Catalogue description Registers of British ships

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Details of D4292b
Reference: D4292b
Title: Registers of British ships
Description:

A series of volumes which, as documents of title, provide information on the ownership of each vessel and its dimensions. Other information given includes: name of ship and master, when and where built, name of surveying officer, and sometimes a note as to the eventual fate of the ship. Many were built in Gloucestershire and Shropshire, but other counties feature too, with some originating from as far afield as Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Russian Empire. Oldest vessel in the series is John & Mary built at Longney in 1759.
Date: 1824-1855
Held by: Gloucestershire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Customs, Register General of all Trading Ships in Britain, 1707-1872
Physical description: 5 files
Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by H.M. Customs and Excise, Gloucester, 24 July 1981

 

(Acc. 4292)
Subjects:
  • Merchant shipping
  • Ships
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