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My maternal great-grandfather, Camillo, arrived in the US on April 18, 1882 from Naples, Italy
on the Britannia.
Britannia*
Built by D. & W. Henderson & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1879. 3,069 gross tons; 350 (bp)
feet long; 38 feet wide. Compound engine, single screw. Service speed 11 knots. 654 passengers (654 third class).
Built
for Anchor Line, British flag, in 1879 and named Britania. Glasgow-Bombay and later Mediterranean-New York service. Scrapped
in 1908.
My maternal grandfather, Gionzo Sammarco, arrived in the United
States on July 27, 1905 on the Sicilian Prince.
SICILIAN PRINCE*
Built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering
Company, Greenock, Scotland, 1889. 2784 gross tons; 363 (bp) feet long; 42 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engine, single
screw. Service speed 12 knots. 1125 passengers ( 25 first class, 1100 third class ). Built for Mala Real Portugueza, Portuguese
flag, in 1889 and named Mocambique. Renamed Alvarez Cabriel in 1898. Sold to Prince Line, in 1902 and renamed Sicilian Prince.
Genoa-New York service. Sold to Northwest Transportation Line, British flag, in 1909. Rotterdam-New York service. Sold to
Khedivial Mail Line, British flag, in 1910 and renamed Abbassieh. Mediterranean service. Scrapped in Italy in 1930.
My paternal grandfather, Rinaldo Falcone, arrived in the United States on October 4, 1921 on the America.
AMERICA *
Built by Cantieri Navale
Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy, 1908. 8,996 gross tons; 476 (bp) feet long; 55 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw.
Service speed 16 1/2 knots. 2,650 passengers (30 first class, 220 second class, 2,400 third class).
Built for La Veloce
Line, in 1908 and named America. Transferred to Navigazione Generale Itlaliana Line, Italian flag, in 1909. Italy-New York
service. Scrapped in 1928. [32]
*Ellis Island
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