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| − | '''Sailors'''
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| − | The term sailor is commonly used to describe any man who went to sea, whether in the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Coastguards, Lifeboat Service, fishing fleet or as a pilot, privateer or a single boatman. If a man went to sea he was a sailor.
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| − | '''Mariners'''
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| − | The term mariner can be synonymous with sailor but is more likely to mean that the man was concerned with the navigation of the vessel. Master mariners were those skilled in navigation. A Master Mariner would probably have a Mate or Master's ticket and be on the Seaman's Register at the National Archives. Mariners would come under the umbrella heading of the Merchant Navy. | + | '''The content of this page has been moved to a new location in the Reference Library which can be accessed via the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php Home Page]</span> of the forum.''' |
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| − | The main source for tracing details of merchant seamen and shipping, especially from the 18th century onwards, are the archives of the Registry of Shipping and Seamen (RSS). These records are held in a number of places. Some are with the RSS in Cardiff, some with the [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/index.php National Maritime Museum] at Greenwich and [http://www.nas.gov.uk/default.asp National Archives of Scotland and Ireland]. However, the majority are held in The National Archives in Kew. These records are broken down into categories and an explanation of how these can be viewed can be found on [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=257&j=1 The National Archives].
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| − | Organised service records do not commence until 1835 when The Merchant Shipping Act of that year required masters of all ships to file Agreements and Crew Lists with the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
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| − | For those researching mariner ancestors who are experiencing difficulty locating them on the England and Wales census, [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKCensuses.html Seamen on British Censuses] contains a good explanation of the requirements regarding enumeration and may assist in helping you to locate those missing people!
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| − | The [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Index.cfm National Maritime Museum ~ Maritime Memorials] is another good source of information for those researching this field.
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| − | Text from [http://www.lewcock.net/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_edition&id=15&Itemid=90 Family Tree Forum Online Magazine ~ Volume Two: April 2008]
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| − | ==General Links==
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| − | *[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.2594 National Maritime Museum's Guide to Researching Family History from Maritime Records]
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| − | *[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk Researching the Mariners and Ships of the Merchant Marine and the World's Navies]
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| − | *[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/Site.html Tracing British Seamen & their ships]
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| − | *[http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html UK Mariners Site - All Things Nautical]
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| − | *[http://www.boat-links.com/index.html John's Nautical and Boatbuilding Pages]
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| − | *[http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Nautica.html The Maritime History Virtual Archives]
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| − | *[http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html Merchant Navy and Royal Navy Information]
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| − | *[http://www.reach.net/~sc001198/Lloyds.htm Lloyds Register of Ships 1764-2003]
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| − | *[http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm Index to Lloyds Captains' Register]
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| − | *[http://www.eogen.com/CensusRecordsUK Vessels & Enumeration in Census Records]
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| − | *[http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/mariner9.htm Index of Ships' Captains] Australia and New Zealand
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| − | *[http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/ The Ocean Liner Virtual Museum]
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| − | *[http://www.titanicarchive.com/History.aspx The Titanic]
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| − | *See also [[Emigration_and_Immigration|'''Emigration and Immigration''']] for Shipping Lists and more Maritime Resources.
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| − | ==The Royal Navy==
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| − | *'''[[The Royal Navy]]'''
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| − | ==The Merchant Navy==
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| − | *'''[[Records of Merchant Seamen]]'''
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| − | *[http://www.merchant-mariners.co.uk/ The Federation Of Merchant Mariners]
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| − | *[http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/ Through Mighty Seas, Merchant sailing ships of the North West of England]
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| − | *[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWI%20LOSSES%20INDEX.htm British Merchant Ship Losses in World War I]
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| − | *[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/merchant_navy_losses.htm Merchant Navy Losses in World War 2]
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| − | *[http://www.crewlist.org.uk/ The Crew List index project - Merchant seafarers on British registered ships between 1861 and 1913]
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| − | *[http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100p005004 How to trace Merchant Navy personnel]
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| − | *[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.569 How to trace Merchant Mariners, mates and engineers who served in the Merchant Navy]
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| − | *[http://www.irishmariners.ie/ Irish Merchant Seamen 1918-1921]
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| − | ==Coastguards and Coastal Defences==
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty's_Coastguard HM Coastguard]
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| − | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/ British Coastguards 1841 - 1901 ]
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| − | *[http://www.hansonclan.co.uk/coastguards_1.htm History of The Coastguard With Particular Reference to Wick and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea]
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| − | *[http://www.nazeman.fsnet.co.uk/page3.html History of Walton on the Naze Coastguard 1851-1901]
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| − | *[http://www.coastguard.ukf.net/history.html A Brief History of The Tenby Coastguard Service]
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| − | *[http://www.isleofbarra.com/for-mariners/coastguard/history.html History of The Isle of Barra Coastguard]
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| − | *[http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=PORT1060946625 The Irish Coastguard Service From The 18th Century to The Early 20th Century]
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| − | *[http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/ The South Coast Martello Towers]
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| − | *[http://www.landguard.com/ Landguard Fort, Felixtowe]
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| − | *[http://www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/ The Needles Battery]
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| − | *[http://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/history.htm Newhaven Fort]
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| − | *[http://www.btinternet.com/~palmiped/pillboxes/pillboxes.htm WW2 Coastal Defences Salthouse, Kelling & Weybourne, North Norfolk ]
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| − | *[http://www.nothefort.org.uk/ The Nothe Fort, Weymouth]
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| − | *[http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/ The Palmerston Forts Society] Forts in Portsmouth Area
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| − | *[http://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/ Shoreham Fort]
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| − | *[http://www.whitstablescene.co.uk/forts.htm The Maunsell Sea Forts, Whitstable]
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| − | ==The Fishing Industry==
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| − | *[http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/l-20c/conflict/ww1/trawlers/intro.htm Hull Trawler Losses of World War One]
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| − | *[http://www.brixhamsailingtrawlers.co.uk/ The Brixham Sailing Trawlers Database]
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| − | *[http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/History%20of%20Fishing/History%20of%20Fishing.htm History of Fishing at Burton Bradstock]
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| − | *[http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6BB72BF2-D1E3-4B8C-A3B7-DF8A7A30925A/0/FamilyHistoryFishingArchives.pdf A Guide to Family History in Hull and Grimsby Fishing Archives] (pdf file)
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| − | *[http://www.hastingsfish.co.uk/index.htm The Fishing Industry in Hastings]
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| − | *[http://www.polperro.org/fishing.html The Polperro Fishing Industry]
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| − | *[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ws1923/index.htm Irish Sea Herring Fisheries in the 18th and 19th Century]
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| − | *[http://www.scotfishmuseum.org/history.html A History of the Scottish Fishing Industry]
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| − | *[http://www.mearns.org.uk/stonehaven/genfish.htm The Stonehaven Fishing Industry]
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| − | *[http://www.mcaorals.co.uk/Fraserburgh%20Boats.htm The History of Fraserburgh's Fishing Fleet]
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| − | *[http://www.buckieheritage.org/ Buckie and District Fishing Heritage]
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| − | *[http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/ Milford Haven Trawlers]
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| − | ==Lifeboats==
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| − | *[http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/grace_darling_museum Grace Darling Museum]
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| − | *[http://www.rnli.org.uk/Shorething/Youth/Crew/archives.aspx Shore Thing. Crew Member Archives of the RNLI]
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| − | *[http://www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk/lifeboat/lifeboats.htm A Site Dedicated to The Lifeboat Men of Whitby Who Lost Their Lives in 1861]
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| − | Many other Lifeboat stations have their own history sites, often with old Crew Lists and Photographs - these include:-
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| − | *[http://www.aberystwythlifeboat.org.uk/ Aberystwyth]
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| − | *[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/BurnhamonCrouch/ Burnham-on-Crouch]
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| − | *[http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/rnli/ Burnham-on-Sea]
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| − | *[http://www.dover-lifeboat.org.uk/ Dover]
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| − | *[http://www.falmouthlifeboat.co.uk/ Falmouth]
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| − | *[http://www.cantabgold.net/users/ctm28/ Gravesend]
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| − | *[http://www.lymeregis.com/lifeboat/ Lyme Regis]
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| − | *[http://www.mumbleslifeboat.org.uk/history.html Mumbles]
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| − | *[http://portpatricklifeboat.co.uk/text/the_archives.htm Portpatrick]
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| − | *[http://www.ramsgatelifeboat.org.uk/ Ramsgate]
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| − | *[http://www.sheernesslifeboats.org.uk/ Sheerness]
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| − | *[http://www.shorehamlifeboat.co.uk/history.html Shoreham]
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| − | *[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StPeterPortGuernseyCI/history St Peter Port]
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| − | *[http://www.swanagelifeboat.org.uk/ Swanage]
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| − | *[http://www.thurso-lifeboat.org.uk/History.htm Thurso]
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| − | *[http://www.waltonfrintonlifeboat.co.uk/ Walton and Frinton]
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| − | *[http://www.wellslifeboat.org/history.htm Wells-next-the-Sea]
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| − | *[http://www.whitstablelifeboat.org.uk/ Whitstable]
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| − | ==Lighthouses==
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| − | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Lighthouses/ Lighthouse Personnel in England, Wales and The Channel Islands c. 1790-1911]
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| − | *[http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/index.html Trinity House's Gallery of Lighthouses]
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| − | *[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/RN/Lighthouse_Maps/Lighthouses_North.html Map of UK Lighthouses in 1900, Scotland, Northern England and North of Ireland]
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| − | ==Shipbuilding==
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| − | *[http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/Shipbuilding.html The Shipbuiliding Industry of North East England 1790-1899]
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| − | *[http://www.berwickshipyard.com/ Berwick on Tweed Shipyard]
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| − | *[http://www.titanicinbelfast.com/welcome.aspx Titanic in Belfast~Harland & Wolff]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~handwapprentices/ Harland and Wolff Apprentices]
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| − | ==Shipping Companies==
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| − | *[http://www.shawsavillships.co.uk/index.htm The White Star, Shaw Savill and Albion Lines]
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| − | *[http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/cmbhistory.asp The Caledonian Macbrayne Fleet]
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| − | *[http://www.unioncastlestaffregister.co.uk/ The Union Castle Line - Staff Register]
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| − | *[http://www.dpandl.co.uk/dpl_mainintro.html?shipping_history.html=dpl_history.html The Dundee Perth and London Shipping Company]
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| − | *[http://www.steam-packet.com/SteamPacket/About-Us/ The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company]
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| − | ==Shipwrecks==
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| − | *[http://www.shipwrecksofscotland.com/ Great British Shipwrecks]
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| − | *[http://www.divingweymouth.com/mainpages/wrecks.htm Dorset and Portland Shipwrecks]
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| − | *[http://www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/shipwrek.shtml Shipwrecks off The Needles, Isle of Wight]
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| − | *[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/shipwrecks/ Early Australian Shipwrecks]
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| − | ==Smuggling==
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| − | *[http://www.smuggling.co.uk/history.html A History of British Smuggling]
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| − | *[http://www.dorsetsmugglers.co.uk/ A History of Smuggling in East Dorset]
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| − | *[http://www.heritagepress.polperro.org/smuggling.html The History of Smuggling in Polperro]
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| − | *[http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Smuggling/Smuggling.htm Smuggling in and around Burton Bradstock]
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| − | ==Ports and Harbours==
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| − | *[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london Maritime London]
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| − | *[http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/alpha_lists/pierlist.htm Piers of England]
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| − | *[http://www.portcities.org.uk/ Port Cities uk, Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London & Southampton]
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| − | *[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/people/pilotage/channelpilots.htm Bristol Channel Pilots]
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| − | *[http://www.brixhamsailingtrawlers.co.uk/ Brixham Heritage Sailing Trawlers Archive]
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| − | *[http://www.helendoe.co.uk/ Tales of the Maritime Heritage of Cornwall]
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| − | *[http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Dockyard.htm Royal Dockyard Devonport]
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| − | *[http://www.grantontrawlers.com/index.htm Granton and Leith Trawlers]
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| − | *[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/alexgle/JMSBS.html Jersey Seaman's Benefit Society]
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| − | *[http://www.mersey-gateway.org/ The History of Maritime Liverpool]
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| − | *[http://www.liverpoolpilots.com/ Liverpool Pilots]
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| − | *[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/ Merseyside Maritime Museum]
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| − | *[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/logbook.html Merseyside Shipping Snippets]
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| − | *[http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=113 History of Portsmouth Dockyard]
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| − | *[http://www.swmaritime.org.uk/ South West Maritime History Society]
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| − | *[http://www.bargetrust.org/ The Thames Sailing Barge Trust]
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| − | *[http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=file&p=thames&f=thames.htm Thames Pilot]
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| − | *[http://www.cardiffmariners.org.uk/ Cardiff Mariners]
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| − | *[http://www.anglesey.info/Holyhead_Maritime_History.htm The Maritime History of Holyhead]
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| − | *[http://www.rhiw.com/y_mor/hanes_llongau_llyn/hotmap/hotmap.htm Maritime Llyn and the Sea.The Men, Ships and Ports of Llyn, Wales]
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