- Miss M. Hickey
- Mr. L. S, Hoffman
- Miss R. Hocker
- Mr. C. S. Hoult
- Miss H. Howard
- Mr. C. W. Hoyt
- Mr. W. H. Hudnut
- Mr. F. C. James
- Miss H. Jones
- Miss G. Johnson
- Miss M. Juden
- Miss D. Kaplan
- Mrs. J. Kaunitz
- Master P. Kaunitz
- Miss E. Kaunitz
- Mr. M. Kean
- Miss M. Kelsey
- Miss C. Kindelberger
- Mr. L. Kliinm
- Miss E. Kraus
- Miss F. Lakin
- Mr. H. G. Laun
- Miss B. Leaman
- Miss D. Lehman
- Miss M, C. Leinbach
- Miss E. L. Leinbach
- Miss K M. Leys
- Miss E. B. Lightfoot
- Mr. J. B. Lindsay
- Miss M. Lindsey
- Miss E. Loercher
- Miss N. Lorentz
- Mr. D. M. Love
- Dr. J. M. Longaer
- Mr. D. MacGregor
- Mr. H. Manchester
- Mr. J. Marshall
- Mr. A. Mason
- Miss L. Mathews
- Miss D. Mathews
- Miss G. McBrayer
- Miss A. McClintic
- Mr. W. McFadden
- Miss M. McHenry
- Miss H. V. McLaughlin
- Miss A. McPadden
- Miss M. McPadden
- Prof. E. A. Meras
- Miss B. Meras
- Miss E. Meshel
- Miss A. Meunier
- Professor H. C. Michel
- Mrs. W. H. Miles
- Master A. R. Miles
- Master W. Miles
- Miss A. M. Millei
- Mr. L. Milner
- Mr. B. R. Morley
- Miss S. Morris
- Miss B. B. Morris
- Mr. T. Munro
- Mrs. Munro
- Mr. K. Nelson
- Miss J. Nutter
- Miss E. M. Orton
- Mrs. P. Packard
- Mr. F. Packard
- Mrs. M. Paddock
- Miss U. Paret
- Miss L. Patterson
- Mr, S. G. Patterson
- Mr. G. E. Peterson
- Miss A. Powell
- Mr. R. A. Pratt
- Mrs. Pratt
- Mr. D. Pratt
- Mr. W. Pratt
- Mr. M. Rabbin
- Mr. P. R. Rainey
- Mr. F. T. Reynolds
- Prof. E. Y. Robbins
- Mrs. Robbins
- Miss A. Robinson
- Miss A. Rogers
- Mr. E. Rosenbaum
- Mr. L. Rosen
- Mrs. Rosen
- Miss S. Rosenstein
- Mr. J. Ross
- Salisbury, Mr. R
- Miss E. Sanders
- Mr. B, Sanderson
- Mrs. Sanderson
- Mr. S. Sanderson
- Mr. F. Sanford
- Miss V. Schmidt
- Miss E. Schwabe
- Mr. J. Siegel
- Miss M. Shepherd
- Mr. C. C. Shutts
- Miss I. S. Simpson
- Mrs. E. Smith
- Miss E. M. Smith
- Miss F. Snider
- Mr. C. B. Sniveley
- Mr. H. W. Squires
- Miss E. L. Stein
- Mr. S, J. Steiner
- Mr. W. Stewart
- Miss M. Stowe
- Miss K. Sturgiss
- Miss Ella Taylor
- Miss Elizabeth Taylor
- Mrs. J. V. Taylor
- Miss A. Thompson
- Miss E. Thompson
- Prof. H. H. Thornton
- Miss P. Thrawl
- Mrs. N. C. Trew
- Master H. N. Trew
- Mr. R. Tuller
- Miss F. Turner
- Miss A. M. Underwood
- Miss A. Vernier
- Miss B. Viglezzi
- Mr. C. A. Wakeford
- Mrs. H. Warrick
- Mrs. J. O. Watson
- Miss E. B. Watson
- Miss A. Weber
- Miss M. Weidman
- Miss M. Weiss
- Mrs. A. Welstead
- Mr. R. Welstead
- Miss K. Welstead
- Miss N Welt
- Mr. F. A. Whitton
- Miss M. Wiley
- Miss L. Williams
- Miss M. Williams
- Mr. J. Witherow
- Miss H. Woerner
- Miss V. Young
- Miss C. Zingaro
- Miss E. Zingaro
Tourists Given Warm Welcome
The Royal Mail is the oldest British steamship company and with its affiliated lines, now ranks as the largest shipping combine in the world. This company, founded in 1839, is noted for its pioneering spirit, the running of unique cruises being the evidence. It was the first company to introduce modern cookery upon its vessels, and the first to install bathrooms. In 1849 it commissioned the first trans-Atlantic mail steamer to be fitted with a screw propeller.
The orca is a splendidly equipped triple-screw vessel of 28,150 tons displacement, particularly designed for cruising purposes, having unusually spacious decks and sumptuous appointments and being especially well ventilated for tropical sailing.
Features of the steamer include a gymnasium, outdoor swimming pool and veranda cafe. During the summer, the orca operates as one of the fleet of famous "O" steamers of the Royal Mail Line plying between New York, Cherbourg and Southampton.
Excerpt adapted from "Tourists Given Warm Welcome: Travelers Aboard Orca, on Trip to South America and Africa, at Buenos Aires," in the Amsterdam Evening Records, Saturday, 13 March 1926. Page 3, Column 1.