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Use this guide for advice on how to find British merchant shipping records known as crew lists and agreements, originally known as muster books, and log books. These records, which collectively...
- Central Register of Seamen (aka Fifth Register of Seamen), 1941-1972
- Seamen’s Pouches, Issued 1940-1972 But Covering Service 1913-1972
- Agreements and Crew Lists, 1861-1994
- Merchant Navy Apprentices
- Merchant Navy Gallantry Awards For The Second World War, 1939-1947
Browse the catalogue descriptions of records from the Central Register of Seamen 1941-1972in BT 382 (the records themselves were known as CRS 10 forms). Our catalogue descriptions are arranged alphabetically in ranges of surnames. The registers are filed in eight parts according to the nationality or ‘origin’ of the seamen and other criteria (each ...
Merchant seamen who were discharged from the navy between 1940 and 1972 had their records filed in what became known as ‘seamen’s pouches’. Some of the seamen discharged during this period had been in service as far back as 1913 and the records reflect this. Use the box below to search our catalogue, by name in BT 372 and BT 391 to see if a seaman’...
The National Archives holds the following proportions of agreements and crew listsafter 1861: 1. 1861-1938: 10% 2. 1939-1950: 100% 3. 1951-1994: 10% Use the box below to search for these agreements and crew lists by ship’s official number in BT 99, BT 380, BT 381 and BT 100. For the more celebrated and famous ships you can also search by ship’s nam...
Browse the indexes of apprentices registered in the merchant navy in BT 150. Please note the indexes for 1824-1910 are available online; indexes up to 1953 are on microfilm. Surviving apprentices’ indentures are in BT 151, 1845-1962, and BT 152, indentures for fishing, 1895-1935. Please note only a sample of the indentures was preserved, a two-mont...
Search our catalogue by name of person or ship in T 335 to find what the award was, the person’s rank at the time, and the ship they were serving on. Narrow your search by using double quotation marks to find a ships’s or person’s full name, such as “Sydney Star” or “John Williams”.
Once you know who owned a ship, you can find out whether any fleet or company history exists, which may provide a ready-made history of the ship. Some shipping company records and many published histories of the companies are in the National Maritime Museum library.
Aug 8, 2018 · You will find Merchant Mariners collections at the National Archives cataloged under the records of the United States Coast Guard, Record Group 26. This collection has 8 boxes of material containing details on Merchant Mariners killed, wounded, and those missing in action as a result of combat during World War II.
This can be found by consulting the Mercantile Navy List or post-1872–73, Lloyd's Register of Shipping. For muster rolls and agreements before 1854, the ship's port and registry number can be found through the indexes to ship registrations, 1786–1854, in The National Archives.
1. Why use this guide? 2. Registration of merchant ships. 3. Published sources. 4. How to search our catalogue for records. 5. Board of Trade registers: Transcripts and transactions, 1786-1998....
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It honours the brave men and women who kept our nation afloat during both World Wars, as well as in peacetime when they faced – and continue to face – the dangers of the high seas. In 1620, the English fleet was organised into Red, Blue and White Squadrons which were reordered to Red, White and Blue in 1653.
