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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Extracted Logs: Ships Name Polly & Emily, Official Number 68206, Dates of Voyage...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/997
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This record is about the Extracted Logs: Ships Name Polly & Emily, Official Number 68206, Dates of Voyage... dating from 1915 in the series Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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BT 165/997
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Date (When the record was created)
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1915
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted Logs:
Ships Name Polly & Emily, Official Number 68206, Dates of Voyage 14 July 1915 - 11 December 1915.
Ships Name G C Gradwell, Official Number 68219, Dates of Voyage 16 August 1915 - 21 December 1915.
Ships Name Lochee, Official Number 68273, Dates of Voyage 21 June 1915 - 16 July 1915.
Ships Name Eldra, Official Number 68331, Dates of Voyages 5 June 1915 - 19 July 1915 and 31 July 1915 - 6 November 1915.
Ships Name Terrier, Official Number 68410, Dates of Voyage 27 August 1915 - 18 September 1915.
Ships Name Faraday, Official Number 68535, Dates of Voyage 16 July 1915 - 21 December 1915.
Ships Name Trevellas, Official Number 68864, Dates of Voyage 1 January 1915 - 30 June 1915.
Ships Name John, Official Number 68914, Dates of Voyages 20 July 1914 - 22 March 1915 and 16 June 1915 - 30 November 1915.
Ships Name Peninsula, Official Number 68961, Dates of Voyages 6 January 1915 - 8 February 1915, 20 February 1915 - 21 March 1915, 30 March 1915 - 29 April 1915, 8 May 1915 - 2 June 1915, 19 June 1915 - 15 July 1915, 18 August 1915 - 13 September 1915, 24 September 1915 - 25 October 1915 and 6 November 1915 - 7 December 1915.
Ships Name Britannia, Official Number 68962, Dates of Voyage 28 June 1915 - 11 July 1915.
Ships Name Universal, Official Number 68968, 22 March 1915 - 12 July 1915.
Ships Name City of Liverpool, Official Number 69262, Dates of Voyage 7 January 1915 - 30 June 1915.
Ships Name Clevedon, Official Number 69328, 19 May 1915 - 9 October 1915.
Ships Name William Martyn, Official Number 69455 Dates of Voyage 8 July 1915 - 31 December 1915.
Ships Name Perseverance, Official Number 69843, Dates of Voyae 21 September 1915 - 10 November 1915.
Ships Name Undine, Official Number 69850, Dates of Voyage 9 December 1915 - 18 December 1915.
Ships Name Mountblairy, Official Number 69891, Dates of Voyage 10 June 1915 - 8 July 1915.
Ships Name Cimbri, Official Number 69916, Dates of Voyage 1 July 1915 - 26 July 1915.
Ships Name Constance Mary, Official Number 70175, Dates of Voyage 3 July 1915 - 31 December 1915.
Ships Name Plover, Official Number 70720, Dates of Voyages 1 January 1915 - 18 April 1915 and 22 April 1915 - 1 July 1915.
Ships Name Dunara Castle, Official Number 70319, Dates of Voyage 19 July 1915 - 31 December 1915.
Ships Name Willie, Official Number 71438, Dates of Voyage 2 October 1915 - 31 October 1915.
Ships Name Sardinian, Official Number 71695, Dates of Voyages 7 December 1914 - 11 January 1915, 16 January 1915 - 28 February 1915, 6 March 1915 - 16 April 1915, 27 April 1915 - 24 May 1915, 31 May 1915 - 3 July 1915, 9 July 1915 - 12 August 1915, 17 August 1915 - 17 September 1915, 25 September 1915 - 28 October 1915 and 4 November 1915 - 11 December 1915.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1732856/
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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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