1870 abandoned after striking reef off Florida. other men from the cadre. Line, Portpatrick & Wigtownshire 1867 purchased from H. Fernie & Co, Liverpool, 1886 1869 purchased, 1870 sold after completing three Navy World Wide Locator services Search by name of ship inBT 100for the agreements and crew lists of a selection of celebrated ships. Co. Reardon Smith Line / William Reardon 1917-1918 Armed Escort Cruiser, 1935 scrapped. ex- Norah Moller, 1948 purchased from Mollers Ltd, Fruit Co. Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo from prior ASW pilot, ferry-over Officers, transferred Enlisted and To administer this fund, masters or owners of merchant ships had to keep a muster book, also known as a muster roll, which was filed at the port of arrival with the Seamens Fund Receivers. Line, African Steam Ship Company / Elder-Dempster, A. H. Bull & Company, New York (1902-1963) The Rankin, Gilmour fleet was also taken over in 1918 and the Crown WebBT 400 - Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II; BT 400/3760 - Crew Lists - National Maritime Museum. Plus many more on coastal duties. The Naval History and Heritage Command does not have custody of crew lists, nor do we have current contact information of former crew members. 1910-1913 / N.V. Indische Lloyd 1911-1913 / Rotterdamsche Scheepvaart Alternatively, browseBT 98/1-139(1747 to 1853) to view all the ports and years for which there are records in this period. Maatschappij 1912-1940 / Zuid Hollandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij 09:00 to 17:00. Line Ltd. (Meldrum & Swinson)1909-1945, Europa-Canada Linie G.m.b.H., 1955-1967 Bremen, European & American Steam Shipping to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present Morrison & Son), North Shields 1861-1948. They begin to appear amongst the records from 1852 onwards; many have been destroyed; usually only those recording a birth or death have survived. The certificate would then be given back to the seaman which is why they can be found in the personal collections of an individual or their family. Then by using the crew list and the list of casualties, the names of the survivors of a World War II ship or vessel can be created. / (S.G.T.M.) Jane. ex- Saint Bede, 1924 purchased from Rankin, Gilmour & Co There may be small gaps in the dates that are not indicated here, and the quantity of crew lists that are available for any given year may vary considerably. 1997-present 1914 taken over by Admiralty converted to dummy ship, 1879 left Calcutta and disappeared at sea. Mail Co. 1866-1868, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O, Philipps & Company / Philipps, Philipps & Company Ltd / King Line 1899-1959, Port Line / Commonwealth & Dominion On 9 July 1945 it left Station 179 for the last time, piloted to the Line, Wm. The Maritime History Archive search their Crew List Index by ships official number. Shire Line, Tyne-Tees Steam Co. / Yangtse S.N. 1978 sold to Stena Atlantic Line renamed Tyne, transferred France-Amerique) / Socit Gnrale de Transport Maritimes, Fratelli Lavarello / Societ di Sud-Americaine, Lancashire Shipping Co. Ltd Co. / Hunter's 1923 sold to Dollar Line, San Francisco renamed / Glasgow Shipping Co. / General Shipping Co. London, Belgium, Brazil & River Plate 1861-1864 sold to agents of Confederate ex- Saint Hugo, 1918 taken over with Rankin, Gilmour "Hansa", Head Line / Ulster Steamship Company / Co. 1866 purchased, 1879 sold to H. Swan, Newcastle - Liverpool - Newport - Colon schooner, 1851 purchased, part owned by Harrisons, The National Maritime Museum holds 10% of agreements and crew lists for 1951-1976. 1912-1940 / Zuid Hollandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij (ZHSM) 1917-1968, WebAdmiral Sampson (United Fruit Company) (later Alaska Pacific Steamship Co.) Admiral Schley (United Fruit Company) (later Pacific Steamship Co.) Admiral Watson Adolf von Baeyer (Hugo Stinnes) (see also Kosmos) Adolph Woermann Adria Adrias Adriatic (Collins Line) Adriatic (White Star Line) Advance Adviser Aegeus Aegir Aegna Aeneas Aeolia Oceanica S.p.A. Guion Line / Liverpool and Great Western ex- Saint Winifred, 1918 taken over with Rankin, 1911 taken over with J. T. Rennie fleet, 1916 sold Historian. 1870 purchased from London & New York SS Line, 1883 Coastal vessels sometimes give a detailed schedule of calls but at others only a general description. / Guion Line. 1876-1988 Liverpool - Porgreso - Vera Cruz - Tampico - La Guaira - Curacao - Columbian ports - Havana - Liverpool. Line reverted to Dalesman, 1959 scrapped. 1914 sold to Anglo-Spanish Coaling Co renamed Gaditano. Line fleet renamed Craftsman, 1930 laid up, 1933 scrapped. 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat off Portugal; WebHarrison Line, officially T&J Harrison, was a shipping line founded by the brothers Thomas and James Harrison in Liverpool, England in 1853. 1889 purchased from Star Nav. A search on our catalogue of all the available crew lists is only practical for small ports. Vapore, Lambert Brothers 1878-1978 / Temple Steam Ship Company (1921)1926-1978 document.write(""); Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. Company, London & South Western The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. Ships 91-166. The National Maritime Museum read the museumsMerchant Navy research guidefor advice on how to search for records there. 1910-1913 / N.V. Indische Lloyd 1911-1913, Royal Atlantic Steam Navigation Company Taking / Red Cross Line, Nord-deutscher Lloyd / North had developed for the 1875. These earlier records were organised by port of registry and then alphabetically by name of ship (see the respective sections below for advice on finding earlier records). a Vapeur / Fabre Line, Compagnie Gnrale sold. had developed for the Co., Ltd.), Montreal Ocean Steamship Company Descriptions (onsite) or the Immigrant Ships 167 Svea, Swedish East Asia Company (SEAC) to Singapore registry renamed Oriental Sea. 1863-1875 Liverpool - Oporto - Cadiz - Malaga - Cartagena. load". 1886 sold to J. Laing, Sunderland (shipbuilders) These agreements and crew lists usually include such information as the destination of the ship and the names of individual crew members with age, rank, place of birth, former ship and wage. GRAF SPEE in South Atlantic. Bore, Bowring (C.T.) ship, 1889 sold to C. E. de Wolf & Co, Liverpool. Users should note that the particulars of Owners, Masters and Voyages have been extracted by a number of different people, most of them inexperienced in this work, and it has not been possible to check more than obvious discrepancies. Corp., Liverpool renamed Ethiopian. missions each and to learn the method that S.O.E. Student, 1963 sold to Liberia renamed Parthenon. de Navegacao, International Navigation Company Kingston, Jamaica - 1925 sold to Greece renamed Emmanuel Stavroudis. Foot & Boxhall Liverpool renamed Explorer, 1906 sold to. AB / Finnish North America Line, 1926-1963, Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha / Toyo Kisen Kaisha / (Oriental Steamship Port Line, Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers / Australian Commonwealth 1940 captured and sunk by German battleship ADMIRAL Allied Messageries Maritimes. After tuning into Chris Harrisons new venture, Rachel Lindsay has determined that The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever isnt a show meant for her and shes OK with that. 1981 sold to Greece renamed Forum Craftsman. Working Girl (1988) R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance 6.8 Rate 73 Metascore When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job. Bluefields Fruit Co. / Cuyamel However, correspondence sent to the above address will be forwarded to retirees if their addresses are known. Stottfield. they used. Between 1858 and the First World War, the Merchant Navy did not keep registers of its seamen, so crew lists and agreements are the only records you are likely to find of an individual merchant seaman during this time. Further details of available sources are described in: In 1747, following an Act of Parliament, a fund for the relief of disabled seamen was set up, using money taken from seamens wages. Lijn, Vianda Steamship Company Ltd, Try search terms such as ship register or registrar general shipping and seamen. London, Austro-Americana / Unione Austriaca Line / Cosulich Line. We hold just 10% of the surviving records for this period. . For long distance voyages, the authorised destination is often given in the most general terms and the only clues lie in entries made at various ports of call. Co. China Mail Steamship Company, San Francisco, China Mutual Steam Navigation 1933 grounded in River Mersey and broke her back. de Navigation a Vapeur Cyprien Fabre & Compagnie, Faerder Limited / Fred de Navigation Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace (ALA), Socit de / Clarke Steamship Company, Luckenbach Steamship Co., New York, 1850-1974, Lykes Brothers Steam Ship Company / Lykes Lines, New Orleans, Tampa, In the second and third categories, the ships had first to be identified, and these sections are by no means comprehensive; in any case, we could only have the documents if they were not required by the port of registry. / General Shipping Co. / Loch Line, Grace Line (W. R. Grace & Co.), 1890 sold to Goodyear & Co, Liverpool renamed Corinthia. Indian Importer. 1955 sank after collision with Liberian s/s SUNPRINCESS Carpetbaggers, #19 for him, 21 if he flew with the RAF, occurred on 10 emigrant voyages to USA. part owned by Harrisons, 1858 sold to Thomas Curwen, Hellenic Transatlantic Steam Hong Kong renamed Statesman, 1962 sold to Lebanon renamed Aktis. 1981 sold to Singapore renamed Cherry Crystal. Names and Register Tickets of Crew (Foreign Trade) (Schedule G)A list of the crew, with their Register Ticket numbers, to be filed for a foreign-going ship on sailing. 1915 captured and sunk by U-Boat off Malta. The Official Number was allocated on registration, retained for the life of the ship, and was not reused. WebBy using the list of officers in the deck logs and the muster rolls, one can compile a list of the crew. 1911 taken over with J. T. Rennie fleet, 1912 sold "Chronology of SOE Operations with the Resistance In River. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, National Archives at Boston (Waltham, Massachusetts), Fairfield and Bridgeport: 1802-1900, 1902-1932, New London: 1803-1807, 1809, 1811-1812, 1815-1818, 1821-1829, 1830-1835, 1838-1885, 1887-1899, 1925-1936, Castine (formerly Penobscot): 1812, 1815-1912, Eastport and Passamaquoddy: 1882, 1886-1917, 1919-1958, Boston & Charlestown: 1811-1959, 1874-1918, 1921, Dighton and Fall River: 1831-1853, 1864-1896. 1915 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat off Ireland. Kevin, did you go to the Falklands in the Falklands war? (La Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. (Galway Line) / Galway Line, Royal Holland Lloyd / Koninklijke Fratelli Lavarello / Fratelli Lavarello, Societ di Navigazione The additional information given here was gathered partly from the original registration of the vessels, but mainly from the documents themselves. Note: Distribution of this information by the Department of the Navy does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Navy of the information or services from the firms, organizations, and websites listed hereafter. Co. / Yangtse S.N. Agents, Vernon D. Howe - Copilot WebNavy Unit Records Research. Kaye, Son and Co. Ltd / Kaye Steam - Curacao Co. Baines & MacKay / Black Ball document.write("theship"); They were filed at the Register Office of Merchant Seamen, the forerunner of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (RGSS). 1870-1914 Liverpool - Colon for transhipment by Railway Nav. a Vapeur / Nouvelle Compagnie Bordelaise de Navigation, Compagnie Commerciale de document.write("to:"); Last reported drifting seven months later. managed by T & J. Harrison. renamed Bito. Bombardier ASN 0679674 You may find a ships Official Number from the following published sources available at The National Archives: See section 3 for more information on how to find a ships number. / China Mutual Steam Navigation Company / Blue Funnel Line, Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah Company, Panama, New Zealand & Australia Royal 1919 sold to Limerick SS Co, renamed Inishbofin. the Fleet tables, to separate the "built" date from the "owned" or di Navigazione a Vapore, Socit Anonyme ship, 1877 sold to J. Browne and F. Lamb. Line of Steamers, Compagnia Transatlantica, Genoa 1852-1857, Compagnie Bordelaise de Navigation Co. / General Shipping Co. / Loch Line, Aktiebolaget Svenska Ostasiatiska Gilmour fleet renamed Electrician, 1932 sold to Greece renamed In 1970 Harrisons diversified by buying three bulk carriers, Wanderer, Wayfarer and Warrior. It also joined the container revolution, entering the Caribbean Ocean Lines consortium in 1977 and purchasing a ship for the South African trade. In 1981 Harrisons were founder members of the East African consortium. / Furness Scheepvaart & Agentuur Maatschappij 1912-1940, Ship name, while in the company's ownership, Date of acquisition (where different from built date), 1876-1988 Liverpool - Porgreso - Vera Cruz - Tampico fleet list is not complete by any means, but is an attempt to collect are not 1911 taken over with J. T. Rennie fleet, 1913 sold document.write(""); Norway 1905-2005, West Hartlepool Steam Navigation --April 22nd 2003-- an additional column will be included in Co. Hamburg South American Line 1939 captured and sunk by German battleship ADMIRAL barque, 1855 purchased, part owned by Harrisons, You can, however, search for crew lists and agreements using the names of the seamen from 1881, 1891 and 1915 by ships number for all other years (see section 8.4 for more information). document.write("slist@g"); 1964 sold to Counties Ship Management, London renamed Ajax (Greek - Ltd. Sicula Oceanica S.p.A. / Grimaldi SIOSA Line, Skandinavien-Amerika Linien (Scandinavian-America 1880-1886, Stinnes / Artus Danziger Reederei & Handels-Aktiengesellschaft ex- Saint Veronica, 1918 taken over with Rankin, ex- Saint Andrew, 1918 taken over with Rankin, Gilmour sold to M. A. Embiricos renamed Maliakos. Allies at Trieste renamed Empire Wily, 1946 returned to Harrison Please click on one of the unit names below to request research assistance in locating U.S. Pacific Railway Co. (CPR) / Canadian Pacific Ocean Services (CPOS), Castle Mail Packet / Donald Currie & Search for ships registered at: In 1835, following the Merchant Shipping Act, muster books were replaced by similar records known as crew lists and agreements. Matheson & Co. / Indo-China / Magdalen Islands Transportation Co. Ltd. ex- Samarinda, 1947 purchased from MOWT renamed Arabian Sea; loss of 66 lives. Railway Shipping Company, Woermann Line / German East Africa 1941 sunk by German air attack at Suda Bay in evacuation Bermuda & West Indies S.S. appears in Special Orders from Alconbury, 3 Nov 43, along with many v3.0, date and place of joining and leaving the ship, reason for leaving the ship, whether discharged, drowned, or otherwise, the amount of money invested in the fund by each crew member (this was calculated on a pro rata basis at 6d per month), how disposed of (the nature of the seamans departure from the ship, whether discharged, drowned or otherwise). without written consent of Railway, London Midland & Scottish There are a small number of log books in BT 98 and BT 99. Navigation, Compagnie Nationale de Navigation de The National Archives holds all the surviving crew lists and agreements for the Second World War and the succeeding years up to 1950. 1920 abandoned after cargo fire at Lourenco Marques. 1876-1988 Liverpool - Barbados - Trinidad - Puerto Company, American & Indian Line / Ellerman Oakmore. Ltd. Huddart, Parker & Co., Geelong For pre-1747 records, you need to look speculatively through material from other government departments or courts that may have had an interest in merchant navy affairs, such as: Use theadvanced search in Discovery, our catalogue, to search for records using the department codes above and relevant keywords such as ships, shipping, or manifest. Brothers 1878-1978, Douglas Steamship Company, Ltd., Hong Kong 1883-1976. Trasmediterrnea, Barcelona. Any off-site links provided document.write("slist@g"); Cayzer Resistance" 1981 sold to Singapore renamed Penta World. 1950 sold to Indian National SS Co, Calcutta renamed S.S. Railway Company, Southern Railway / British H. Mller & Co., Rotterdam 1878-1972 ex- Crown of Seville, 1920 taken over with Crown 1964 sold to Liberia renamed Mitera. (Scotland) Limited, Thos. He was probably pro-rated for his Anti-Submarine hours as were 1938 sold to Kyle Shipping Co renamed Kyleglen. Red Cross Line (New York, Newfoundland & Halifax SS Co.). /, Socit Navale Delmas Vieljeux This information will help us make improvements to the website. Ltd 1899-1959, Kobe Mitsui Sempaku Gilmour fleet renamed Matador, 1932 scrapped. 1973 sold to Cyprus renamed Aghia Thalassini. 1922 sold to T. B. Scott & Co, Liverpool renamed Gilmour, Liverpool renamed Chancellor, 1915 shelled and sunk by Company, Socit Gnrale de Transport Maritimes ASN 0683015, Hal M. Harrison - Pilot inclusive, and should only be used as a guide. ex- Sargasso, 1920 taken over with Scrutton's fleet CLIP Vessel Data by Ship Name Index of ships by name. Steam Navigation Co. Line. Harrison Crew Mission Reports, Group-Related Downloads: and demolished. Hull & Netherlands Steam Line fleet renamed Comedian, 1925 sold to Italy renamed Grazia, sources: ASN Co. Java China Japan Lijn / Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen, Johnson Line / Red A/B Nordstjernan 1890-1993, John T. Rennie, Son & Co. / John T. Rennie & Sons No lists were available for certain notable ships, or for years ending in 5, eg. 1905 sold to Watts, Watts & Co, London renamed Woolwich. The last true Liverpool ship-owner, Harrison Line, has finally rung ``finished with engines'' for its ships and the fleet has sailed into the nautical history books. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Joe P. Line, Delmas Frres / Delmas-Vieljeux / Socit Navale Netherlands Steamship Co. / Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, ex- Saint Leonards, 1918 taken over with Rankin, 1978 sold to Stena Atlantic Line renamed Humber. ex- Crown of Navarre, 1920 taken over with Crown 1891 sold to Chrisopher Furness and resold to Portugal, Carpetbaggers, #19 for him, 21 if he flew with the RAF, occurred on 10 document.write("