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Crew lists and logbooks
The following series of crew lists and logbooks are held at the
Maritime History Archive:
Great Britain. Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen
Agreement and Account of Crew and Official Logbooks for British
Empire Vessels, Series II (BT 99), 1863-1938 and 1951-1976. Total of extent 6,439 metres of
textual material.
This collection includes crew agreements for passenger, cargo and fishing vessels registered in British Empire jurisdictions. The agreements are
filed by the year in which a voyage terminated at a UK port. They are arranged
chronologically and filed within each year by the official number of the
vessel. This collection can be searched by Official Number in our Index for Crew Lists of British registered vessels. For information on researching crew agreements and official logbooks, or to place an order for copies of crew agreements from the Maritime History Archive, please go to the Researching Crew Agreements page.
Great Britain. Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen
Agreement and Account of Crew of Commissioned Chartered
Ships,T124,
1914-1920. 23 metres of textual material.
Agreements of armed or unarmed hired vessels in H.M. service under the
Lords of the Admiralty for the period of World War, 1914-1918. Arranged
by vessel and indexed by official number and/or name of vessel.
Great Britain. Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen
Agreements and Crew Lists, Series 1 (BT 98): Colonial, 1846-1856.
58 reels of microfilm.
Agreements of colonial registered vessels, containing the names and addresses
of seamen, dates of engagement and discharge, name of previous vessel,
destined
voyage, etc. Arranged chronologically and indexed by vessel name and port
of registry.
Great Britain. Board of Trade
Dartmouth and Plymouth Muster Rolls, 1755-1808. 16 reels of
microfilm.
An early form of crew agreement. These give particulars of the vessel,
name of master and crew and destined voyage, date of departure and return
to port. Index by vessel name in progress.
Whaling logbooks, 1812-1860. 2 reels of microfilm.
A collection of logbooks for 28 whaling vessels registered in Hull, England,
from Hull City Library and Hull Museum.
Newfoundland. Mercantile Marine Office
Agreements and Account of Crew, 1919-1938. 18 reels of microfilm.
Surviving crew agreements of vessels registered in Newfoundland. Mostly
steamships. All crew agreements from this collection have been indexed by vessel name and are also available online in the Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database.
Collector of Customs, New London, Connecticut
Crew Lists of Outgoing Vessels, 1815-1817, 1822-1829. 1 part
reel of microfilm.
Members of crew on board American vessels clearing the district of New
London and bound for foreign ports or whaling voyages. Includes name, place
of birth and residence, age and height, colour of hair and complexion and
the county of citizenship of each crew member. Also includes information
on the vessel.
Collector of Customs, New London, Connecticut
Crew lists Surrendered, 1792-1888. 1 reel of microfilm.
Members of crew on board American vessels arriving in the district of New
London from foreign ports or whaling voyages. Information similar to lists
for outgoing vessels, above.
Collector of Customs, Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts
Crew lists for the ports of Salem and Beverly, 1803-1899. 31
reels of microfilm.
Mostly copies of crew lists deposited with the Collector of Customs when
the vessel left on its voyage. Information as listed for New London (above).
Arranged by year and alphabetically by vessel name.
Essex Institute Marine Logbooks and Journals, 1750-1803.
4 reels of microfilm.
Microfilm copies of the logbooks in the Essex Institute collection, mostly
for fishing and trading voyages out of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts.
Indexed by vessel name.
France. Archives Maritimes, Port de Cherbourg
Roles d'armament et de desarmement des navires de Granville et de
Requeville, 1833-1856. 82 reels of microfilm.
Records of outfitting and paying off at the termination of a voyage. Vessels
involved in the coasting trade and the Newfoundland fishery. Lists crew
members, wages, details of the vessel and voyage.
Updated April, 2022
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