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Ship: Curlew; Official number: 55910. Thomas McMurtry; rank/rating, Master; year...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/1685/9

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This record is about the Ship: Curlew; Official number: 55910. Thomas McMurtry; rank/rating, Master; year... dating from 1891 Jan 1 - 1891 Dec 31 in the series Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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BT 99/1685/9

Date

1891 Jan 1 - 1891 Dec 31

Description

Ship: Curlew; Official number: 55910.

Thomas McMurtry; rank/rating, Master; year of birth, 1845; place of birth, Island Magee; previous ship, same ship.

A L McLeod; rank/rating, Mate; year of birth, 1842; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, Glencorse of Liverpool.

William Bigg; rank/rating, 2nd Mate; year of birth, 1856; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, Cape Breton of Greenock.

John McTaggart; rank/rating, Carpenter; year of birth, 1848; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, same ship.

Norman McBride; rank/rating, Sailmaker; year of birth, 1864; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, first ship.

Thomas Lepick; rank/rating, Cook and Steward; year of birth, 1862; place of birth, Portsmouth; previous ship, Cingalese of Liverpool.

Robert Taylor; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1852; place of birth, Larne; previous ship, same ship.

John Wylie; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1844; place of birth, Paisley; previous ship, Valencia of Liverpool.

John Connaghon; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1870; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, same ship.

Fred Allen; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, Sundsvall, Sweden; previous ship, Bertie Biglow of Yarmouth Nova Scotia.

William Straney; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1855; place of birth, Belfast; previous ship, Marley of Dublin.

James Kyle; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1847; place of birth, Londonderry; previous ship, Hesperides of London.

Stephen Russell; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1856; place of birth, Nassau, New Providence; previous ship, same ship.

Georg Schopfer; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1870; place of birth, Tyrol; previous ship, Parthian of Glasgow.

James Smith; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, Manchester; previous ship, Parthian of Glasgow.

William Geater; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1869; place of birth, Bristol; previous ship, Parthian of Glasgow.

F O Silen Appleblade; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Stockholm, Sweden; previous ship, Parthian of Glasgow.

John McCormay; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Ardrossan; previous ship, Rubens of Liverpool.

Clinton Chute; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1879; place of birth, Bangor, Maine; previous ship, Illtyd of Cardiff.

Malcolm Nicolson; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1871; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, Flying Scotsman of Glasgow.

August Fabian; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1864; place of birth, Stettin, Germany; previous ship, Parthian of Glasgow.

Peter Reilly; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1871; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, Manitoba of Glasgow.

Robert Morrison; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1868; place of birth, Kilchattan Bay, Bute; previous ship, Deer of Fishing Boat.

W Smith; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1868; place of birth, Birmingham; previous ship, Sindbad of London.

Samuel Jones; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 34; place of birth, Cardiff; previous ship, Haddon Hall.

Fred Gibson; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 17; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, foreign.

Jn Hungerford; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 49; place of birth, New York; previous ship, Snorter.

G Kenny; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 36; place of birth, England; previous ship, foreign.

Christian Brakkan; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 24; place of birth, Norway; previous ship, Helena.

George H Salmon; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 24; place of birth, Baltimore; previous ship, American vessel.

G Goodman; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 30; place of birth, St Lucia, Hw I; previous ship, Wm J Lemond of nor Vessel.

Edward De Belle; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 23; place of birth, Mobile, USA; previous ship, nor Barque.

K O Helin; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 21; place of birth, Finland; previous ship, Ellse of Russian vessel.

Axel Gothberg; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 16; place of birth, Sweden; previous ship, Dutch vessel.

Albert Baldon; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 20; place of birth, Germany; previous ship, B E S U Parkfield.

Yorgan Erikson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 33; place of birth, Denmark; previous ship, Otto of German ship.

Joseph Matres; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 37; place of birth, Italy; previous ship, Italian Vessel.

George Imback; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 18; place of birth, Aberdeen; previous ship, Otto of German ship.

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