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Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen

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Date: 1739-2010
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central) > Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C74330 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O53360 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1863-1938, 1951-76: crew lists, agreements and official logbooks (c70% of total)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Maritime History Archive
See information from website
2
c1890-1927: applications for examination and certificates of competency
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
MS92/001
See Annual Return 1992
3
1739-1988: Liverpool Registers of Merchant ships
National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library
C-EX
4
1863-1913: crew lists and agreements for Port of Cardiff, logbooks
Glamorgan Archives
DCA
5
1867-1914: crew lists and agreements for Scottish whalers, fishing vessels, etc
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
BT3
6
1875-1905: agreements, crew lists and official logs
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
REG11/000481
7
1824-1994: shipping and other registers for Swansea and Port Talbot
West Glamorgan Archive Service
DD PRO RBS S
8
1910-2010: crew list and agreement for SS Retriever
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
B18/097
See Annual Return 2018