Registers of Certificates of Competency or Service, and certificates issued for length of service are held in The National Archives for the following categories:
Masters and mates: 1845 onwards
Engineers: 1862 onwards
Skippers and mates of fishing boats: 1882 onwards
These records give name, place and year of birth, date and place of issue of certificate, ships served in (up to 1888), and (sometimes) details of injuries and death.
For details of service prior to gaining a Certificate, look at the records of seamen and also the records in series BT 115 (1845-54).
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