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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Parana Official Number 116016 Dates of Voyages 4 September...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1808
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 165/1808
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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 Parana Official Number 116016 Dates of Voyages 4 September 1917 - 3 January 1918, 24 January 1918 - 25 May 1918 and 16 June 1918 - 16 September 1918.
Ship's Name West Meath Official Number 117381 Dates of Voyage 17 July 1918 - 3 December 1918.
Ship's Name Cape Breton Official Number 117389 Dates of Voyage 16 April 1917 - 11 April 1918.
Ship's Name Mesopotamia Official Number 117399 Dates of Voyage 25 October 1917 - 27 April 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Avessac Official Number 117391 Dates of Voyage 7 August 1917 - 3 January 1918.
Ship's Name Baygowan Official Number 117394 Dates of Voyages 5 February 1917 - 3 April 1918 (2 separate logs) and 9 May 1918 - 10 August 1918.
Ship's Name Southville Official Number 117963 Dates of Voyages 24 July 1917 - 9 January 1918, 1 July 1918 - 28 August 1918 and 19 September 1918 - 2 December 1918.
Ship's Name Wayfarer Official Number 118002 Dates of Voyages 6 March 1918 - 9 May 1918 and 17 August 1918 - 16 October 1918.
Ship's Name Colonial Official Number 118005 Dates of Voyages 27 January 1918 - 28 March 1918, 18 April 1918 - 9 August 1918 and 28 May 1919 - 27 September 1919.
Ship's Name Orita Official Number 118010 Dates of Voyages 23 October 1917 - 6 February 1918, 28 February 1918 - 12 June 1918, 28 June 1918 - 26 October 1918 and 5 November 1918 - 14 December 1918.
Ship's Name Director Official Number 118028 Dates of Voyages 29 November 1917 - 4 June 1918 and 19 June 1918 - 15 November 1918.
Ship's Name City of Madras Official Number 118015 Dates of Voyage 11 May 1918 - 12 October 1918
Ship's Name Brescia Official Number118021 Dates of Voyages 4 January 1918 - 21 March 1918 , 8 April 1988 - 17 July 1918 and 21 August 1918 - 25 November 1918.
Ship's Name Sizergh Castle Official Number 118047 Dates of Voyage 26 February 1918 - 2 May 1918.
Ship's Name Scaldier Official Number 118049 Dates of Voyage 25 September 1917 - 21 January 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/C1733667/
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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