Merchant ship Rauma (likely Finnish)

Started by Charles Hansen · 2011-06-18
Charles Hansen · 2011-06-18#1
My grandfather claimed he jumped off this ship and swam ashore near Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, in June 1910. I don't know if the ship had actually docked there, and I'm checking in N.C. Rauma had last sailed from Valparaiso, Chile - so was clearly not an immigrant ship. Although there is a small town named Rauma in Norway, the ship was more likely Finnish (Nurminen company?), as this port city had more vessels registered in 1897 than any other place in Finland - I am checking on that end. I believe he began as a cabin boy ~1907, likely boarding somewhere in Norway, but could have started on a different ship. I have no idea if there are digitized port or crew records from this era. FYI - To avoid "false positives", the minesweeper Rauma was built as HNoMS (His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship) in 1939, but I can't find mention of any other ship with this name.

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