SHIPPING RECORDS

Records mostly relating to ships registered at Port of Chester, 1863-1913, consisting of ship's agreements and crew lists. They contain information on the tonnage, owner and master of each ship, destination of voyages, details of cargo, and the name, age, place of birth and wages of each member of the crew.

Chester, Cheshire, is the port of registry for all shipping from Flintshire ports on the River Dee. General registration of ships began in the 18th century, when all ships with a deck and burden of more than 15 tons had to be registered with Customs and Excise at their homeport. Records were returned half-yearly to the Registrar of Shipping and Seamen.

The records are filed by year in order of ship's number. Records of ships registered at other ports, but with Flintshire owners, are arranged according to ship name.

Data Protection Act restrictions will apply to any items less than 100 years old that contain personal information as defined by the Act.

Please order documents using the alternative reference number (where provided).

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Shipping Records catalogue; Maritime Records, Glamorgan Record Office website (http://www.glamro.gov.uk/adobe/MaritimeRevised.pdf), viewed 4 February 2004.

A hard copy of this catalogue including indexes to ships' and crew members' names is available at Flintshire Record Office. Item level descriptions are not yet available.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Shipping Records catalogue; Maritime Records, Glamorgan Record Office website (http://www.glamro.gov.uk/adobe/MaritimeRevised.pdf), viewed 04 Feb 2004.

Usual copyright regulations apply.

Usual Copyright Restrictions Apply.

All records deposited at Flintshire Record Office have been retained.

Accruals are not expected.

Further material is Flintshire Record Office, S; Pre-1860 agreements and crew lists are National Archives, BT 98. A 10% sample of post-1861 records is National Archives, BT 99. A further 10% sample is in the National Maritime Museum.