Ship No.79495 Name. Specimen Letters & No. H1240 Owner.Reuben Manton Skipper. Reuben Manton 2nd Hand. Charles Cram 4th Hand. George Buckton Apprentice on Board. Albert James mcNeill - 3rd Hand Benjamin Witton - Cook became 4th Hand 26/3/88.

Memoranda by Skipper. The two boys Thornton & Bleasdale belonged to the Humber training ship Southampton and I thought they were exempt from the special agreement required for boys under the age of 16, as the ship was a government ship and the officials never mentioned such things.