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Catalogue description Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Registries
| Reference: | BT 340 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Registries |
| Description: |
Information forwarded from each port to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, detailing ships' initial registration (transcript) and subsequent amendments (transactions). The papers include the official numbers allocated by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, plus records of ships, names and amendments. |
| Date: | 1994 |
| Arrangement: |
Arranged alphabetically by name of ship |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 265 bundle(s) |
| Physical condition: | Some pieces are fire or water damaged |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Registry of Shipping and Seamen |
| Custodial history: | Board of Trade from 1872, transferred to Ministry of Shipping in 1939, to the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, to the Ministry of Transport in 1946, to the Board of Trade in 1965, to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1970, to the Department of Trade in 1974, to the Department of Transport in 1984 and to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997. |
| Accumulation dates: | 1872-1994 |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
From 1872 the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen took over responsibility for the central registration of shipping and the allocation of unique ships' numbers which were retained regardless of change of name or ownership. In 1994 a computerised Ships Register was opened and Customs and Excise ships registers were closed. |
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