RMS Berengaria Passenger Lists 1923-1935
The RMS Berengaria of the Cunard Line circa 1920. GGA Image ID # 20c8095033
All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Berengaria Available at the GG Archives. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route.
Browse our RMS Berengaria Archival Collection that includes a Berengaria (1912) Cunard Line Ship's History (Brief); RMS Berengaria Public Rooms; Passenger Lists; Brochures; Programs; Menus; Route Maps, Track Charts, and Abstract of Logs; Title Pages; Excerpts from Information for Passengers; Books Referencing the RMS Berengaria; Photographs; Illustrations and Paintings; Postcards; Sailing Schedules; Advertisements; and Other Ephemera.
A Moment of Silent Prayer on the Berengaria. The Cunarder Magazine, September 1923. GGA Image ID # 20c8235fa4
1923-05-05 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon and Second Class
Date of Departure: 5 May 1923
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
Passenger Récapitulation: Saloon: 355, Second Cabin: 126, Third Class: 137.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Rt. Hon. Lord Barnby, Baron Leopold Bornemisza, Major S. Inouye, Mrs. Horace E. Dodge (absent), and Miss Lucienne Bechard.
Auction Estimates: $35 to $50 USD
1923-08-25 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 25 August 1923
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Professor Arakawa, Rev. M. Barton, Dr. E. Bertine, and Francis S. Ronalds and Grace E. Ronalds.
Auction Estimates: $30 to $45 USD
1923-09-15 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 15 September 1923
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Dr. C. H. King, Rev. W. Boczar, Miss Edna Candy, Mrs. F. Bauer and Family, Sister Berkeley, and Master Rudolf Caputo.
Auction Estimates: $12 to $18 USD
1923-12-12 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 12 December 1923
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Prof. F. Morley Fletcher, Count O. J. Herbestein, Capt. A. Hansen, Miss A. Kauffer, and Dr. T. Uemae.
Auction Estimates: $25 to $35 USD
1924-05-24 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 24 May 1924
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Robert Livingston Beeckman, Godfrey Lowell Cabot, Frank Chamberlain Clark, Maximilian "Max" Cohen, Fritz Cremer, Alexis Felix du Pont, Sr., Janet Fox, Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and Jacques Pathé.
Auction Estimates: $30 to $45 USD
1925-08-15 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 15 August 1925
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
VIP Travelers: Saloon Passenger Highlights: Mr. W. P. Chrysler, Jr., Lt. Col. Allen C. Howard, D.S.O., M.C., Mr. Clarence H. Geist and Family, Count Vetter von der Lille, Dr. Max Ballin, and Colonel Wilson Potter and Mrs. Potter.
Provenance: From the esteemed Chris Crofts Collection
1929-03-20 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 20 March 1929
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR, Dr. F. Coster, Mrs. A. Robl, Mr. G. Kaneko, and Mr. J. Skorospechkin.
Auction Estimates: $25 to $40 USD
1929-07-16 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 16 July 1929
Route: New York to Southampton via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR, Commodore Daniel Carter Beard, The Most Hon. The Marquis and Marchioness Townshend, Sir Robert Waley Cohen, Margaret Sanger Slee, Judge Pierce Butler, Dr. Horace H. Furness, Jr., and Elmer H. Bobst.
Auction Estimates: $30 to $45 USD
1929-09-07 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 7 September 1929
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. Prothero
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Prof. D. Alpern, Rev. J. B. Berrnarquin, Prof. R. Cerf, Lt.-Col. Orde-Rees, and Dr. H. Haight.
Auction Estimates: $7.50 to $12 USD
1930-07-26 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 26 July 1930
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR, Dr. A. K. de Blois, Capt. M. Garrard, Miss E. Howard, and Rev. F. E. Ross.
Auction Estimates: $15 to $25 USD
1930-08-16 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 16 August 1930
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR, Rev. J. A. Haines, Dr. H. Jack, Miss M. Ferguson, and Miss M. Jones.
Auction Estimates: $20 to $35 USD
1931-05-02 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 2 May 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain E. T. Britten
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Colonel C. K. Morgan, C.B., C.M.G., Mrs. Walter Phelps Bliss and Miss Priscilla B. Bliss, Dr. Frank Blatchford, Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, Miss Ethel Stokes Clark, and Mr. Amory Houghton.
Auction Estimates: $25 to $40 USD
1932-09-02 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cruise Passengers
Date of Departure: 2 September 1932
Route: New York to Halifax and Return
Commander: Captain E. T. Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Judge John W. Kent, Dr. Harold Brandlione, Mr. Walter Jeffreys Carlin, Dr. Eugene Manfredonia, Mrs. Lucille B. Van Siller, Mr. Nathan M. Abramson.
Auction Estimates: $20 to $35 USD
1932-09-17 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 17 September 1932
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain E. T. Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Prof. Eliz. H. Haight, Rev. R. J. Edwards, Prof. R. C. Archibald, Dr. I. E. Hutton, Prof. W. L. Dorn, Mrs. C. Greenhut, and Prof. J. D. Tamarkin.
Auction Estimates: $25 to $40 USD
1933-07-29 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 29 July 1933
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain E. T. Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Rabbi B. Greenfield, Lady Marion Keith-Cameron, Dr. Harold Irving Korn, M.D., Miss B. C. D'Oyly Carte, and Professor Hess.
Auction Estimates: $35 to $50 USD
1933-09-02 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 2 September 1933
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain E. T. Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Dr. P. C. Goldmark, Prof. P. Karrer, Miss D. Blau, Rev. H. B. Bryan, Mrs. J. Cardoze, Dr. E. A. Fridell, and Miss B. V. D. Evans.
Auction Estimates: $38 to $52 USD
1934-05-05 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 5 May 1934
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Edgar Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Lt.-Col. W. B. Kingsmill, Prof. N. Jamazaki, Rev. E. L. Hudon, Capt. W. L. Cooke, Mrs. R. L. Halprin, and Miss E. M. Reinhardt.
Auction Estimates: $35 to $50 USD
1935-06-26 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 26 June 1935
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Edgar Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): Judge John H. Miley, Col. A. H. Turnage, Mrs. Thomas J. Watson, Mr. Reid A. Railton, Mr. Silsby M. Spalding, and Miss Barbara Humphrey.
Auction Estimates: $40 to $60 USD
1935-09-11 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 11 September 1935
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Sir Edgar Britten, R.D., R.N.R.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers): The Right Hon. C. W. Th. Baron Van Boetzelaer Van Dubbeldam and Baroness Van Boetzelaer Van Dubbeldam, Prof. I. M. Kolthoff, Judge J. R. Warren, Prof. G. Takahashi, Dr. J. H. Comroe, Mrs. Thomas J. Watson, and Prof. H. S. Conard.
Auction Estimates: $35 to $55 USD
Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.
RMS Berengaria Passenger Lists (1923-1935): A Unique Opportunity for Collectors and Historians
Invest in a Piece of History
Passenger lists from the RMS Berengaria (1923-1935) offer a tangible connection to the golden age of transatlantic travel. These meticulously preserved documents not only reflect the sophistication of Cunard Line's flagship vessel but also serve as invaluable resources for collectors, genealogists, family historians, and maritime enthusiasts.
Historical and Collectible Appeal
Passenger lists are much more than mere rosters—they are rich narratives of social, cultural, and historical significance. The Berengaria lists feature:
- Renowned Figures: Notable passengers such as industrialist Mrs. Thomas J. Watson, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Prof. I. M. Kolthoff, and maritime hero Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron.
- Detailed Documentation: Routes, cabin classes, and personal details of travelers, offering insights into the era’s travel trends.
- Artistic and Historical Design: Covers and typography that capture the elegance of interwar transatlantic travel.
Why Bid on These Unique Items?
- For Collectors: Rare, well-preserved ephemera from Cunard Line’s flagship, these passenger lists elevate any collection with their design, historical narratives, and documentation of key global figures.
- For Genealogists: Trace family connections through names, travel routes, and personal details—a window into family histories and transatlantic migrations.
- For Historians: These artifacts provide context to global events, including interwar diplomacy, cultural exchanges, and advancements in maritime technology.
Rarity and Value
The GG Archives’ curated collection features passenger lists from voyages dating 1923-1935, including first-class, second-class, and tourist-class records. Many of these lists have disappeared over time, making surviving examples both rare and highly valuable. Auction estimates range from $7.50 to $60 USD, depending on the voyage, passenger roster, and condition.
Highlighted Voyages
- 5 May 1923: Saloon and second-class list featuring Rt. Hon. Lord Barnby and Major S. Inouye.
- 15 August 1925: Saloon passenger list includes W. P. Chrysler, Jr., and Col. Wilson Potter.
- 26 June 1935: First-class list featuring Judge John H. Miley and Mrs. Thomas J. Watson.
Preservation and Provenance
These documents are in excellent to very good condition, with clear text and vibrant covers, reflecting their careful preservation over the decades. Originating from esteemed collections, they carry a legacy of authenticity and meticulous care.
A Lasting Investment
Passenger lists from the RMS Berengaria are more than historical artifacts—they are timeless investments. Whether as a centerpiece in a maritime collection, a resource for tracing lineage, or a relic of an iconic era, these documents connect bidders to the cultural, social, and technological stories of the early 20th century.
Place Your Bid
Don’t miss the chance to own a piece of history. These passenger lists represent a unique convergence of artistry, history, and personal narratives, offering unparalleled insights into the glamour and legacy of transatlantic travel.
