Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Series IV, Closed...
Catalogue reference: BT 110
What's it about?
BT 110
Duplicates of all forms entered, relating to the registry and ownership of ships removed from the British Register kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. A selected record within this series (BT 110/426/2) is available to download...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 110
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Series IV, Closed Registries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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Duplicates of all forms entered, relating to the registry and ownership of ships removed from the British Register kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
A selected record within this series (BT 110/426/2) is available to download as digital microfilm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
From 1890 the transcripts and transactions ceased to be bound and were filed under the year in which the registry was closed.
As registries may be re-opened, for example when a ship is bought back from foreign ownership, papers are liable to temporary withdrawal and re-filing at a later date.
No explanation has been found as to why there are no transcripts for ships registries which both opened and closed within the year 1890.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen, 1992-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2189 bundles and files
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3151/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Series IV, Closed Registries
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