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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal...

Catalogue reference: BT 390

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BT 390

This series contains records of Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal Navy Ships. The T124X records detail the sea service of merchant seamen who served on Royal Navy ships (or Royal Navy auxiliary vessels). The T124T records detail the sea service...

Full description and record details

Reference

BT 390

Title

Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal Navy Ships

Date

1939-1946

Description

This series contains records of Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal Navy Ships.

  • The T124X records detail the sea service of merchant seamen who served on Royal Navy ships (or Royal Navy auxiliary vessels).
  • The T124T records detail the sea service of merchant seamen who served on tugs.

Information is contained in pouches and includes personal details such as name, age, rank, rating/grade and qualifications, together with details of the vessels on which the individual served.

Note

Catalogue entries for this series have been enhanced as part of a project supported by volunteers.

Arrangement

The pouches are arranged in three sequences:

  • British seamen who served under the T124X agreement;
  • British seamen who served under the T124T agreement;
  • Non-British seamen who served under the T124X agreement. (These were originally described as 'Asian seamen' but that is misleading. Most of these men were not born in Asia; many were Egyptian.)

Each sequence is in alphabetical order by the seaman's last name.

Related material

Fifth Register of Seaman's Service is in: BT 382

Crew agreements and log books are in: BT 380

Seamen's records ('pouches') are in: BT 372

Crew agreements and log books for requisitioned or chartered Allied foreign ships are in: BT 387

Coast trade crew agreements and log books are in: BT 381

Special Operations Records, merchant seamen, are in: BT 391

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

T124X and T124T pouches

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
Physical description

236 bundle(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Immediate source of acquisition

In 2003 Registry of Shipping and Seamen

Subjects
Topics
Navy
Merchant seaman
Custodial history

These records were compiled at the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Much of the information would have come from the Royal Navy.

Accumulation dates

1939-1946

Accruals

No further accruals are anticipated.

Selection and destruction information

These records have been selected on the basis that they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside of its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's acquisition policy).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15951/

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: BT

Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies

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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal Navy Ships

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