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Extracted Logs: Ships name City of Calcutta Official Number 115759 Date of Voyage...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/197
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BT 165/197
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Date (When the record was created)
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1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted Logs:
Ships name City of Calcutta Official Number 115759 Date of Voyage 9 November 1904 - 14 February 1905 & 23 February 1905 - 29 May 1905.
Ships name Clan Forbes Official Number 115762 Date of Voyage 10 May 1905 - 7 October 1905.
Ships name Clan Macneil Official Number 115770 Date of Voyage 10 November 1904 - 7 May 1905.
Ships name Clan Macintyre Official Number 115775 Date of Voyage 1 September 1904 - 27 January 1905.
Ships name Osceala Official Number 115778 Date of Voyage 31 July 1903 - 8 June 1905.
Ships name Irrawaddy Official Number 115787 Date of Voyage 3 April 1905 - 1 July 1905.
Ships name Ranza Official Number 115797 Date of Voyage 4 July 1904 - 23 January 1905.
Ships name Jumna Official Number 115798 Date of Voyage 4 September 1903 - 26 July 1905 & 2 August 1905 - 8 November 1905.
Ships name Hardarch Official Number 115799 Date of Voyage 27 October 1904 - 19 October 1905.
Ships name Coloma Official Number 115810 Date of Voyage 4 August 1905 - 9 October 1905.
Ships name Ascot Official Number 115818 Date of Voyage 12 May 1902 - 3 August 1905.
Ships name Eclipse Official Number 115842 Date of Voyage 10 December 1905 - 18 February 1905.
Ships name Sicilian Prince Official Number 115845 Date of Voyage 28 October 1904 - 2 September 1905.
Ships name Statia Official Number 115847 Date of Voyage 29 June 1905 - 25 September 1905.
Ships name Fenchurch Official Number 115855 Date of Voyage 25 April 1905 - September 1905.
Ships name Suffock Official Number 115859 Date of Voyage 27 April 1905 - 27 December 1905 & 23 September 1904 - 13 April 1905.
Ships name Monmouthshire Official Number 115893 Date of Voyage 5 April 1905 - 10 October 1905.
Ships name Ovid Official Number 115901 Date of Voyage 26 May 1905 - 7 October 1905 & 28 September 1903 - 19 May 1905.
Ships name Commonwealth Official Number 115903 Date of Voyage 5 May 1905 - 11 September 1905.
Ships name Nyasaland Official Number 115922 Date of Voyage 13 November 1902 - 22 November 1905 & 1 November 1904 - 22 November 1905.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Merchant seaman
- Africa
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Record URL
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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