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- Not all crew lists have survived. A 10% sample of all Merchant Navy crew lists is kept at the National Archives (TNA) in Kew. The remaining 90% of crew Lists from 1861, 1862, 1865 and all later years ending with a five (1875, 1885, 1895 and so on up to 1995) are at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
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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...
For the first time ever, the Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy from the year 1915 have been digitised and made available to search for free. Find relatives and loved ones via our database of over 39,000 crew lists, featuring over 750,000 names.
- A Unique Family History Resource
- Untold Stories of Forgotten Fighters
- What Are Crew Lists - and Who Were The Crews?
- Why 1915?
- Transcribing The Data
The crew lists are of immeasurable value to family historians, as one of the few sources of information about the contribution of our seafaring ancestors active in 1915. If you had an ancestor in the British merchant navy in 1915 there is a high chance a crew list for one or more voyages survives. Even vessels that were sunk by enemy action sometim...
As there are no records for individual merchant seamen from this period, these crew lists are also of national significance in highlighting the vital contribution made by the Merchant Navy during the First World War, showcasing the efforts of these somewhat forgotten fighters. In researching the documents, the volunteers and staff working on the pr...
Crew lists (or ‘Agreements’) formed a contract between a seaman and his (or her) employer. Administered by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, each British-registered merchant vessel carried an agreement listing all the crew, their rank/rating, address, rate of pay and dates of joining and leaving. Vessels ranged from small fishing coaste...
For the years 1861–1938, a 10% specimen group of crew agreements for each year, taken at random (every tenth box of papers), is held in The National Archives. The remaining 90% for 1861, 1862, and years ending in '5' – including 1915 – are held by the National Maritime Museum. The year 1915 was of course chosen because of the First World War centen...
Starting in 2012, the National Maritime Museum and the National Archives recruited over 400 ‘e-volunteers’ to transcribe the crew lists. The volunteers downloaded photographs of these lists and, using their home computer, transcribed the information they contain into an online catalogue. Some of the volunteers were former members of the Merchant Na...
Crew lists. Crew lists, originally termed muster-rolls or muster-books, began in the 18th century and were initially kept in order to collect a levy from seamen's wages for a relief fund, and as a record of the names, ratings, dates of entry and final discharge for all men serving on board a ship.
This series consists of a ten per cent sample of agreements and crew lists (with log-books where they survive) for the years 1861-1938, 1951-1994. Agreements and crew lists for the period...
- 1861-1994
- BT 99
Sep 6, 2013 · She has worked at the National Archives for ten years and is currently managing the 1915 crew list project in association with the National Maritime museum to make 1.5 million names of merchant...
Though no records of individual merchant seamen and women survive for the First World War, the Crew Lists and Agreements for 1915 enable you to search almost a million names of those at sea...
