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Ship: Opal; Official number: 102659. Donald Martin; rank/rating, Master; age, 49;...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/3103/28

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This record is about the Ship: Opal; Official number: 102659. Donald Martin; rank/rating, Master; age, 49;... 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
BT 99/3103/28
Date
1915
Description

Ship: Opal; Official number: 102659.

Donald Martin; rank/rating, Master; age, 49; place of birth, Argyle; previous ship, Opal.

D McLean; rank/rating, Mate; age, 39; place of birth, Argyle; previous ship, Opal.

Donald Martin; rank/rating, Boatswain; age, 55; place of birth, Argyle; previous ship, Opal.

Neil Sinclair; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 37; place of birth, Argyle; previous ship, Opal.

Anthony Foulkes; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 19; place of birth, Cheshire; previous ship, Opal.

Alexander Fraser; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 40; place of birth, Arran; previous ship, Opal.

Archie Nicolson; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 19; place of birth, Skye; previous ship, Opal.

Hugh Hannah; rank/rating, Engineer; age, 44; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, Opal.

F McGuire; rank/rating, 2nd Engineer; age, 27; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Opal.

Harold Barnes; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 27; place of birth, Workington; previous ship, Opal.

John Todd; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 27; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Opal.

Joe McGuire; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 27; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Opal.

William Formbie; rank/rating, Steward; age, 40; place of birth, Southampton; previous ship, Opal.

Joseph Galbraith; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 20; place of birth, Barra; previous ship, Peveril.

Michael Macdonald; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 30; place of birth, Barra; previous ship, Peveril.

Archie Nicolson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 20; place of birth, Skye; previous ship, Opal.

Daniel Darragh; rank/rating, Mate; age, 26; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Jargoon.

William Duffy; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 29; place of birth, Donegal; previous ship, Glenarm.

John Green; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 32; place of birth, Derry; previous ship, Olympic.

James Todd; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 22; place of birth, Antrim; previous ship, Cornelian.

John Harvey; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 21; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Pearl of Glasgow.

Michael McDonald; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 29; place of birth, Barra; previous ship, Opal of Glasgow.

William Chesney; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 37; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Coral.

Joseph Galbraith; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 20; place of birth, Barra; previous ship, Opal of Glasgow.

John McCartney; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 43; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Duchess of Argyll.

Sam Robinson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 32; place of birth, Co Down; previous ship, Hamilton.

William Betts; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 27; place of birth, Co Down; previous ship, Skullmartin.

Willie Given; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 37; place of birth, Ayr; previous ship, first ship.

Alexander McKeegan; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 56; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Sapphire.

John Campbell; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 20; place of birth, Argyle; previous ship, first ship.

Neil Campbell; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 34; place of birth, Barra; previous ship, Bronzite.

James Murray; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 26; place of birth, Co Antrim; previous ship, Hurlford.

William Duffy; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 29; place of birth, Donegal; previous ship, Onya.

James Duffy; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 35; place of birth, Boston; previous ship, Transalva.

Gordon Cummings; rank/rating, Gunner; age, 29; place of birth, York; previous ship, Pembroke, Hms.

George Hewitt; rank/rating, Gunner; age, 20; place of birth, Newfoundland; previous ship, Pembroke, Hms.

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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II

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