Catalogue description Seamen's Records of Richard Smailes

This record is held by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society

Details of WHITM:1994/5.10-1994:5.11, WHITM:1994/5.23
Reference: WHITM:1994/5.10-1994:5.11, WHITM:1994/5.23
Title: Seamen's Records of Richard Smailes
Description:

This collection comprises certificate of competency as a master issued by the Board of Trade to Richard Smailes 1882; indenture between Richard Smailes of Whitby and Thomas Turnbull of Whitby 1874; diary of shipboard life and routine, kept by Richard Smailes, apprentice seaman 1876.

 

This collection of papers relating to the sea-going career of Captain Richard Smailes are contained in contemporary tin canister.
Date: 1874-1882
Held by: Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Smailes, Richard, fl 1874-1882, master mariner of Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
Physical description: 3 items
Access conditions:

Open
Subjects:
  • Turnbull, Thomas, fl 1874-1878, mariner, of Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Sea transport
Administrative / biographical background:

This collection was deposited by Elizabeth Smailes in March 1994. It is held in the Museum Shipping Wing.
Link to NRA Record:

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