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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Salaga Official Number 124035 Dates of Voyages 1 November...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1826
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 165/1826
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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 Salaga Official Number 124035 Dates of Voyages 1 November 1917 - 8 February 1918, 9 February 1918 - 28 June 1918 and 23 July 1918 - 6 November 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Quillota Official Number 124036 Dates of Voyages 17 January 1917 - 18 April 1918, 4 May 1918 - 26 July 1918, 10 August 1918 - 9 October 1918 and 26 October 1918 - 16 December 1918.
Ship's Name Lord Sefton Official Number 124038 Dates of Voyage 17 October 1917 - 6 November 1918.
Ship's Name Walton Hall Official Number 124039 Dates of Voyage 8 May 1918 - 26 November 1918.
Ship's Name Bankdale Official Number 124045 Dates of Voyage 6 September 1916 - 30 June 1918.
Ship's Name Saint Michael Official Number 124050 Dates of Voyages 23 DEcember 1917 - 30 March 1918 and 13 April 1918 - 14 November 1918.
Ship's Name Badagri Official Number 124056 Dates of Voyages 29 September 1917 - 17 January 1918 and 7 February 1918 - 11 June 1918.
Ship's Name Nora Official Number 124060 Dates of Voyage 2 September 1918 - 31 December 1918 [Agreement and Crew List].
Ship's Name Adriatic Official Number 124061 Dates of Voyages 9 January 1918 - 16 February 1918, 27 February 1918 - 29 March 1918, 6 April 1918 - 7 May 1918, 15 May 1918 - 16 June 1918, 24 June 1918 - 27 July 1918, 3 August 1918 - 5 September 1918, 18 September1918 - 17 October 1918 and 24 October 1918 - 24 November 1918.
Ship's Name Quilpue Official Number Dates of Voyages 3 September 1917 - 10 July 1918 and 11 July 1918 - 26 August 1918.
Ship's Name Benin Official Number 124067 Dates of Voyages 16 October 1917 - 25 April 1918 and 1 June 1918 - 6 September 1918.
Ship's Name Doonholm Official Number 124070 Dates of Voyage 13 August 1917 - 1 August 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
- Shipping
- Merchant seaman
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1733685/
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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