Related Material

Related Material:

For canal boats registered under the Canal Boats Act, 1877 and subsequent legislation, please see C WHG/8.

For dues and registration fees levied on shipping, for Hull, Grimsby, Immingham, Goole, Keadby and other minor ports covering inland, coastal, river and foreign shipping (where appropriate) see C DPD/1/16.

'Custom Records as a source for historical research' by Edward Carson, in Archives Vol XIII, no. 58, 1977.

For Fishing Vessel Crew Agreements for Hull vessels operating out of ports other than Hull, 1885-1897 see: C DPFX

Three other repositories that hold Crew Lists relating to fishing vessels in Hull:

Crew List Index Project (CLIP) - https://www.crewlist.org.uk/

A not-for-profit volunteer project, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Over the last twenty years the team have worked with hundreds of people and many archives around the world to make the largest database of seafarers' records and provide unique resources which are widely used by maritime researchers.

The Maritime History Archive - https://mha.mun.ca/mha/

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St John’s

Newfoundland

Canada

A1C 5S7

Description of records held:

Hold approximately 70% of surviving agreements and crew lists from 1863-1976. They do not hold fishing crew lists for years ending with a ‘5’ in the periods 1885-1935 and 1955-1976. These are held at the National Maritime Museum (see below).

The National Maritime Museum - https://nmmc.co.uk/

Cornwall Trust

Discovery Quay

Falmouth Cornwall

TR11 3QY

Description of records held:

They hold approximatley a 10% sample of the agreements and crew lists for the years 1861-1938 and 1951-1976. The remaining records were split between the Maritime History Archive, The National Archives and local repsoitories.

The National Archives - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=1570&catln=3

Kew

Richmond

Surrey

TW9 4DU

Description of Records:

They hold approximatley a 10% sample of the agreements and crew lists (with log-books where they survive) for the years 1861-1938, 1951-1994. The remaining records were split between the Maritime History Archive, The National National Maritime Museum and local repsoitories.

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