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Catalogue description Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Appropriation Registers
| Reference: | BT 388 |
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| Title: | Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Appropriation Registers |
| Description: |
The Appropriation Registers record the allocation of an official number to ships registered in the UK and Dependant Territories. They document the ship's official number; name of the ship; tonnage; steam/sail; port of registration and date of registration. |
| Date: | 1837-1987 |
| Arrangement: |
The series is structured in numerical order of ship's official number. |
| Originals held at: |
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Access conditions: | Records not yet transferred |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen |
| Custodial history: | The Registers were created at the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and have always been with that organisation. |
| Accruals: | The seven Registers will be brought to TNA in a single transfer. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The registers were created by staff at the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen to facilitate the identification of vessels known only by their official number. |
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