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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name British Viscount Official Number 95548 Dates of Voyage...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1763
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BT 165/1763
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Date (When the record was created)
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1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted Logs:
Ship's Name British Viscount Official Number 95548 Dates of Voyage 09 October 1917 - 18 January 1918.
Ship's Name Polwell Official Number 95663 Dates of Voyage 14 August 1917 - 17 January 1918.
Ship's Name Helga Official Number 95768 Dates of Voyages 28 April 1918 - 26 July 1918 and 01 August 1918 - 28 October 1918.
Ship's Name Wells City Official Number 95769 Dates of Voyages 06 March 1918 - 15 May 1918 and 06 June 1918 - 10 August 1918.
Ship's Name Torfrida Official Number 95783 Dates of Voyages 09 January 1918 - 18 February 1918 and 09 March 1918 - 22 May 1918.
Ship's Name Douro Official Number 95796 Dates of Voyage 11 August 1918 - 16 October 1918.
Ship's Name Volo Official Number 95844 Dates of Voyage 11 December 1917 - 17 December 1918.
Ship's Name Khodoung Official Number 95937 Dates of Voyage 18 January 1916 - 12 December 1918.
Ship's Name Union Official Number 95938 Dates of Voyage 26 January 1916 - 09 December 1918.
Ship's Name Elginshire Official Number 96069 Dates of Voyage 11 August 1916 - 02 July 1918.
Ship's Name Boma Official Number 96090 Dates of Voyage 02 June 1917 - 30 May 1918.
Ship's Name Circassian Prince Official Number 96137 Dates of Voyage 31 December 1917 - 01 July 1918,
Ship's Name Rion Official Number 96150 Dates of Voyages 22 January 1916 - 13 May 1918 and 10 July 1918 11 December 1918.
Ship's Name Kura Official Number 96153 Dates of Voyages12 June 1916 - 18 May 1918 and 18 May 1918 - 07 December 1918.
Ship's Name Notts Official Number 96249 Dates of Voyage 01 January 1918 - 20 July 1918 and 25 July 1918 - 31 December 1918.
Ship's Name Juliston Official Number 96294 Dates of Voyages 26 July 1917 - 31 January 1918 and 06 February 1918 - 05 August 1918.
Ship's Name Thorpe Grange Official Number 96302 Dates of Voyages 05 October 1917 - 17 February 1918, 05 March 1918 - 13 July 1918 and 27 July 1918 - 28 October 1918.
Ship's Name Lumen Official Number 96305 Dates of Voyage 14 January 1916 - 13 November 1918.
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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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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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