BT 3501918-1921Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10)
This series contains a microfiche copy of the CR 10 Central Index cards to the Register of Seamen which was kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
Each card typically gives the following information:
discharge A number;
certificate of company number;
name of seaman;
year and place of birth;
rank or rating;
name and official number of ship;
date of engagement of service.
This series was a special index created by order of the Defence of the Realm Act 1918. The origins and purpose of this index is unknown.
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