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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Mirlo Official Number 140339 Dates of Voyages 25 December...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1884
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BT 165/1884
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Date (When the record was created)
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1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted Logs:
Ship's Name Mirlo Official Number 140339 Dates of Voyages 25 December 1917 - 9 April 1918 and 18 May 1918 - 27 June 1918.
Ship's Name War Queen Official Number 140346 Dates of Voyages 31 January 1918 - 30 May 1918 and 11 April 1917 - 7 August 1918
Ship's Name Gunnar Official Number 140347 Dates of Voyages 5 January 1918 - 18 March 1918 and 12 April 1918 - 12 May 1918.
Ship's Name Montcalm Official Number 140349 Dates of Voyage 29 April 1918 - 22 June 1918.
Ship's Name Brand Official Number 140351 Dates of Voyage 2 November 1917 - 7 November 1918.
Ship's Name British Ensign Official Number 140354 Dates of Voyages 21 November 1917 - 26 January 1918, 1 February 1918 - 13 June 1918 and 14 June 1918 - 9 October 1918.
Ship's Name Audax Official Number 140356 Dates of Voyage 7 January 1918 - 12 July 1918.
Ship's Name Bretagne Official Number 140357 Dates of Voyages 2 October 1917 - 12 January 1918 and 13 January 1918 - 10 August 1918.
Ship's Name Akershus Official Number 140359 Dates of Voyage 21 January 1918 - 8 July 1918.
Ship's Name War King/War Prince Official Number 140366 Dates of Voyages 16 January 1918 - 23 March 1918 and 1 April 1918 - 25 September 1918.
Ship's Name Armagh Official Number 140369 Dates of Voyages 12 October 1917 - 30 March 1918, 28 April 1918 - 8 June 1918 and 15 June 1918 - 18 July 1918.
Ship's Name War Thistle Official Number 140370 Dates of Voyages 3 October 1917 - 17 July 1918 and 28 June 1918 - 28 December 1918.
Ship's Name Cresco Official Number 140374 Dates of Voyage 31 October 1917 - 30 October 1918.
Ship's Name Norvo Official Number 140375 Dates of Voyage 11 January 1918 - 21 January 1918.
Ship's Name War Rose Official Number 140376 Dates of Voyage 22 October 1917 - 26 June 1918.
Ship's Name War Soldier Official Number 140379 Dates of Voyages 25 June 1917 - 24 July 1918 and 4 May 1918 - 25 July 1918.
Ship's Name Mendocino Official Number 140380 Dates of Voyages 15 January 1918 - 13 April 1918 and 23 April 1918 - 6 July 1918.
Ship's Name Betwa Official Number 140381 Dates of Voyages 26 October 1917 - 9 March 1918, 15 March 1918 - 8 July 1918 and 27 July 1918 - 21 October 1918.
Ship's Name War Flower Official Number 140382 Dates of Voyages 6 November 1917 - 8 February 1918 and 16 February 1918 - 31 October 1918.
Ship's Name Tenterden Official Number 140384 Dates of Voyages 22 October 1917 - 8 January 1918, 15 April 1918 - 1 July 1918, 9 July 1918 - 12 September 1918 and 1 October 1918 - 30 November 1918.
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- Topics
- Merchant seaman
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Mirlo Official Number 140339 Dates of Voyages 25 December...
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