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Ship: Ophir; Official number: 98673. J F Ruthven; rank/rating, Master; age, 65; place...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/3099/14A

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This record is about the Ship: Ophir; Official number: 98673. J F Ruthven; rank/rating, Master; age, 65; place... 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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BT 99/3099/14A
Date
1915
Description

Ship: Ophir; Official number: 98673.

J F Ruthven; rank/rating, Master; age, 65; place of birth, Wickland; previous ship, Orvieto.

G S Simons; rank/rating, Mate; age, 35; place of birth, Hornsey; previous ship, Orantes.

O Williams; rank/rating, Mate; age, 29; place of birth, Anglesea; previous ship, Omran.

A W S Reeve; rank/rating, Mate; age, 27; place of birth, Brancaster; previous ship, Orantes.

C J ?; rank/rating, Mate; age, 39; place of birth, London; previous ship, Orantes.

B H Howard Tripp; rank/rating, Surgeon; age, 39; place of birth, Tiverton; previous ship, first.

J Murphy; rank/rating, Marconi Operator; age, 22; place of birth, Cork; previous ship, Montaro.

W W Esson; rank/rating, 1st Purser; age, 23; place of birth, Aberdeen; previous ship, Norseman.

J Sutton; rank/rating, Carpenter; age, 43; place of birth, Ramsgate; previous ship, Eagle Point.

F B Taylor; rank/rating, Carpenters Mate; age, 25; place of birth, Gravesend; previous ship, first.

W Biller; rank/rating, Boatswain; age, 59; place of birth, Lewisham; previous ship, same.

P McMahon; rank/rating, Boatswains Mate; age, 40; place of birth, County Clare; previous ship, Omrah.

J Harris; rank/rating, Boatswains Mate; age, 54; place of birth, Maldon; previous ship, Otranto.

D Hughes; rank/rating, Quartermaster; age, 21; place of birth, Holyhead; previous ship, Patuca.

H J McMullen; rank/rating, Quartermaster; age, 32; place of birth, Aldershot; previous ship, Grantully Castle.

E A Deare; rank/rating, Quartermaster; age, 22; place of birth, Gravesend; previous ship, Minnehaha.

G L Hale; rank/rating, Quartermaster; age, 35; place of birth, Pietermaritzburg; previous ship, Orama.

J Forbes; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 42; place of birth, Gravesend; previous ship, Orantes.

R Humphreys; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 49; place of birth, Birkenhead; previous ship, Otranto.

C Rickard; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 24; place of birth, Dublin; previous ship, Highland Brae.

Richard Armstrong; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 18; place of birth, Chelsea; previous ship, Orontes.

A Tillman; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 19; place of birth, Gravesend; previous ship, Minnewaska.

J Low; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 47; place of birth, Banff; previous ship, Renfield.

A Hoile; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 28; place of birth, Walmer; previous ship, Iroquois.

A McCourt; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 22; place of birth, Belfast; previous ship, San Lorenzo.

A Saxon; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 27; place of birth, Fremantle; previous ship, Electra.

W Thomas; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 31; place of birth, London; previous ship, Danubian.

K Spereal; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 34; place of birth, Bristol; previous ship, Roumanian.

Michael Ryan; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 53; place of birth, London; previous ship, Carpathian.

Thomas Travis; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 40; place of birth, Belfast; previous ship, Calliope.

J Frampton; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 31; place of birth, Ryde; previous ship, Oceana.

D Woolans; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 25; place of birth, Sydney; previous ship, Stamfordham.

M Shea; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 44; place of birth, Carmgaholt; previous ship, Mooltan.

M Gregg; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 49; place of birth, Cambridge; previous ship, Minnewaska.

Thomas Cove; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 42; place of birth, London; previous ship, Luz Bianca.

G Smith; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 49; place of birth, Queenstown; previous ship, Maine.

R De La Mare; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 40; place of birth, Guernsey; previous ship, Anglian.

M Hickey; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 50; place of birth, London; previous ship, Colonia.

F R Brenton; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 57; place of birth, Truro; previous ship, Montfort.

T E Dine; rank/rating, Seaman; age, 27; place of birth, Brightlingsea; previous ship, Gladys.

?; rank/rating, Seaman; age, 20; place of birth, Veile Denmark; previous ship, Goldbell.

L Lambken; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 29; place of birth, Christiana; previous ship, Iverna.

E Westlake; rank/rating, Sailor; age, 17; place of birth, London; previous ship, Savona.

J Rich; rank/rating, Sailor; age, 22; place of birth, Walmer; previous ship, Otranta.

J Morse; rank/rating, Sailor; age, 16; place of birth, Windsor; previous ship, Drake.

E Mason; rank/rating, Deck Boy; age, 15; place of birth, London; previous ship, Otway.

C Nash; rank/rating, Deck Boy; age, 14; place of birth, Grays; previous ship, first.

D Bearham; rank/rating, Deck Boy; age, 17; place of birth, Tilbury; previous ship, first.

R Cook; rank/rating, Deck Boy; age, 17; place of birth, London; previous ship, first.

G L Hankey; rank/rating, Master at Arms; age, 43; place of birth, Chertsey; previous ship, Otranto.

?; rank/rating, Purser; age, 23; place of birth, Acton; previous ship, Otway.

J S Greaves; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 38; place of birth, Orange; previous ship, Luzco.

S W Eager; rank/rating, Deckhand; age, 26; place of birth, USA; previous ship, first.

H Cooper; rank/rating, Deckhand; age, 30; place of birth, USA; previous ship, first.

J Ashton; rank/rating, Joiner; age, 29; place of birth, Manchester; previous ship, first.

George E Ladd; rank/rating, Trimmer; age, 23; place of birth, London; previous ship, first.

William Thomas Jones; rank/rating, Trimmer; age, 27; place of birth, London; previous ship, Wilshire.

J Byron; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 32; place of birth, London; previous ship, Oranian.

W Sinclair; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 40; place of birth, Crimond Aberdeen; previous ship, Otranto.

W Johnston; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 33; place of birth, Arbroath; previous ship, Otway.

L C Marshall; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 39; place of birth, Omagh; previous ship, Orantes.

A Neill; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 30; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, Ormuz.

William Martin; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 26; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, Orantes.

W L Mackie; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 26; place of birth, Fraserburgh; previous ship, Orama.

A S Esson; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 25; place of birth, Aberdeen; previous ship, Trevessa.

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