Focus on
Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Crews (MC Series)
Catalogue reference: BT 238
What's it about?
BT 238
Files of the Marine Departments of the Ministry of Transport relating to conditions of service; examinations and certificates of competency; training; discipline; repatriation; crew accommodation; health and welfare; safety at work; honours 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 238
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Crews (MC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Marine Departments of the Ministry of Transport relating to conditions of service; examinations and certificates of competency; training; discipline; repatriation; crew accommodation; health and welfare; safety at work; honours and awards for gallantry; and legislation.
The MC Series covers registered files relating to crew matters including certificates of competency, training, manning, discipline, safety at work, standard of crew accommodation, welfare, conditions of service, and also recommendations for seamen's awards.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Under the old system all subject matter was included in a general M series of files. About 1952 it was considered more convenient for the various aspects to be handled by three separate branches and the material was consequently divided into three different series into which earlier files were occasionally re-registered. The other two Divisions within the Marine group were Marine Safety (MS) and Marine Navigational Aids (MNA). The records of those file series are included in the records of this department. These series continued in use under the board and later Department of Trade.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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MC file series
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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)
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- Board of Trade, Marine Division, 1965-1970
- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
- Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Division, 1970-1974
- Department of Trade, Marine Division, 1974-1983
- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
- Department of Transport, Marine Directorate, 1983-1995
- Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Marine Department, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport, Marine Department, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Marine Group, 1959-1965
- Ministry of War Transport, 1941-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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679 file(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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 Department for Transport
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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
- Transport management
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Files of the Marine Departments of the Ministry of Transport. From 2002Department for Transport.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3275/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
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Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Crews (MC Series)
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
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