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Extracted logs: Ship's name Persiana Official Number 115139 Date of Voyage 16 May...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/571
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BT 165/571
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Date (When the record was created)
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1912
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted logs:
Ship's name Persiana Official Number 115139 Date of Voyage 16 May 1911 - 11 April 1912.
Ship's name Troutpool Official Number 115158 Date of Voyage 20 January 1912 - 23 May 1912.
Ship's name Clifton Official Number 115165 Date of Voyage 11 August 1911 - 8 April 1912 .
Ship's name Thurland Castle Official Number 115216 Date of Voyage 2 May 1912 - 6 December 1912.
Ship's name Corby Official Number 115220 Date of Voyage 4 January 1912 - 6 May 1912.
Ship's name Campanello Official Number 115224 Date of Voyage 10 February 1912 - 14 March 1912.
Ship's name Athenic Official Number 115239 Date of Voyage 15 September 1911 - 11 January 1912 and 3 February 1912 - 2 June 1912 and 19 July 1912 - 1 November 1912 (3 separate logs).
Ship's name Foxton Hall Official Number 115241 Date of Voyage 2 June 1912 - 13 December 1912.
Ship's name Hypatia Official Number 115246 Date of Voyage 16 September 1911 - 29 January 1912.
Ship's name Lake Michigan Official Number 115252 Date of Voyage 2 May 1912 - 13 June 1912.
Ship's name Melville Official Number 115255 Date of Voyage 11 October 1910 - 29 January 1912.
Ship's name Merion Official Number 115257 Date of Voyage 1 May 1012 - 30 May 1912 and 5 June 1912 - 4 July 1912 and 10 July 1912 - 8 August 1912 (3 separate logs).
Ship's name Royal Official Number 115259 Date of Voyage 12 April 1912 - 20 July 1912.
Ship's name Akabo Official Number 115268 Date of Voyage 6 March 1912 - 6 May 1912.
Ship's name Panama Official Number 115276 Date of Voyage 21 September 1911 - 27 August 1912.
Ship's name Telemachus Official Number 115277 Date of Voyage 6 January 1912 - 2 June 1912 and 22 June 1912 - 31 October 1912.
Ship's name Mexico Official Number 115278 Date of Voyage 4 October 1911 - 29 September 1912.
Ship's name Hyacinthus Official Number 115279 Date of Voyage 14 October 1911 - 17 October 1912.
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Americas
- Merchant seaman
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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