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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Eskasoni Official Number 112672 Dates of Voyages 30 November...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1793
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 165/1793
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted Logs:
Ship's Name Eskasoni Official Number 112672 Dates of Voyages 30 November 1917 - 29 March 1918 and 9 April 1918 - 15 May 1918.
Ship's Name Port Hacking Official Number 112681 Dates of Voyage 13 September 1917 - 19 October 1918.
Ship's Name Sussex Official Number 112686 Dates of Voyages 24 September 1917 - 20 May 1918 and 16 July 1918 - 20 January 1919.
Ship's Name Inchmoor Official Number 112697 Dates of Voyages 3 November 1917 - 2 January 1918, 1 May 1918 - 3 August 1918 - and 6 August 1918 - 15 October 1918.
Ship's Name Winfield Official Number 112700 Dates of Voyage 21 January 1918 - 8 November 1918.
Ship's Name Cardium Official Number 112703 Dates of Voyage 27 November 1916 - 8 July 1918.
Ship's Name Saxon Official Number 112713 Dates of Voyage 19 January 1917 - 18 April 1918 (4 separate logs).
Ship's Name John Pender Official Number 112729 Dates of Voyages 22 December 1917 - 25 February 1918 and 8 April 1918 - 29 May 1918.
Ship's Name Dallington Official Number 112744 Dates of Voyages 23 November 1917 - 13 March 1918 and 10 June 1918 - 19 September 1918.
Ship's Name Frank Parish Official Number 112764 Dates of Voyages 28 November 1917 - 25 February 1918, 28 February 1918 - 7 June 1918 and 11 June 1918 - 22 November 1918.
Ship's Name Iddo Official Number 112791 Dates of Voyage 10 October 1917 - 9 October 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Crown of Cordova Official Number 112809 Dates of Voyages 11 October 1917 - 26 March 1918 and 7 April 1918 - 1 July 1918.
Ship's Name British Earl Official Number 112811 Dates of Voyage 5 November 198 - 17 December 1918.
Ship's Name Barotse Official Number 112825 Dates of Voyage 24 October 1917 - 13 March 1918.
Ship's Name Highland Brigade Official Number 112832 Dates of Voyage 21 November 1917 - 15 March 1918.
Ship's Name Westfield Official Number 112884 Dates of Voyage 22 December 1917 - 10 April 1918.
Ship's Name Ancobra Official Number 112841 Dates of Voyages 8 December 1917 - 23 March 1918, 16 April 1918 - 8 November 1918, 3 May 1918 - 3 August 1918 and 4 September 1918 - 29 December 1918.
Ship's Name York Castle Official Number 112849 Dates of Voyage 28 November 1917 - 13 April 1918.
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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
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1733652/
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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