Catalogue description CREW LISTS AND SHIPS' AGREEMENTS

These records consist of the Crew Lists and Ships' Agreements, with some Official (Crew) Log Books, which were required by law to be sent to the Registrar of Shipping and Seamen for ships registered in the United Kingdom. Vessels engaged in coastal or cross-Channel trade made a return half-yearly, while ships going to more distant ports completed an agreement for each voyage. These agreements and crew lists usually include such information as the destination of the ship and the names of individual crew members with age, rank, place of birth, former ship and wage. The Official Log is not the full ship's log, but only a record of certain incidents relating to the crew and sometimes to passengers, such as deaths on board, which had to be reported to the Registrar.

When the documents were made available by the Public Record Office in 1966, this office asked for the records of ships in three categories. The first, and by far the largest, consists of ships registered in Southampton. Secondly, we claimed vessels which had been built in Southampton and, thirdly, ships which mainly used this port, especially the passenger liners which were so important to Southampton but few of which were registered here. In the first category, the attempt was made to obtain all available records except for those of vessels known to be yachts under 40 tons or dumb barges. In the second and third categories, the ships had first to be identified, and these sections are by no means comprehensive; in any case, we could only have the documents if they were not required by the port of registry.

The primary purpose of this list is to provide the names of ships for which crew lists and agreements are deposited in the Southampton Record Office, with the dates and number of items. The additional information given here was gathered partly from the original registration of the vessels, but mainly from the documents themselves. Users should note that the particulars of Owners, Masters and Voyages have been extracted by a number of different people, most of them inexperienced in this work, and it has not been possible to check more than obvious discrepancies. It must be emphasised, therefore, that these details should be used with caution. It is planned to make at a later date an index of Owners and Masters.

The number of items entered for each year is the number of documents, not of complete returns. In some cases there may be only a single sheet recording the release of a crew member; on the other hand, in later years, several documents sometimes make up one crew list. The entry "NA" indicates that the relevant box was not available, so there is a good chance that the documents exist and are held elsewhere, probably among those retained by the Public Record Office and the National Maritime Museum. No lists were available for certain notable ships, or for years ending in 5, eg. 1875.

Some indication has been given of voyages made by the vessels. The amount of information in the documents varies greatly. For long distance voyages, the authorised destination is often given in the most general terms and the only clues lie in entries made at various ports of call. Coastal vessels sometimes give a detailed schedule of calls but at others only a general description. No attempt has been made to indicate whether the information covers the whole year, though this can sometimes be deduced.

Ships of larger Companies included in Crew Lists (and a few local companies with several ships)

P & O Co.

Ancona

Australia

Avoca

Bangalore

Baroda

Bokhara

Candia

Cathay

Ceylon

China

Deccan

Delhi

Delta

Dessouk

Ellora

Euxine

Geelong

Gwalior

Hindostan

Hydaspes

Indus (2)

Ksahgar

Khedive

Khiva

Lombardy

Malacca

Malwa

Massilia

Mirzapore

Mongolia

Mooltan

Nepaul

Niphon

Nizam

Nubia

Pekin

Pera

Peshawar

Plassy

Poonah

Ripon

Simla

Sumatra

Sunda

Surat

Tanjore

Teheran

Travancore

Union

Valetta

Vectis

Venetia

Verona

Zambesi

ROYAL MAIL CO.

Agadir

Arlanza

Arno (2)

Arzila

Asturias

Atrato (2)

Avon (3)

Belize

Boyne

Carona

Catalina

Clyde (2)

Conway (2)

Corsica

Cobequid

Danube (2)

Dee (2)

Denbigh

Derwent (2)

Douro

Ebro (2)

Eider (2)

Elbe

Essequibo

Flintshire

Guadiana

Humber

Kennet

La Plata (4)

Larne

Liffey

Magdalena

Marima

Medway

Mersey

Minho (2)

Mondego

Monmouthshire

Moselle

Nevaa

Nile (2)

Oneida

Orinoco

Oroya

Ortona

Oruba

Para

Parana

Rhone

Seine

Severn (2)

Shannon

Solent (2)

Spey

Tagus (2)

Tamar (4)

Tasmanian

Tees

Teviot

Thames (2)

Tibet

Trent (2)

Tyne (4)

Una

Wear

Wye

Yare

UNION CASTLE CO. (and Union Co.)

African (2)

Alnwick Castle

American

Anglian (2)

Armadale Castle

Aros Castle

Asiatic

Athenian

Athens

Balmoral Castle

Basuto

Berwick Castle

Briton (2)

Cambrian

Carnarvon

Cawdor Castle

Celt (2)

Cluny Castle

Comrie Castle

Corfe Castle

Dane (2)

Dover Castle

Dunluce Castle

Dunottar Castle

Durban

Durham Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Europe

Gaika

Galeka

Gascon

Gaul

Garth Castle

German (2)

(Glengorm Castle)

Gloucester Castle

Gordon Castle

Goth (Cobequid)

Grantully Castle

Greek

Guelph

Guildford Castle

Hansa

Kaffir

Kenilworth Castle

Kildonan Castle

Kinfauns Castle

Mauritius

Mexican

Moor

Namaqua

Natal (2)

Newark Castle

Norman (2)

Norseman (2)

Northam

Nubian

Nyanza

Pretoria

Roman

Saxon (2)

Scot

Spartan

Susquehanna

Syria

Tartar

Teuton

Titan

Trojan

Tyrian

Union

Walmer Castle

York Castle

Zulu (2)

CUNARD CO.

Andania, Ascania, Ausonia

WHITE STAR CO.

Majestic, Teutonic

LAMPORT AND HOLT. CO.

Galileo, Vandyke, Vauban

SHAW SAVILL CO.

Anazi

Aotea

Arawa

Bebington

Elizabeth Graham

Forfarshire

Glenlora

Golden Sea

Halcione

Helen Denny

Hermione

Himalaya

Hudson

Karamiea

Kumara

Lady Jocelyn

Langstone

Lutterworth

Mamari

Maori (2)

Matatua

Merope

Northumberland

Pakeha

Pleiades

Pleione

St. Leonards

Soukar

Tokomaru

Trevelyan

Wairiana

Waimana

RANSOM (later Dible)

Belvidere

Charles Napier

Chin Yang

Cross House

Fonthill

Fortunate

Gleaner

Hannah Ransom

Hawthorn

Honduras

James Hull

J.H. Ransom

Kenneth Victor

Lady Heathcote

Lady Hulse

Louisa Malcolm

Mary Block

May Hulse

Primrose

Reaper

Ridesdale

Sauvegarde

SCOVELL

Active

Ann

Comet

Ellen

Comet

Ellen

Jane

Margaret

Maria

Mary Ann

Pearl

Providence

Ravinala

Result

Secret

Star

Zebedee

Uzziel

AGIUS

Adur, Beaulieu, Frederick, Test

SO'TON STEAM TOWING CO.

Aid, Alexandra, Phoenix, Sovereign

JAMES DREDGING CO. (R.E.V. James)

Coronet

Foam

Norah James

Weymouth

HYTHE CO.

Frederica (2)

Hotspur

Hampton

LONDON & S.W. RAILWAY COMPANY

Alderney

Alice

Alliance

Alma

Atalanta (2)

Brittany

Caesaraea

Caledonia

Cherbourg

Diana

Dispatch

Dora

Dumfries

Ella

Fannie

Frederica

Granville

Griffin

Guernsey

Havre

Hilda

Honfleur

Laura

Lydia

Lymington

Maria

Mayflower

Normandy

Princess Ena

St. Malo

Solent

Southampton

South Western

Stella

Waverley

Wolf

Wonder

Victoria

RED FUNNEL CO.

Ajax (tug)

Albert Edward

Alexandra

Bournemouth Queen

Carisbrooke

Emerald

Gem

Hector (tug)

Hercules (tug)

Her Majesty

Lady of the Lake

Lord Elgin

Lord of the Isles

Lorna Doone

Medina

Neptune (2) (tug)

Pearl

Prince Leopold

Prince of Wales

Princess Helena

Princess Louise

Princess Mary

Princess Royal

Queen

Ruby

Sapphire

Solent Queen

Southampton

Stirling Castle

Vectis

Vulcan

PILOT VESSELS

A4) Active

A5)

D7 Daring

D14 Deerhound

E14 Ela

F9 and 10 Fawn

I11 Iris

J11 Jessica

M56 Minnie

Q5 Querida

S40 and 41 Skipjack

S49 Solent

When requesting crew lists please quote the reference number and the year of the crew list required

The documents are stored by year in numerical sequence of registered number, as they were received, and have not been rearranged under the names of individual ships. For some of the cross-Channel and Isle of Wight passenger ferries, the practice was adopted at certain dates of making one return for all the ships of the company; when this has occurred, the ship names have been cross-referenced.

ALGERIA Reg No 56132

(see BELLA DONNA)

ALLAH KARIM Reg No 131767

(see ELIZABETH)

ALLEMANNIA Reg No 84105

(see OXENHOLME)

ANACONDA Reg No 92048

(see MAID MARIAN)

ANTELOPE Reg No 68577

(see VERA)

AQUILA Reg No 51132

(see MINNIE)

ARCADIAN Reg No 110613

(see ORTONA)

ARCADIAN Reg No 124669

(see ASTURIAS)

ASTEROID Reg No 92036

(see ASTRAEA)

AUGUSTA Reg No 67130

(see HECATE)

AYACANORA Reg No 56138

(see FENELLA)

BISON Reg No 63831

See BELIZE

BLADWORTH Reg No 65237

See ESSEQUIBO

BREIS-IZEL Reg No 104122

See ASPHODEL

BROWNIE Reg No 44908

See SILVER FISH

CARMARTHENSHIRE Reg No 98863

See GAUL

CAROLINE Reg No 84262

See ZINAIDA

CASTANET Reg No 97209

See EUPHRONE

CHALEUR Reg No 98863

See GAUL

CHIGNECTO Reg No 98870

See GREEK

CHINA Reg No 68836

See ZENOBIA

CHIONE Reg No 110263

See MOONBEAM

CHIQUITA Reg No 76849

See MAY QUEEN

COBEQUID Reg No 98866

See GOTH

CORCOUADO Reg No 69227

(See DON)

DANE Reg No 63614

(See AUSTRALIA)

DE REYTER Reg No 68443

(See LARNE)

DOUGLAS Reg No 94515

(see DORA)

DRAGON Reg No 97735 (see VOLATILE)

ENIGMA Reg No 82418

(see ALPHA BETA)

FALAISE Reg No 110253

(see SEA BELLE)

FIDRA Reg No 105,513

(see CARIAD)

FLORENCE Reg No 76831

(see NORE)

GENERAL HAVELOCK Reg No 104354

(see KENNET)

GLENGORM CASTLE, Reg No 109290

(see GERMAN)

GLENARTNEY Reg No 60927

(see TEUTON)

GODDESS Reg No 98463

(see FANTOME)

GUDRUDA Reg No 98463

(see FANTOME)

HELENE Reg No 120,397

(see ADUR)

HERMINIUS Reg No 131795

(see WAIMANA)

HOGARTH Reg No 70456

(see CALEDONIA)

ILIONA Reg No 86,604

(see RHODORA)

IRENE Reg No 92040

(see BELTA)

ILIONA Reg No 93187

(see CASSANDRA)

JASON Reg No 119740

(see PORTIA)

JOY BELL III Reg No 92039

(see ALBERT EDWARD)

JUAN Reg No 49894

(see GALILEO)

JUNO Reg No 104543

(see ARNO)

KAIKOURA Reg No 54619

(see TIBER)

KATOOMBA Reg No 86604

(see RHODORA)

KELPIE Reg No 47977

(see STORM BIRD)

KYALAM Reg No 47982

(see NIOBE)

LADYE MAISRY Reg No 104033

(see WINTONIA)

LADY MARIETTE Reg No 92036

(see ASTRAEA)

LA PLATA Reg No 82428

(see MOOR)

LEOPOLD II Reg No 68386

(see MINHO)

LIZZIE Reg No 56140

(see LIL)

LONDON CITY Reg No 106,000

(see SUSQUEHANNA)

LORD BYRON Reg No 98849

(see IMOGEN)

LORNA Reg No 68577

(see VERA)

LOTUS Reg No 49894

(see JUBILEE)

MADRENA Reg No 92031

(see MARY)

MAFALDA Reg No 105,503

(see MYRTLE)

MALIKAH Reg No 94352

(see Fleur de LYS)

MARGUERITE Reg No 86,604

(see RHODORA)

MARJORIE Reg No 93780

(see SABINE)

MEKONG Reg No 119732

(see MAUND)

MINNESOTA Reg No 68007

(see DEE)

MIRABEL Reg No 16623

(see SIBYL)

MONARINA Reg No 85817

(see WILD ROSE)

MONSOON Reg No 72362

(see GLOW WORM)

MORAWEL Reg No 114582

(see CORONET)

MOUNT SEPHAR Reg No 106,000

(see SUSQUEHANNA)

MOUSE Reg No 51132

(see MINNIE)

NERISSA Reg No 97653

(see CECILIA)

NITA Reg No 106910

(see ANEMONE)

NIXIE Reg No 72352

(see LAVEROCK)

NORA Reg No 94507

(see HIAWATHA)

NORFOLK Reg No 81588

(see LA PLATA)

NORFOLK Reg No 92965

(see YARE)

NORSEMAN Reg No 70980

(see SEA BELLE)

ONEAGH Reg No 71891

(see DOLORES)

PEMBROKESHIRE Reg No 98870

(see GREEK)

PUNO Reg No 69255

(see PARA)

ROMAN Reg No 63553

(see NILE)

ROSALIND Reg No 109281

(see GRAND DUCHESS)

ROSENEATH Reg No 109282

(see STRATHERICK)

ROSENEATH Reg No 113947

(see SUNSHINE)

RUAHINE Reg No 52749

(see LIFFEY)

SABOR Reg No 98863

(see GAUL)

SAINT Reg No 70980

(see SEA BELLE)

SANGUIDA Reg No 97220

(see MONARA)

SANTIAGO Reg No 68404

(see MONDEGO)

SEA QUEEN Reg No 82318

(see NEMESIS)

SEA QUEEN Reg No 90408

(see CARMEN)

SEGURA Reg No 98870

(see GREEK)

SIRIUS Reg No 93429

(see KEMPION)

SNEYD Reg No 62240

(see ITCHEN)

SUNFLOWER Reg No 109279

(see GARLAND)

TAMAR Reg No 112630

(see DENBIGHSHIRE)

TYNE Reg No 115893

(see MONMOUTHSHIRE)

ULNA Reg No 114552

(see CRESTA)

VANCOUVER Reg No 68519

(see TAMAR)

VASCO DA GAMA Reg No 68484

(see TRENT)

VERA Reg No 71891

(see DOLORES)

VIKING Reg No 82428

(see MOOR)

VIXEN Reg No 72352

(see LAVEROCK)

WALRUS Reg No 72359

(see QUEEN OF PALMYRA)

WATER LILY Reg No 72362

(see GLOW WORM)

WAVERLEY Reg No 70980

(see SEA BELLE)

WESTOE Reg No 110253

(see SEA BELLE)

YLGA Reg No 44903

(see PILGRIM)

ZULU Reg No 99056

(see MARIMA)

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