1901 Discharge Book  The Certificate of Discharge pages.

1901 Discharge Book  The Report of Character pages.

1901 Discharge Book  The Identity pages.

Submarine Menace Certificate   Grandfather's cert from 1918.

1947 Discharge Book  including a two year trip.

Efficient Deckhand Certificate  received in 1949.

Lifeboat Certificate  1949 version.

Apprentice's Indenture  the body of a 1947 copy.

Midshipman's Duties  letter from the company.

Middy's Report  on carrying pilgrims.

Master's Ticket 1909  My grandfather's certificate.

Master's Ticket 1909  The other side.

Master's Ticket 1928  Dad's certificate.

Master's Ticket 1956  Not much change from Dad's.

First Aid Certificate  A week's course.

* Discharge Certificate  Dad signs off Grandad's ship.

Radiotelephony Certificate  Newfangled equipment in the fifties.

Chinese New Year  Dinner menu in 1962.

Diary extract  - of an apprentice aboard the barque Clan Buchanan in 1907/08.

Crew Lists  and endorsements from the 1890s. (588 k download)

CR1  Alphabetic Index cards to the Central Register of Seamen 1913-1941.

CR2  Numeric Index cards to the Central Register of Seamen 1913-1941.

CR10  Alphabetic records of World War I Seamen's Identity Cards 1918-1921.

Assault on the high seas  - three cases from the 19th century with different results.

Wages and Effects  of a seaman left abroad with smallpox.

Sail v. Steam  - itineraries of coasters in 1891 and 1928. (Large download)

1892 Discharge Certificate  - from the pre-discharge book days.

Official Log Book entry:  fire on the Denbighshire in 1942.

Crimping  - a newspaper report from 1891. (500k download)

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