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Ship: Shildon; Official number: 72655. J Purkes; rank/rating, Master; age, 59; place...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/1694/36

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This record is about the Ship: Shildon; Official number: 72655. J Purkes; rank/rating, Master; age, 59; place... 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 99/1694/36
Date
1891 Jan 1 - 1891 Dec 31
Description

Ship: Shildon; Official number: 72655.

J Purkes; rank/rating, Master; age, 59; place of birth, Robin Hood Bay; previous ship, same ship.

Frederick Wells; rank/rating, Mate; age, 53; place of birth, London; previous ship, same ship.

John Christie; rank/rating, 2nd Mate; age, 44; place of birth, Dundee; previous ship, same ship.

William Elliott; rank/rating, Steward; age, 39; place of birth, Chester; previous ship, same ship.

Richard Rolfe; rank/rating, Cook and Engineers's Steward; age, 35; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, same ship.

John Smart; rank/rating, Lamptrimmer; age, 29; place of birth, Tayport; previous ship, same ship.

John Wood; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 50; place of birth, Sussex; previous ship, same ship.

Robert Kay; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 30; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, same ship.

John Erickson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 42; place of birth, Sweden; previous ship, same ship.

Robert Walton; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 41; place of birth, North Shields; previous ship, Cyrus.

Johann Duchow; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 52; place of birth, Stettin; previous ship, Scotsman.

Joseph Coyne; rank/rating, 1st Engineer; age, 59; place of birth, Newcastle; previous ship, same ship.

C F Wake; rank/rating, 2nd Engineer; age, 27; place of birth, East Hartlepool; previous ship, same ship.

Arthur W Robertson; rank/rating, 3rd Engineer; age, 24; place of birth, Stockton; previous ship, same ship.

William Skirving; rank/rating, Donkeyman; age, 31; place of birth, West Hartlepool; previous ship, same ship.

M W Charlton; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 27; place of birth, South Shields; previous ship, same ship.

Robert Marshall; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 25; place of birth, South Shields; previous ship, same ship.

John Brown; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 25; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, same ship.

William Mckenzie; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 26; place of birth, Lanarkshire; previous ship, same ship.

Henry Coyne; rank/rating, Engineer's Steward; age, 17; place of birth, Bristol; previous ship, same ship.

George Thompson; rank/rating, 3 Engineer; year of birth, 1861; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Devonshire of Sunderland.

George Dunn; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1856; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Dodona of Scarbro.

William Lamb; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1862; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Chelsea of Lond.

Thomas Coyle; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Coventry of West Hartlepool.

Frederick Theeys; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1862; place of birth, E Hartlepool; previous ship, Merida of Lond.

Charles Gill; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1855; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Eastern Star of West Hartlepool.

Hugh Moorhead; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1850; place of birth, Newcastle; previous ship, Royal Dane of Newcastle.

William Ward; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1858; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Horsley of West Hartlepool.

Joseph Stafford; rank/rating, Able Seaman Np; year of birth, 1847; place of birth, Sunderland; previous ship, Galveston of Sunderland.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Record URL
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II

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