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Extracted Ships' Logs: Ships name City of Calcutta Official Number 115759 Date of...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/246
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BT 165/246
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Date (When the record was created)
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1906
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted Ships' Logs:
Ships name City of Calcutta Official Number 115759 Date of Voyage 18 January 1906 - 16 April 1906 and 26 September 1905 - 8 January 1906.
Ships name Slavonia Official Number 115761 Date of Voyage 17 March 1904 - 9 February 1906.
Ships name Clan Forbes Official Number 115762 Date of Voyage 20 July 1906 - 18 December 1906.
Ships name Clan Macneil Official Number 115770 Date of Voyage 5 June 1906 - 19 October 1906.
Ships name Palermo Official Number 115774 Date of Voyage 2 September 1905 - 10 February 1906.
Ships name Katharine Park Official Number 115780 Date of Voyage 14 September 1904 - 20 July 1906.
Ships name Clan Mcleod Official Number 115783 Date of Voyage 27 January 1906 - 1 June 1906.
Ships name Jumna Official Number 115798 Date of Voyage 2 December 1905 - 25 April 1906.
Ships name Mewark Castle Official Number 115806 Date of Voyage 24 November 1905 - 12 March 1906.
Ships name Colonia Official Number 115810 Date of Voyage 4 August 1906 - 5 September 1906.
Ships name Eclipse Official Number 115842 Date of Voyage 10 April 1905 - 28 May 1906.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Navy
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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Within the series: BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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