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We do this by making available information about the records, and providing data drawn from crew lists and agreements. Alongside that we provide data and image sets relating to British registered ships aimed at assisting researchers to finding their crew documents.
- Ships by Name
Crew lists record the ship's name and port of registry and,...
- Seafarers Names From Crew Lists
The CLIP crew names database contains transcription from...
- Ships by Official Number
Crew lists record the ship's name and port of registry and,...
- Masters Names From Crew Lists
Crew lists and agreements for British registered ships show...
- Records of Shipping
The question was, what ship was he sailing on and can the...
- Masters Names From Bt124
Mercantile Navy List; Olsen's Almanack; Documents by...
- CLIP data
Researchers may have come across reference to a ship - in a...
- Owners names from crew lists
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- Ships by Name
Crew lists are the records of the crew serving on a ship for a certain period - usually a voyage or half-year. The documents are more properly called Crew Lists and Agreements - the differences are explained below.
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Crew lists and agreements are the records of the crew of British registered merchant ships, one for every voyage or half-year.Seafarers (men and women) didn't 'join the Merchant Navy'. They signed on for each voyage and signed off when it ended. This was recorded in the crew agreement.Crew agreements include personal details, such as age and birthplace. They also show the seafarer's previous ship so you can trace their career backwards.Most crew lists have survived but are scattered and few have been digitised.All British ships over 15 tons were registered at a local port of registry, though they may not have sailed from that port.After 1855, every ship was given a unique official number which did not change, even if the ship's name was changed.Official numbers are the best way to identify a particular ship. They are a vital link to the ship's crew lists.The CLIP ships index shows all official numbers from 1855 to the 1950s.Details of British ships and their official numbers were recorded in the central Appropriation Books and the annual Mercantile Navy List. Images of these are available on the CLIP site.Original documents (crew lists and shipping registers) are held at:In the maritime context, a Crew List is a document that contains detailed information about the crew members aboard a ship. This list is a crucial part of maritime operations, as it ensures that the ship's crew is properly documented and accounted for.
Mar 26, 2012 · There is a very useful free online database called the Crew List Index Project (CLIP) which was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database providing details of the locations of surviving crew lists.
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists.
This site gives information about: what crew lists are; the Crew List Index Project (CLIP); how to find the original documents and the seafarers on them; indexes of seafarers including the CLIP data, and CLIP finding aids; CLIP projects on the records of shipping and seafarers.
