Catalogue description Board of Trade: Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and predecessor: Registers of Certificates of Competency, Masters and Mates, Colonial

Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest.

Date range

Details of BT 128
Reference: BT 128
Title: Board of Trade: Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and predecessor: Registers of Certificates of Competency, Masters and Mates, Colonial
Description:

Registers of Certificates of Competency of masters and mates after examinations in colonial ports kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor.

These certificates were separately registered as there was a delay in reporting them to London.

There are no details of service.

Date: 1833-1934
Arrangement:

The certificates are entered under the colony and port of certification, and numerically thereafter.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872

Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992

Physical description: 21 volume(s)
Access conditions: Available in microform only
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Accruals: Series is accruing
Unpublished finding aids:

There are references to these series in the indexes in BT 127 and BT 141, which usually give the certificate number a prefix, such as 'C' for Canada or 'NSW' for New South Wales, from which the entry can be identified.

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research

How to look for...