Catalogue description Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10)

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Reference: BT 350
Title: Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10)
Description:

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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Date: 1918-1921
Related material:

See also BT 348
Separated material:

Cards dating from 1913 to 1918 were destroyed in 1969 for unknown reasons.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Originals held at:

Southampton City Archives
Former reference in its original department: CR 10
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 3098 microform
Access conditions: Available in digital format only
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 1998 Registry of Shipping and Seamen
Custodial history: The original cards were held by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamenup to 1992 and the Registry of Shipping and Seamen from 1992.
Accruals: No future accruals expected.

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