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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name War Hostage Official Number 140443 Dates of Voyages 18...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1886
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BT 165/1886
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Date (When the record was created)
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1918
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Extracted Logs:
Ship's Name War Hostage Official Number 140443 Dates of Voyages 18 December 1917 - 13 May 1918, 14 May 1918 - 25 July 1918 and 16 September 1918 - 16 January 1919.
Ship's Name Appleby Official Number 140444 Dates of Voyages 20 April 1918 - 28 June 1918 and 12 July 1918 - 3 November 1918.
Ship's Name Saga Official Number 140447 Dates of Voyage 22 December 1917 - 22 January 1918.
Ship's Name War Cobra Official Number 140448 Dates of Voyage 26 February 1918 - 19 June 1918.
Ship's Name British Light Official Number 140449 Dates of Voyage 20 December 1917 - 9 November 1918.
Ship's Name War Grange Official Number 140450 Dates of Voyage 28 December 1917 - 17 May 1918.
Ship's Name Princetown Official Number 140451 Dates of Voyage 2 January 1918 - 4 July 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Belgio Official Number 140517 Dates of Voyages 28 November 1917 - 30 January 1918, 12 August 1918 - 18 September 1918 and 15 November 1918 - 13 December 1918.
Ship's Name Maihar Official Number 140518 Dates of Voyage 30 March 1918 - 9 August 1918.
Ship's Name Hatasu Official Number140519 Dates of Voyage 22 November 1917 - 13 March 1918 and 1 August 1918 - 27 September 1918.
Ship's Name Flaminian Official Number 140521 Dates of Voyages 15 July 1917 - 14 July 1918 and 6 August 1918 - 24 December 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name War Cross Official Number 140526 Dates of Voyage 2 March 1918 - 14 September 1918 (2 separate logs).
Ship's Name Lancashire Official Number 140529 Dates of Voyage13 June 1918 - 16 December 1918.
Ship's Name Manar Official Number 140530 Dates of Voyages 30 August 1917 - 11 January 1918, 29 January 1918 - 4 June 1918, 24 June 1918 - 12 August 1918 and 29 August 1918 - 2 December 1918.
Ship's Name Astronomer Official Number 140531 Dates of Voyage 20 October 1918 - 16 December 1918.
Ship's Name City of Shanghai Official Number 140533 Dates of Voyage 27 August 1917 - 29 March 1918.
Ship's Name Swinburne Official Number 140534 Dates of Voyages 22 September 1917 - 24 January 1918 and 22 June 1918 - 2 November 1918.
Ship's Name Millais Official Number 140536 Dates of Voyage 18 September 1917 - 25 February 1918.
Ship's Name Thistlemore Official Number 140538 Dates of Voyage 15 October 1918 - 2 December 1918
Ship's Name Patrician Official Number 140539 Dates of Voyage 8 August 1918 - 10 October 1918
Ship's Name St Jerome Official Number 140539 Dates of Voyage 24 October 1917 - 27 April 1918.
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- 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 War Hostage Official Number 140443 Dates of Voyages 18...
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