Merchant Navy seaman 1835-1941
Search more than 1.3 million Merchant Navy Seaman records, now available on FindmyPast. The records comprise of two main sections.
Merchant Navy Seaman 1835-1857: records of individual seamen that the central government created to monitor a potential reserve of sailors for the Royal Navy.
Merchant Navy Seaman 1918-1941: records of index cards that the registrar General of Shipping and Seaman used between the two world wars to produce a centralised index to merchant seamen on British merchant navy vessels.
Merchant Navy Seaman 1835-1857: records of individual seamen that the central government created to monitor a potential reserve of sailors for the Royal Navy.
Merchant Navy Seaman 1918-1941: records of index cards that the registrar General of Shipping and Seaman used between the two world wars to produce a centralised index to merchant seamen on British merchant navy vessels.