SHIPPING RECORDS

These records, comprising half-yearly agreements and crew lists (6,203 docs.) of merchant ships registered at the port of Runcorn, formerly in the custody of the Registrar of Shipping and Seamen, were given by the Public Record Office in August 1971. They give information on the tonnage and cargoes, name, age, place of birth and wages of each member of the crew. Some official log books are included, with entries relating mainly to disciplinary matters. A list of deaths at sea has been added as an appendix to the list of records.

In 1966 the Public Record Office offered to local repositories those shipping records in the series there 1861-1913 which were otherwise to be destroyed. They were filed in yearly runs under the official numbers of the ships, irrespective of the port of registry. The Public Record Office retained, with the pre-1861 records, the documents for certain notable ships and a 10% sample (every tenth box). Documents for the years 1861, 1862, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895 and 1905 were then given to the National Maritime Museum. Local repositories were permitted to extract what they wanted from the rest. The remaining documents were not destroyed, but were transferred to the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The official numbers of ships registered at Runcorn were obtained from the registers at the Runcorn Office of Customs and Excise. These begin in 1862 though there must at some stage have been an earlier volume as the port was established in 1847. The list of official numbers (in Acc. file) was used as a basis for selection of documents from the Public Record Office repository at Hayes, and it was possible to add to the list from printed sources available there. The records are stored in yearly runs in numerical order of ships official numbers, and to identify the documents it is necessary to quote the class reference, the year number and the item number (e.g. John in 1863 is NS1/1,2). The reference list is preceded by a list in order of ships' numbers showing the years for which documents are held for each ship.

Ship No. Name of Ship Dates Covered

891 Dolores 1878-1880.

1121 Maria & Elizabeth 1867.

1464 George & Sarah 1870-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1883.

1465 John & Henry 1867-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1884, 1886, 1888, 1890-1894, 1896-1904.

Documents checked and ship no. as shown. 1789 Alpine 1873.

Documents checked and ship no. as shown. 1789 Countess of Derby 1876-1881, 1889.

2351 Salt 1876-1880, 1882, 1884.

6030 Dido 1872-1874, 1876-1884.

6984 Ann 1866-1869, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1879.

7090 John 1863, 1864, 1866, 1868-1874, 1876, 1877, 1879-1881, 1883, 1884.

8159 Julia 1863, 1864, 1866-1868, 1870, 1871, 1873-1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1899, 1901-1904.

10198 Pearl 1863, 1867, 1869-1874, 1876-1884, 1886-1889, 1891-1893.

10482 Elizabeth Ann 1863, 1864.

10521 Harriet 1876-1883, 1886-1888, 1891-1894, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903.

10618 Ann & Elizabeth 1870, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1879.

10665 Ida 1863, 1864, 1867-1870, 1872, 1874.

11268 Petrel 1884.

11443 Climax 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886.

12162 Princess Marie 1884.

13137 Empress 1863, 1864, 1867.

16190 Hope 1864.

16191 Prestatyn 1864, 1891-1894, 1896-1904, 1906, 1907, 1909-1911, 1913.

16403 Brackley 1876, 1882.

16409 Lydia 1874, 1884, 1890-1894, 1896, 1897.

16415 John and Ann 1863, 1864, 1867-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887.

16417 Ellen 1863, 1867, 1868, 1878, 1896-1898.

16870 Susannah 1871, 1872.

19577 Hannah 1868, 1869, 1871-1873.

19581 Cheshire Lass 1863, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1871-1874, 1876, 1877, 1880.

19818 Princess Royal 1877, 1879, 1881-1884.

20760 Mosquito 1866, 1882-1884, 1886-1889, 1890-1893.

24098 Sarah 1891.

24117 Duke 1863, 1864, 1866-1874, 1876, 1877, 1880-1884, 1886-1889, 1890-1892.

25003 Sarah 1863, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1872.

25008 Shamrock 1863, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887.

25070 Martha 1871-1874.

25602 Briton 1869-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878-1880.

25737 Kinderton 1871.

25740 Rattler 1868-1872, 1904, 1906-1909.

25851 Charles 1873, 1874, 1876-1882.

26168 Robin 1866, 1868-1871.

26648 Eversfield 1888.

27012 Hannah 1863.

27132 John and Mary 1872-1874, 1877.

27148 Onward 1887, 1888.

28403 Ebenezer 1863, 1864, 1866-1868, 1870-1874, 1876-1884, 1886-1890.

29225 Sarah Jane 1878-1880, 1882-1884, 1886-1892, 1894, 1896-1898, 1900-1903.

29630 Lancashire Lass 1867-1874, 1876-1884, 1886-1892.

36919 Vesta 1863, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1869-1874, 1876-1881.

42609 Neptune 1876, 1877.

42906 Weasel 1863, 1864, 1866.

43625 Countess of Carrick 1873, 1874, 1876, 1883, 1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1900.

44352 Bird 1869-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1898-1904, 1906-1909.

44353 Dora 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1897.

44354 Milton 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892-1894.

44355 Hind 1864-1868.

44357 Rival 1864.

44358 Alma 1867, 1869-1874, 1876-1881.

44359 Eclipse 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890.

44361 Hannah 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1887, 1880.

44362 Rush 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1880.

44363 Julia 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1878, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1897, 1899-1903.

44364 Sandfly 1864.

44365 Mersey 1866-1869.

44366 Elizabeth 1864, 1866-1872, 1897, 1898.

44367 Dirivest 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1882, 1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1894, 1897-1899.

44370 Rebecca 1864, 1866-1870.

44371 Emily May 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904.

44372 Richard 1864, 1866-1870, 1872-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890.

44373 William Henry 1871, 1879-1884.

44375 Charles Whiteway 1864, 1866-1870.

44379 Blossom 1887.

44624 Ethiopian 1889-1892, 1894.

45225 Little Reaper 1880-1884, 1886-1888, 1890, 1891.

49992 Annie 1867, 1868, 1897, 1898.

49993 Ernest 1867-1873, 1876-1881, 1883, 1884, 1886-1890, 1896-1901.

49994 Thomas 1867-1874, 1876-1881, 1883, 1884, 1886-1893.

49995 Fanny 1864, 1866-1874, 1876-1881, 1883, 1884, 1886-1892.

49997 Francis Mary 1866-1869.

49998 Rose Ann 1866, 1867.

49999 Swift 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886-1893, 1896-1904, 1906.

50000 Myra 1866-1874, 1876-1884, 1886, 1887.

50007 Six Sisters 1903.

51006 Susannah Kurtz 1873, 1877, 1880-1884, 1886, 1888-1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1899-1904, 1907-1910.

52912 Flora 1866-1874, 1876-1878, 1880-1883.

52913 Mary Foxley 1881, 1882, 1889-1894, 1899.

52914 Bertha 1866-1874, 1876-1878, 1880-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889-1894, 1897, 1898.

52916 Zoar 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1889-1894, 1897-1899, 1901.

52917 Annie Jane 1866-1874, 1876-1878, 1880-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889-1894.

52918 Blanche 1866-1868, 1870-1874, 1876-1878, 1880-1884, 1886-1891.

52923 Anne 1866-1871, 1873, 1874, 1876-1878, 1880-1882, 1884, 1886, 1887.

52924 Jane Sadler 1877, 1878, 1881, 1882, 1886, 1887, 1889-1894, 1897-1899, 1901.

52925 Frederick 1890, 1891.

53146 Guiding Star 1881-1884, 1886-1892, 1894-1901, 1903, 1904, 1906-1909, 1912, 1913.

54776 The Saint 1877, 1878, 1880-1882, 1884, 1886-1891, 1892, 1896.

55103 Iris 1894, 1896, 1897, 1899-1903.

56576 Harvest Home 1868-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1883.

56578 Jane 1868-1874.

56579 Martha 1868-1870, 1872, 1896.

56580 Sisters 1868-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1901.

56581 Eliza 1868-1874.

56582 Gertrude 1869-1874, 1876-1879, 1881, 1882, 1891, 1892.

56584 Mary Elizabeth 1907-1910.

56585 Joseph 1868-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1901-1904.

56587 Lizzie 1868-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1899.

56588 Lilly 1868-1871.

56589 Hilda 1868-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1884, 1886.

56591 Lafflack 1868-1871, 1877, 1878.

56592 Vine 1868, 1870-1874, 1884.

56593 Three Brothers 1868-1874, 1876-1879, 1881-1883.

56594 Energy 1870-1874, 1876-1879, 1881, 1883, 1889, 1891-1894, 1896-1899.

56595 Frances 1868.

59923 Anne 1883.

62003 Swallow 1868-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906, 1907, 1909-1912.

62006 Red Tail 1868-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906, 1907. 1909, 1911-1913.

62009 S.S. ALICE 1869-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879.

62010 Maude 1869-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906.

62011 S.S. Preston 1869-1872, 1874, 1876.

62012 Raven 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906, 1907, 1909-1913.

62013 Mary Capper 1869-1872.

62014 Freddy 1869-1871.

62015 Eliza 1869-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1889, 1892-1894, 1896, 1897.

62016 Pride 1871, 1872, 1874, 1887-1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910.

62017 William Bowdon 1869-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884.

62018 Speculator 1872.

62019 William Arthur 1870-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906, 1907.

62020 Bessie 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906, 1907, 1909.

62021 May 1870-1872, 1874.

62022 Harvest Queen 1870-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1908, 1910-1912.

62023 Mary 1870.

62024 Celestial 1870-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1900, 1902-1904.

62025 Fry 1870-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1898.

62026 Maria Lyon 1870-1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1898.

62028 Jessie 1870-1872.

62030 Minor 1871, 1872, 1874, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882.

62456 Chase 1883, 1884, 1886-1894.

65523 Constance Ellen 1888-1893.

67142 Marquis of Lorne 1871, 1872

67144 Lapwing 1871-1874, 1876-1881.

67145 Annie 1871, 1898.

67146 Emily Mary 1877-1879.

67149 Walter 1873, 1874, 1877.

67152 Eva 1873, 1874, 1876-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896.

67153 Ivy 1874, 1876.

67154 Anne 1874, 1876-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911, 1913.

67155 Jane 1876, 1877, 1892, 1893.

67156 Alice 1877, 1881.

67157 Janie 1876-1881, 1884.

67158 Hannah 1876-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904.

67159 Gertrude 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911, 1913.

67160 Emily Billington 1876-1881, 1884, 1886-1888, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911, 1913.

67161 Weaver Belle 1876-1881, 1884.

67162 Four Brothers 1877-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911, 1913.

67163 Bat 1877-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892, 1893.

67165 Florinda 1877-1880, 1884, 1886-1889.

67166 Lota 1878-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892, 1894, 1896-1898.

67167 Marten 1878-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1901, 1903, 1904, 1906-1911, 1913.

67168 Fanny 1878-1881, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911, 1913.

67169 Agnes 1879-1881, 1884, 1902-1904.

67170 Fiona 1879-1881, 1884.

67945 Janet and Margaret 1886-1889.

68623 Janet Worthington 1886-1894, 1896-1902.

78215 Sovereign 1888, 1889.

78859 Culzean Castle 1891, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898-1900, 1902, 1904, 1906-1913.

79366 Albion 1886, 1889, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896-1899, 1901-1903.

80281 Carrie 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1890-1892.

80282 Anne 1879-1884, 1886, 1887.

80283 Mayfly 1887, 1888, 1890-1894, 1896, 1897, 1899-1902, 1904, 1906-1910, 1912, 1913.

80286 Mary 1886.

80287 Gertrude 1883.

80289 Major 1887, 1891-1894.

80290 Harvest King 1879-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1894, 1896, 1897, 1899-1892, 1904, 1906-1910, 1912, 1913.

80291 James 1888, 1890, 1891.

80292 Thomas 1881, 1888.

80293 Truth Seeker 1879-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1894, 1896, 1897, 1899-1902, 1904, 1907-1910, 1912, 1913.

80294 Richard 1879, 1880, 1890-1892.

80295 Fanny 1879-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1893, 1897, 1899-1902, 1904, 1906-1910.

80296 Eva Lena 1879-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1894, 1897, 1899-1900.

80298 Snow Flake 1880-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1894, 1897, 1899-1902, 1904, 1906-1910, 1912, 1913.

80299 Edward Whitley 1880-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1894, 1897, 1899.

80411 Fay 1886-1888.

81393 Excelsior 1881-1883.

83501 Edith 1880-1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902-1904, 1908, 1909.

83502 Reginald 1881-1884, 1886-1890.

83503 Severn 1883, 1884, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1902-1904.

83504 Willie 1882-1884, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890.

83505 A. M. Brundritt 1882-1884.

83506 Fox 1883, 1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902-1904, 1907-1910.

83507 Gleaner 1883, 1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902-1904, 1907-1910, 1913.

83508 Sunbeam 1883, 1884, 1886-1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1902-1904, 1907-1910, 1913.

83509 Ada 1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900-1902, 1904.

83510 Emily 1884, 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902-1904, 1907-1910, 1913.

83511 Alert 1886, 1887, 1889-1893.

83513 Evening Star 1886, 1887.

83514 Guiding Star 1886, 1887, 1896-1898.

83515 Confidence 1886-1894.

83516 Despatch 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900-1904, 1907-1910, 1912, 1913.

83517 Edward 1886-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1907-1910, 1912, 1913.

83518 Percy 1887-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902-1904, 1910.

83519 Thistle 1888-1894, 1896-1898, 1908-1910.

83520 Irene 1889-1894, 1896-1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1907-1910.

97222 Penmon 1890-1892.

97223 Flagstaff 1890-1894.

97224 Nautilus 1890-1892.

97225 Rose 1890-1894.

97226 John 1890-1894, 1897.

97227 Cecil 1890-1894, 1897-1902, 1904, 1906-1908, 1910-1913.

97228 George 1892-1894.

97229 Florence 1892-1894, 1897-1902, 1904, 1906-1908, 1910-1913.

97230 Cairo 1893, 1894, 1897-1902, 1904, 1906-1908, 1910-1913.

102361 Arthur 1893, 1894, 1896-1903, 1904, 1906-1911.

102362 Eva 1893, 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1912.

102363 Comet 1893, 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911.

102364 Supply 1893, 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911.

102365 Annie 1893, 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911.

102366 Tar 1893, 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911.

102367 Progress 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911.

102368 Taffy 1894, 1896-1904, 1906-1911.

102369 Marion 1896-1898.

102370 Sarah 1899-1904, 1906-1911.

106890 Cicely 1908-1910.

108361 John 1898-1901, 1904, 1911-1913.

108632 Isabel 1900, 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1909-1913.

108634 Liberator 1907, 1909-1913.

108635 Emulator 1907, 1909-1913.

108636 Gladiator 1907, 1909-1913.

108639 Aviator 1911-1913.

Appendix

List of Deaths at Sea

NS14/160 67162 Four Brothers Joseph Anderson

NS14/160 67162 Four Brothers John Anderson

NS15/2 891 Dolores Walter Pendlebury

NS15/67 44371 Emily Mary Thomas Price

NS15/160 67170 Fiona Robert Waterworth

NS16/38 36919 Vesta James Donelly

NS16/100 67161 Weaver Belle Joseph Morris

NS17/47 44361 Hannah John Warren

NS17/55 44373 William Henry Joseph Webster

NS17/119 62022 Harvest Queen Olaf Dahl (Sweden)

NS18/84 54776 The Saint Samuel Mitchell

NS19/1 1464 George & Sarah John James Garnett

NS20/5 6030 Dido John Pritchard

NS20/25 19818 Princess Royal Matthew Wilson

NS20/65 49994 Thomas John Williamson

NS20/96 56587 Lizzie Matthew John Crummie (age 12

NS21/66 52917 Annie Jane John Deans

NS21/141 80296 Eva Lena Arthur Hardley

NS22/7 16415 John & Anne Henry Carrington

NS22/7 16415 John & Anne W. Hesketh

NS22/7 16415 John & Anne Alfred Palmer

NS22/57 50000 Myra William Dutton

NS22/94 62022 Harvest Queen Peter McQueen

NS22/166 83510 Emily George Lewis Davies

NS23/118 80299 Edmund Whitley Patrick Stokes

NS23/130 83507 Gleaner C.P.Lindberg (Sweden)

NS24/8 24117 Duke Thomas A. Doyle

NS24/53 52916 Zoar James Robinson

NS24/111 67166 Lota George Betteley

NS24/112 67167 Marten John Bushell

NS24/117 67945 Janets & Margret H. Kallkofert

NS25/24 44359 Eclipse Thomas Brown

NS25/24 44359 Eclipse William Bullard

NS25/24 44359 Eclipse John Ernest Khoop

NS26/43 52918 Blanche John Owen (sen.)

NS26/43 52918 Blanche John Owen (jnr.)

NS26/43 52918 Blanche Joseph Paisley

NS26/43 52918 Blanche William Jones

NS26/104 83515 Confidence George White

NS27/63 62006 Red Tail Hans Prunus Hansen (Dane)

NS27/135 83506 Fox Charles Roberts

NS27/136 83506 Fox George Urquhart

NS27/148 83511 Alert John Walsh

NS28/98 67162 Four Brothers William Elliott

NS28/135 83508 Sunbeam James Davies

NS29/106 80290 Harvest King Thomas Stevens

NS29/113 80298 Snowflake Tom Taylor

NS29/142 97225 Rose Robert Abrams

NS29/142 97225 Rose Abraham Jones

NS30/72 67152 Eva Hugh Larmour

NS30/72 67152 Eva Edward Lambert

NS30/72 67152 Eva John Larmour

NS31/8 16409 Lydia Thomas Jones

NS31/96 67168 Fanny Simon Pryor

NS32/3 8159 Julia John Abrams

NS32/61 62025 Fry James Walker

NS32/61 62025 Fry Robert Fergusson

NS35/79 97229 Florence Ralph Atherton

NS36/96 97227 Cecil Isaac Schofield

NS38/14 44371 Emily Mary Alfred Heath

NS38/14 44371 Emily Mary D. Doyle

NS38/14 44371 Emily Mary Harry Murphy

NS38/14 44371 Emily Mary Unknown

NS38/56 67169 Agnes Alfred Williamson

NS38/91 83518 Percy Thomas Wilson

NS38/91 83518 Percy Alfred Wood

NS40/16 62006 Red Tail John Alden

NS40/32 67160 Emily Millington Robert Edward Godfrey

NS41/8 53146 Guiding Star John Cleator

NS41/40 83507 Gleaner Ernest Janion

NS45/4 62003 Swallow George Wilson

NS45/14 62022 Harvest Queen Hans Hansen

NS45/14 62022 Harvest Queen J. Fisher

NS45/14 62022 Harvest Queen Percy Saunders

NS45/14 62022 Harvest Queen N. Sharpe

NS45/14 62022 Harvest Queen Y. Wichers

NS45/27 83516 Despatch William Tabley

• <corpname>General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872</corpname>
• <corpname>Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992</corpname>

Acc.1759, 2682

NS23/42b and NS24/66b were transferred from Cornwall County Record Office in December 1979, and NS23/98b,c were transferred from Portsmouth City Record Office in October 1984.