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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Mandingo Official Number 140664 Dates of Voyages 14 November...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/1888
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BT 165/1888
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Date (When the record was created)
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1918
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Extracted Logs: Ship's Name Mandingo Official Number 140664 Dates of Voyages 14 November 1917 - 9 January 1918, 26 January 1918 - 28 March 1918, 24 April 1918 - 22 June 1918, 8 July 1918 - 15 August 1918, 25 August 1918 - 3 October 1918 and 18 October 1918 - 28 November 1918. Ship's Name Aylestone Official Number 140674 Dates of Voyage 19 October 1917 - 2 January 1918. Ship's Name Elwick Official Number 140676 Dates of Voyages 13 January 1918 - 8 October 1918. Ship's Name Logwell Official Number 140677 Dates of Voyage 1 January 1918 - 20 July 1918. Ship's Name Plawsworth Official Number 140679 Dates of Voyages 10 August 1917 - 10 February 1918 and 21 February 1918. Ship's Name Hosanger Official Number 140687 Dates of Voyage 21 December 1917 - 7 December 1918 (2 separate logs). Ship's Name Diana Official Number 140685 Dates of Voyage 22 September 19187 - 4 January 1918. Ship's Name Terje Official Number 140686 Dates of Voyage 25 January 1918 - 2 July 1918. Ship's Name Eros Official Number 140687 Dates of Voyage 1 September 1917 - 21 January 1918. Ship's Name Galatea Official Number 140692 Dates of Voyage 28 August 1917 - 14 January 1918. Ship's Name Noreg Official Number 140695 Dates of Voyages 5 September 1917 - 12 January 1918, 7 February 1918 - 25 March 1918, 5 April 1918 - 1 June 1918 and 8 June 1918 - 13 October 1918. Ship's Name Strident Official Number 140697 Dates of Voyage 16 May 1918 - 3 September 1918. Ship's Name Whinfield Official Number 140700 Dates of Voyage 21 February 1918 - 25 May 1918 (2 separate logs). Ship's Name Zelo Official Number 140701 Dates of Voyages 21 march 1918 - 13 May 1918 and 1 September 1918 - 7 December 1918. Ship's Name Cadillac Official Number 140703 Dates of Voyages 18 December 1917 - 6 February 1918, 25 March 1918 - 2 May 1918 and 14 August 1918 - 30 October 1918. Ship's Name Hopelyn Official Number 140706 Dates of Voyage 19 February 1918 - 18 October 1918. Ship's Name Cairnmona Official Number 140707 Dates of Voyages 5 March 1918 - 4 June 1918 (2 separate logs), 12 June 1918 - 18 June 1918 and 10 September 1918 - 1 December 1918. Ship's Name Kurdistan Official Number 104708 Dates of Voyage 20 March 1918 - 21 August 1918. Ship's Name Kenilworth Official Number 140709 Dates of Voyage 1 April 1918 - 15 September 1918.
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Merchant seaman
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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