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Empress of Ireland. Official No: 123972
Catalogue reference: BT 100/338
What’s it about?
This record is about the Empress of Ireland. Official No: 123972 dating from 1914 in the series Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 100/338
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Empress of Ireland. Official No: 123972
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Shipping
- Ireland
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1699517/
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Series information
BT 100
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series III
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,676,785 records
Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
6,447 records
Within the series: BT 100
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series III
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Empress of Ireland. Official No: 123972
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