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Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency...
Catalogue reference: BT 138
What's it about?
BT 138
Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service of skippers and mates of fishing boats kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.The index relates to the registers contained in BT 129 and BT 130 and gives the date and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 138
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service, Skippers and Mates of Fishing Boats
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Date (When the record was created)
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1880-1917
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Description (What the record is about)
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Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service of skippers and mates of fishing boats kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
The index relates to the registers contained in BT 129 and BT 130 and gives the date and place of birth of the skipper or mate and the certificate number.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Alphabetical
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- Fishing
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3176/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BT
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Indexes to Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service, Skippers and Mates of Fishing Boats
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