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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Melanie Official Number 118277 Dates of Voyages 1 December...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1810
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 165/1810
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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 Melanie Official Number 118277 Dates of Voyages 1 December 1917 - 4 March 1918 and 12 March 1918 - 16 April 1918.
Ship's Name Aneka Official Number 118290 Dates of Voyage 1 December 1917 - 4 July 1918.
Ship's Name Cluny Castle Official Number 118323 Dates of Voyage 16 January 1918 - 19 June 1918.
Ship's Name Bullfinch Official Number 118326 Dates of Voyage 1 January 1918 - 8 July 1918.
Ship's Name Comrie Castle Official Number 118342 Dates of Voyages 27 October 1917 - 23 February 1918 and 12 March 1918 - 8 November 1918.
Ship's Name Factor Official Number 118343 Dates of Voyage 18 October 1917 - 9 February 1918.
Ship's Name Lapton Official Number 118360 Dates of Voyages 3 August 1917 - 23 January 1918 and 17 March 1918 - 31 July 1918.
Ship's Name Levant Official Number118367 Dates of Voyage 27 July 1917 - 23 August 1918.
Ship's Name Figuig Official Number 118370 Dates of Voyage 26 November 1917 - 26 November 1918.
Ship's Name Antiope Official Number 118382 Dates of Voyages 12 October 1917 - 5 March 1918 and 7 March 1918 - 9 June 1918.
Ship's Name Tean Official Number 118385 Dates of Voyage 30 November 1917 - 20 November 1918.
Ship's Name Dunham Castle Official Number 118387 Dates of Voyages 7 September 1917 - 2 February 1918 (2 separate logs), 5 March 1918 - 5 June 1918 and 17 June 1918 - 1 December 1918
Ship's Name Gothic Official Number 118391Dates of Voyage 8 January 1918 - 29 July 1918.
Ship's Name Umzumbi Official Number 118392 Dates of Voyage 20 March 1917 - 1918
Ship's Name Rio Claro Official Number 118398 Dates of Voyage 16 November 1917 - 5 January 1918.
Ship's Name Highland Watch Official Number 118403 Dates of Voyages 7 September 1917 - 9 January 1918 and 8 February 1918 - 25 September 1918.
Ship's Name Milly Official Number 118423 Dates of Voyages 5 February 1918 - 9 May 1918 and 10 May 1918 - 30 July 1918.
Ship's Name Aquarius Official Number 118424 Dates of Voyage 6 June 1918 - 12 Oct 1918.
Ship's Name Highland Harris Official Number 118427 Dates of Voyage 20 June 1917 - 17 June 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Kenilworth Castle Official Number 118433 Dates of Voyage 24 November 1917 - 16 February 1918, 9 March 1918 - 4 June 1918 (2 separate logs) and 19 October 1918 - 17 December 1918.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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/C1733669/
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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