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Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Safety Branch...
Catalogue reference: BT 239
What's it about?
BT 239
This series contains MS prefix files of the Marine Safety branch of the Ministry of Transport (until 1965) and Board of Trade (later Department of Trade and Industry). On 1 April 1994 the Marine Safety Branch of the Department of Transport became...
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 239
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Safety Branch (MS Series) and Marine Safety Agency (MSA series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1922-2014
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains MS prefix files of the Marine Safety branch of the Ministry of Transport (until 1965) and Board of Trade (later Department of Trade and Industry). On 1 April 1994 the Marine Safety Branch of the Department of Transport became the Marine Safety Agency and files started being raised in the MSA prefix.
The Marine Safety branch files include papers on life-saving appliances; loss of, and explosions on, ships; hovercraft; registration of ships; international conventions; approval of design and materials; packing and storage of dangerous goods; bulk cargoes; nuclear propulsion of ships; wreck and salvage matters; collision regulations; pleasure craft and fishing vessel safety; pollution; emergency planning; safety equipment testing and authorisation; load lines and compatibility of UK legislation with international marine legislation.
The Marine Safety Agency was responsible for implementation of the Government Strategy for Marine Safety and prevention of pollution from ships. It existed until 1998 when it was amalgamated with the Coastguard Agency (TCA) to become the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
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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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MS and MSA 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, 1786-1970
- Board of Trade, Marine Division, 1965-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Division, 1970-1974
- Department of Trade, Marine Division, 1974-1983
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 1998-1998
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Marine Department, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport, Marine Department, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Marine Group, 1959-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2697 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 1981 Department of 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3276/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,674,133 records
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 Safety Branch (MS Series) and Marine Safety Agency (MSA series)
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