Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal...
Catalogue reference: BT 390
What's it about?
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
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 390
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Title (The name of the record)
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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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries for this series have been enhanced as part of a project supported by volunteers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- T124X and T124T pouches
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 236 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2003 Registry of Shipping and Seamen
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Navy
- Merchant seaman
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- These records were compiled at the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Much of the information would have come from the Royal Navy.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1939-1946
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are anticipated.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- 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).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15951/
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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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