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The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
The first Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was prompted by the sinking of RMS Titanic. Signed in 1914, it established international shipping standards.
Series
Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers
Catalogue reference: HO 11
What's it about?
HO 11
Lists of convicts transported in various ships, giving the dates of their convictions. Transcripts of these registers can be accessed via the State Library of Queensland website. Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1787-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lists of convicts transported in various ships, giving the dates of their convictions. Transcripts of these registers can be accessed via the State Library of Queensland website.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CO 207
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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)
- Home Office, Criminal Department, 1793-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format 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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There was a card index to the ships names but this has now been superseded by the Catalogue
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8875/
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Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers
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