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Ship: Biafra; Official number: 96295. Ch W Williams; rank/rating, Master; year of...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/1717/17

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This record is about the Ship: Biafra; Official number: 96295. Ch W Williams; rank/rating, Master; year of... dating from 1891 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 99/1717/17
Date
1891
Description

Ship: Biafra; Official number: 96295. Ch W Williams; rank/rating, Master; year of birth, 1855; place of birth, Kent; previous ship, same. W B Macaulay; rank/rating, Quartermaster; year of birth, 1849; place of birth, Lagos; previous ship, same. J W Campbell; rank/rating, Quartermaster; year of birth, 1853; place of birth, Sierra Leone; previous ship, same. Augustus Clarke; rank/rating, Carpenter; year of birth, 1857; place of birth, Sierra Leone; previous ship, same. D Tala; rank/rating, Cooper; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Accra; previous ship, same. Jack Wiseman; rank/rating, Assistant Engineer; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Bottle Beer; rank/rating, Winchman; year of birth, 1863; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Jasper; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1859; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Jackson; rank/rating, Winchman; year of birth, 1858; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Boatswain; rank/rating, Head Krooman; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Brasspan; rank/rating, 2nd Headman; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Big Joe; rank/rating, Wheelboy; year of birth, 1861; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Joe; rank/rating, Wheelboy; year of birth, 1863; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Moses; rank/rating, Lamptrimmer; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Bag Of Rice 1; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1869; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Two Glass; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1870; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Davies; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Johnson; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1859; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Peter; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1862; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Samson; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1858; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Sam; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1859; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Bestman; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. William; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1863; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Plough; rank/rating, Assistant Steward; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Punch; rank/rating, Pantryman; year of birth, 1869; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Bag Of Rice 2; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1876; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Tom; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1878; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Saturday; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1879; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Brasspan; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1872; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Cocoa; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1875; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Poor Fellow; rank/rating, Krooboy; year of birth, 1870; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Bestman 2; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1859; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Tom Jackson; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1860; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Too Good; rank/rating, Trimmer; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Tom; rank/rating, Trimmer; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. Barriga; rank/rating, Washerman; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, L'popo; previous ship, same. J D Bickersteth; rank/rating, Cook Mate; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Lagos; previous ship, same. Nimbly; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Sass Town; previous ship, same. Moses Thomas; rank/rating, Fireman; year of birth, 1845; place of birth, S'a Leone; previous ship, Kingmoor of Newcastle. John; rank/rating, Krooman; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, Cape Palmas; previous ship, same. D A Branche; rank/rating, Clerk; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, S Leone; previous ship, Biafra.

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Language
English
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