I am amazed at the depth of knowledge of PPRUN'ers. Thanks for the article WHBM and I am a little proud that I correctly remembered it was a mechant ship crew exchange after so many years. I copied the text of the article below for others information. Didn't know at the time I was taking a small part in such a historic event.
I suspect that any ferry flights to the Bahamas would have staged through Bermuda rather than New York.
TRANSATLANTIC HERMES
One of the six Handley Page Hermes operated by Britavia. Ltd.,
last week became the first aircraft of its type to fly the North Atlantic. Carrying 39 passengers on both outward and return trips, it was chartered to carry relief members of a ship's crew to New York and to return the replaced men to the U.K. The aircraft, Hermes 4 G-ALDU, left Blackbushe on November 14th and reached New York in 17 hr 15 min flying time via Shannon and Gander; it returned via Gander in 16 hr 9 min. It was commanded by Britavia's flight captain, Capt. W. P. Allan.