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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Myrmidon Official Number 120925 Dates of Voyage 18 August...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1819
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 165/1819
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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 Myrmidon Official Number 120925 Dates of Voyage 18 August 1917 - 28 October 1918.
Ship's Name Empress of Britain Official Number 120940 Dates of Voyage 03 June 1916 - 08 March 1918.
Ship's Name Duendes Official Number 120947 Dates of Voyage 26 June 1917 - 06 June 1918.
Ship's Name Germanic Official Number 121011 Dates of Voyages 02 March 1918 - 22 April 1918, 25 April 1918 - 04 July 1918 and 20 July 1918 - 09 December 1918.
Ship's Name Vigo Official Number 121056 Dates of Voyages 18 January 1918 - 18 May 1918 and 20 June 1918 - 19 October 1918.
Ship's Name Poona Official Number 121202 Dates of Voyages 09 December 1917 - 26 May 1918 and 14 June 1918 - 30 October 1918.
Ship's Name Clan Maclean Official Number 121211 Dates of Voyages 06 November 1917 - 30 March 1918 and 10 April 1918 - 29 August 1918.
Ship's Name Glenaffric Official Number 121213 Dates of Voyage 07 October 1917 - 22 September 1918.
Ship's Name Ben Nevis Official Number 121225 Dates of Voyage 22 February 1918 - 26 July 1918.
Ship's Name Princess Helena Official Number 121226 Dates of Voyage 23 January 1918 - 08 July 1918.
Ship's Name Atlantic Official Number 121227 Dates of Voyages 11 July 1917 - 03 January 1918 and 04 January 1918 - 11 July 1918.
Ship's Name Kyleakin Official Number 121240 Dates of Voyages 01 November 1917 - 25 May 1918 and 26 May 1918 - 23 December 1918.
Ship's Name Marthara Official Number 121244 Dates of Voyages 05 March 1917 - 25 July 1918 and 17 August 1918 - 25 November 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
- Shipping
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1733678/
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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