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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Sarpen Official Number 140386 Dates of Voyage 14 December...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1885
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BT 165/1885
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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 Sarpen Official Number 140386 Dates of Voyage 14 December 1917 - 29 August 1918.
Ship's Name Deneb Official Number 140387 Dates of Voyages 28 February 1918 - 2 September 1918 (4 separate logs) and 28 September 1918 - 5 December 1918.
Ship's Name War Dog Official Number 140388 Dates of Voyages 21 December 1917 - 2 May 1918 and 3 May 1918 - 30 October 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Orion Official Number 140391 Dates of Voyages 12 January 1918 - 18 May 1918 and 28 June 1918 - 16 July 1918.
Ship's Name War Cypress Official Number 140395 Dates of Voyage 30 March 1918 - 28 June 1918.
Ship's Name Bauta Official Number 140397 Dates of Voyage 12 January 1918 - 21 February 1918.
Ship's Name Bruno Official Number 140398 Dates of Voyage 9 January 1918 - 8 June 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Fri Official Number 140399 Dates of Voyage 5 January 1918 - 3 July 1918 (4 separate logs).
Ship's Name Bruse Official Number 140400 Dates of Voyage 27 March 1918 - 30 December 1918.
Ship's Name Bayusona Official Number 140405 Dates of Voyages 10 January 1918 - 14 June 1918 and 12 September 1918 - 31 December 1918.
Ship's Name British Isles Official Number 140406 Dates of Voyages 31 October 1917 - 11 February 1918, 12 February 1918 - 7 June 1918 and 11 June 1918 - 17 October 1918.
Ship's Name Hestmanden Official Number 140407 Dates of Voyage 2 July 1918 - 4 January 1919.
Ship's Name Holbrook Official Number 140409 Dates of Voyage 15 April 1917 - 6 June 1918.
Ship's Name Ryckett Official Number 140412 Dates of Voyage 21 April 1918 - 2 July 1918.
Ship's Name War Sword Official Number 140413 Dates of Voyages 13 March 1918 - 10 July 1918 and17 July 1918 - 5 September 1918.
Ship's Name War Admiral Official Number 140415 Dates of Voyages 5 December 1917 - 5 April 1918 and 13 April 1918 - 19 December 1918.
Ship's Name Sedbergh Official Number 140417Dates of Voyage 6 May 1918 - 9 October 1918.
Ship's Name Finse Official Number 140419 Dates of Voyage 8 January 1918 - 29 June 1918.
Ship's Name War Council Official Number 140420 Dates of Voyages 2 December 1917 - 16 September 1918 and 6 July 1918 - 18 August 1918.
Ship's Name War Daffodil Official Number 140421 Dates of Voyages 6 December 1917 - 7 April 1918 and 17 April 1918 - 4 November 1918.
Ship's Name War Heather Official Number 140422 Dates of Voyages 5 December 1917 - 22 April 1918 and 26 April 1918 - 25 November 1918.
Ship's Name Palmston Official Number 140425 Dates of Voyage 9 January 1918 - 17 July 1918.
Ship's Name War Sailor Official Number 140430 Dates of Voyage 20 June 1918 - 29 November 1918.
Ship's Name Poljames Official Number 140432 Dates of Voyage 7 January 1918 - 8 July 1918.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Weapons
- Navy
- 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 Sarpen Official Number 140386 Dates of Voyage 14 December...
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