Board of Trade Fishing Boats
Reference: BT/F Catalogue Title: Board of Trade Fishing Boats Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1863-1914
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Board of Trade Fishing Boat RecordsReturns (form Eng.11) re fishing boats, under the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) Act, 1883
Give name of ship, number, port of registry, port of departure, date of departure; name and rank of crew; signed by owner/managing owner/agent.
Name Number Owner etc. Date
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Applications for Exemption (form Eng.11a) from certain provisions of the 1883 Act, re trawlers of 25 tons and over, employed in fishing trips of fewer than seven days
Give name of ship, number, port, number under Sea Fisheries Act, place hailing from and returning to, fishing ground, usual length of trip, and name and address of owner.
With Monthly Lists of Hands Employed (form Eng. 11c)
Gives similar details, plus tonnage, and names and rating of crew and number of days employed.
Name Number Owner etc. Date
South Shields port of registry
Running Agreements, Accounts of Voyages and Crew, and Official Log Books of fishing boats of 25 tons and over
Give name, port of registry, official number, port letter and number; commencement and termination of agreement; tonnage, horsepower; nature of fishing (trawl, lines, drift net, etc.), owner's name and address, skipper's name and address, terms of agreements and details of crew (rank, age, place of birth, date of present engagement, when to be on board, wages, share of profits and salvage, discharge, character).
Hartlepool - port of registry
Board of Trade Fishing Boat Records
Second Deposit
(Acc: 1009)
Running Agreements, Accounts of Voyages and Crew, and Officia1 Logbooks
Give name, port of registry, official number, port letter and number, commencement and termination of agreement, tonnage, horsepower, owners name and address, skippers name and address, terms of agreements and details of crew.
Name Number Owner etc. Date
Hartlepool - port of registry