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Merchant Navy ships' records: crew lists, musters and log books

Use this guide for advice on how to find British merchant shipping records known as crew lists and agreements, originally known as muster books, and log books.

Merchant Navy seamen in service since 1918 - The National Archives

Merchant seamen who were discharged from the navy between 1940 and 1972 had their records filed in what became known as 'seamen's pouches'. Some of the seamen ...

Where to Find Merchant Navy Records | Imperial War Museums

In general, seamen's records for the period 1913-1972 can be found at TNA (unfortunately, most records for the First World War period do not appear to have ...

United States Merchant Marine Research Guide | MARAD

The National Archives and Records Administration holds logbooks from merchant vessels. Official logbooks were required for all foreign voyages under ...

Merchant Marine Records Document Maritime Service

The public now has access to previously unavailable information concerning former merchant mariners and their maritime service through Merchant Marine ...

Research guide C1: The Merchant Navy: Tracing people: Crew lists ...

Up to 1854 records are arranged by port and registry number; subsequently by ship's official number. These and other valuable sources are described in The ...

Records Relating to the United States Merchant Marine Personnel

Records relating to Merchant Marine personnel are housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC, within Record Group 41: Records of the ...

United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941

The contents of the records vary, but they usually include name, age, place of birth, register ticket, ship names, and dates of voyages. These records come from ...

How to find Merchant Navy records

Merchant seamen crew lists are the most important source for finding Merchant Navy records. When an individual joined a ship, his name was noted on the crew ...

Research guide C5: The Merchant Navy: Sources for ship histories

Some shipping company records and many published histories of the companies are in the National Maritime Museum library. See the online Library catalogue. The ...

Merchant Navy Seamen [Merchant Marines] | findmypast.com

* Merchant Navy Seamen 1835-1857: records of individual seamen that the central government created to monitor a potential reserve of sailors for the Royal Navy.

Archive sheet 43 - Tracing seafaring ancestors in the merchant navy

Records of Merchant Navy service ... From 1835 onwards, Central Government started to take an interest in merchant seamen from a desire to improve their ...

Merchant Marines - Naval History and Heritage Command

The main records relating to the Merchant Marine during World War II are located at the at the Modern Military Records, National Archives and Records ...

Merchant Navy - Crew Lists & Agreements - GenGuide

Merchant Seaman records sometimes identify a vessel an individual served on only by the Ships' Official Number. The Crew List Index Project (CLIP) offers a ...

Merchant Marine - Library and Archives Canada

The Merchant Marine consisted of individuals who served as crew members aboard merchant ships. During wartime, it was known as the Merchant Navy.

England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913

What can these records tell me? · Name and age · Particulars of the ship · Name of ship, register owner, official vessel number and port of register. · Vessel ...

How to use merchant navy records at Southampton Archives

We also hold crew lists dating from 1863-1913, providing lists of crew members, their ports of embarkation, what they were paid, and which ships they had ...

19th Century American Merchant Marine Digital Library

One of the great drawbacks in maritime research today is the fact that no institution holds a complete set of American ship registers for the nineteenth century ...

Crew List Index Project

CLIP is a not-for-profit volunteer project, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Can someone help me read a Merchant Navy ships' record ...

I have a Merchant Navy ships' record movement card for the SS s' Jacob, a Dutc historyhub.history.gov/.../2133.