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Ship: Alpha; Official number: 78559. Edmund Fletcher; rank/rating, master; year...
Catalogue reference: BT 99/3090/18
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This record is about the Ship: Alpha; Official number: 78559. Edmund Fletcher; rank/rating, master; year... dating from 1915 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 99/3090/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ship: Alpha; Official number: 78559.
Edmund Fletcher; rank/rating, master; year of birth, 1848; place of birth, Sydney; last ship, same ship.
William Blake; rank/rating, mate; year of birth, 1855; place of birth, Topshaw; last ship, same ship.
John Caswell; rank/rating, able seaman; year of birth, 1851; place of birth, Highbridge; last ship, same ship.
William Winter; rank/rating, engineer; year of birth, 1855; place of birth, Burnham; last ship, same ship.
George Tout; rank/rating, fireman; year of birth, 1888; place of birth, Highbridge; last ship, same ship.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Shipping
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10700717/
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BT 99
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II
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