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Portland: MV Mary Slessor (Elder Dempster Lines Ltd) travelling from Lagos to Portland....

Catalogue reference: BT 26/1191/153

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This record is about the Portland: MV Mary Slessor (Elder Dempster Lines Ltd) travelling from Lagos to Portland.... dating from 1940 May 14 in the series Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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BT 26/1191/153
Date
1940 May 14
Description

Portland: MV Mary Slessor (Elder Dempster Lines Ltd) travelling from Lagos to Portland.

Embarking at Lagos, Takoradi, Freetown and Bathurst.

Official Number: 161149.

List of passengers disembarking at Portland.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9206318/

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BT 26

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