Catalogue description Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Passes and Renewals of Skippers' and 2nd Hands' Certificates

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Reference: BT 396
Title: Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Passes and Renewals of Skippers' and 2nd Hands' Certificates
Description:

This series contains registers kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen recording passes and renewals of certificates of competency for fishing officers (skippers and 2nd hands).

Date: 1883-1959
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992

Physical description: 2 volume(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

Registry of Shipping and Seamen

Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen

Custodial history: These registers have always been in the custody of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
Accumulation dates: 1883-1959
Selection and destruction information: The records were selected as they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's Acquisition Policy).
Accruals: The series is not accruing.

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