GB 1204 RGS/Ro Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 40737 The National Archives RGS/Ro Rochester-upon-Medway Studies Centre RGS/Ro KENT SHIPPING RECORDS - CREW LISTS Rochester 1863 -1913 RGS/Ro: Records of the Board of Trade and Mercantile Marine (Registrar General of Shipping). Transferred from West Kent Archives Office (now Centre for Kentish Studies), County Hall, Maidstone, 21 November 1990 RGS/Ro FURTHER READING (sources available at this Centre) "Coastwise Sail" J. Anderson, c.1934 Y62.8 "Sailing Barges" F.G.G. Carr, 1931 y623.8 "Steamers of the Thames and Medway" F. Burtt, 1949 y6238 "Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers" F. Burtt, 1937 y623.8 "Sailorman: a barge-master's story" Capt. J. Uglow MBE, 1975 y623.8 "Barge Building and Barge Builders of the Swale", D.L. Sattin, 1990 y623.8 "The Bawleymen: fishermen & dredgermen of the River Medway" D. Coombe, 1979 y623.8 "Bricks and Brickies" F.G. Willmott, 1972 y623.8 "Cement, Mud and Muddies" F.G. Willmott, 1977 y623.8 "Us Bargemen" A.S. Bennett, 1980 y623.8 "A Handbook of Sailing Barges" F.S. Cooper & J. Chancellor, c.1970 y623.8 "Spritsail Barges of the Thames and Medway" E.J. March, 1970 y623.8 "Sprits'l: portrait of sailing barges and sailormen" R.-H. Perks, 1975 y623.8 "The Thames Sailing Barge: her gear and rigging" D.F. Davis, 1970 y623.8 "Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway" P. Banbury, 1971 y623.82 "Inshore Craft of Britain in the days of sail and oar" vol.2, EJ . March, 1970 y623.8 "June of Rochester" A.S. Bennett, 1949 y623.8 "Tide Time" A.S. Bennett, 1949 y623.8 Coasting Bargemaster" A.W. Roberts, 1949 y623.8 "Down Tops'l: the story of the east coast sailing barges" H. Benham, 1971 y623.8 "Sailing Barges" M . Hazell, 1982 y623.822 "British Fishing Boats and Coastal Craft Pt.I: Historical Survey" E.W. White HMSO 1950 "The Last of Our Luggers and the Men who Sailed Them" E.C. Pain, c.1900 y623.8 "Stanford's Harbour Guide: Medway & the Swale", Capt. F.S. Campbell, 1975 y623.89 "Sailing Directions for the River Thames from London to the Nore and Sheerness and thence to Rochester in the River Medway" J.S. Hobbs, 185 and 1881 y623.S929 RGS/Ro The River Medway "The River Medway and Valley" W.C. Finch, 1929 Y942MED "The River Medway" H. Biggs, 1982 Y914MED "Portrait of the River Medway" R. Penn 1981 Y914MED "Medway Journey: a guide to boating, walking, and river history" D.J. Smith, 1985 MED914 "The Medway and its Tributaries" R.H. Goodsall, 1970 Y914MED "Picturesque Views on the River Medway" S. Ireland, 1793 Y914MED Please also ask staff for access to our Local Studies vertical files and Local Studies index under relevant headings e.g. mercantile vessels ref. 623 RGS/Ro OTHER ARCHIVAL SOURCES AT THIS CENTRE Rochester City Archives: Port Sanitary and Health Committee minutes 1859-1973 (RCA/A2/59-83) Port Sanitary Report Books 1883-1926 (RCA/A4/153-183) Port Sanitary Authority correspondence 1883-1893 (RCA/A5/72) Water Bailiffs Accounts 1674-1878 (RCA/N2/1-78) Register of Boats 1859-1887 (RCA unlisted) Records of the Medway Conservancy Board 1627- 20th. Century (S/MN, MPA) Records of Doust & Co., ship repairers, Medway Slipway Yard, High Street, Rochester, comprising docking books, accident book, photographs and loose papers from 1902 onwards (DE104) Records of William Cory & Son Ltd., of Cory's Wharf, Rochester and Blue Boar Lane, Rochester, coal factors, concerning staff, pilotage, wharfage, Medway Navigation, premises, structures and business transactions, etc. Inc. references to Civil Defence and Blue Boar Creek, Rochester. c.l881-c.l950s (DE497). Medway Barge Sailing Match organising committee records 1986-1985 (DE331) Records of Trinity House River Thames Pilots Association (formerly River Thames Compulsory Pilots' Committee) [1829] 1936-1988 U2919 RGS/Ro The following list is arranged left to right by vessel, under year headings as follows: Registration no., name of vessel, tonnage of vessel, type of vessel, documents held and finally document reference no.: please quote RGS/Ro/[No] when requesting documents. Information contained in the actual crew lists is usually as follows: Name of ship, official no., port of registry, port no. and date of register, registered tonnage, name and address of managing owner, name, certificate no. and address of master, dates of commencement and termination of half-year, names of master and crew, age of each, town and country where each born, ship in which last served, date and place of discharge from previous ship, date and place of joining of this ship and in what capacity engaged, etc.; caution should be exercised with tonnages as these are either gross or net according to which is quoted in the documents. The documents are variously entitled "official log book and account of voyages and crew of a vessel of less than 80 tons register exclusively employed upon the coasts of the United Kingdom" (D. & O. 7), "half-yearly agreement and account of voyages and crew of a ship engaged in the home trade only and official log book for a vessel exclusively employed on the coasts of the United Kingdom" (Agreement Eng.6), "account of voyages and crew of home trade ship, to be delivered half-yearly to the superintendent of a mercantile marine office" (Crew List D) and Agreement for Home Trade Ship (B) (Agreement B). The documents are stamped by the Mercantile Marine offices at Rochester or Dock Street, London and the General Register and Record Office of Seamen under the auspices of the Board of Trade as directed by the appropriate legislation (17 & 18 Victoria c.104). The vessels are either coasters, tugs or lighters and in practice are nearly all barges. Further information on barges may be found in the Medway Navigation archives, reference S/MN especially class MPA/H3 (Custom House reports) and MPA/H13 (annual tonnage dues) Fishing vessels do not appear to be included. Records relating to fishing and fishermen on the River Medway are to be found in the Rochester City Archives, for which see manual lists or please ask staff. Researchers and staff should note there can be several pieces per reference no. RGS/Ro Register N/ K Name of vessel Tonnage Type Documents Archives No. held Call nos. 1863 20074 K Kent and Sussex 36 Coaster Crew List D 1 47941 NK Eliza 41 Coaster Crew List D 2 47942 N Maria 72 Coaster Crew List D 3 47943 N Lena 28 Coaster Crew List D 4 47944 NK William and Mary 38 Coaster Crew List D 5 47946 NK Benjamin Little 64 Coaster Crew List D 6 47947 NK Superb 37 Coaster Crew List D 7 47948 NK Industry 37 Coaster Crew List D 8 1864 5435 K Henry Gooding 55 Coaster Crew List D 9 14479 K Busy Body 37 Coaster Crew List D 10 20099 K Richard 38 Coaster Crew List D 11 47945 NK Henry and Clara 42 Coaster Crew List D 12 47950 NK Victoria 24 Coaster Crew List D 13 47952 NK Fairy 37 Coaster Crew List D 14 47953 NK The Three Daughters 59 Coaster Crew List D 15 47954 NK Amelia 39 Coaster Crew List D 16 47955 NK Swale 36 Coaster Crew List D 17 47957 NK Risk 101 Coaster Crew List D 18 47958 NK Herbert and William 35 Coaster Crew List D 19 47959 NK Two Friends 39 Coaster Crew List D 20 47960 N Thetis 38 Coaster Crew List D 21 49811 NK Sally Little 37 Coaster Crew List D 22 49812 NK Thomas and Caroline 35 Coaster Crew List D 23 49813 NK Maidstone 38 Coaster Crew List D 24 49814 NK United 36 Coaster Crew List D 25 49817 N Onward 35 Coaster Crew List D 26 49818 N Caledonia 30 Coaster Crew List D 27 49819 NK Hannah 39 Coaster Crew List D 28 49820 N Princess Royal 33 Coaster Crew List D 29 49821 NK William Stone 43 Coaster Crew List D 30 49822 N Queen of the Thames 48 Coaster Crew List D 31 49824 NK William Sankey 37 Coaster Crew List D 32 49825 NK Louisa 41 Coaster Crew List D 33 49826 N Louisa 32 Coaster Crew List D 34 49827 NK Frances 49 Coaster Crew List D 35 49829 NK Edward Joseph 39 Coaster Crew List D 36 49830 NK Robert Stone 43 Coaster Crew List D 37 49833 NK Julia 39 Coaster Crew List D 38 49839 NK Flower of Kent 43 Not shown Crew List D 39 49840 NK Harriet 38 Coaster Crew List D 40 1866 44619 K Nep halite 29 Coaster Crew List D 41 52954 NK Quick Steps 40 Coaster Crew List D 42 52962 NK Defiance 39 Coaster Crew List D 43 52963 NK Frindsbury 42 Coaster Crew List D 44 52964 NK George and Anne 49 Coaster Crew List D 45 52965 N Louisa 31 Coaster Crew List D 46 RGS/Ro 52966 NK Alfred and Florence 44 Coaster Crew List D 47 52967 NK Agincourt 35 Coaster Crew List D 48 52968 NK Wasp 38 Coaster Crew List D 49 52969 NK Energy 37 Coaster Crew List D 50 52970 NK Confidence 38 Coaster Crew List D 51 55135 NK Emma 41 Coaster Crew List D 52 55136 NK Caesar 35 Coaster Crew List D 53 55137 NK Arthur 34 Coaster Crew List D 54 Coaster Crew List D 55 m 38 NK Elizabeth and Mary 43 9 N Fanny 30 Coaster Crew List D 56 P 1ko N Castlemaine 38 Coaster Crew List D 57 1 1 NK Henry Tamoth 60 Coaster Crew List D 58 4F2 NK Murton 35 Coaster Crew List D 59 J 4 3 N Laura 32 Coaster Crew List D 60 55144 NK Bertha 40 Coaster Crew List D 61 55145 N Charles 30 Coaster Crew List D 62 55146 NK Foxgrove 42 Coaster Crew List D 63 55147 NK Queen Emma 37 Coaster Crew List D 64 55148 NK Kingfisher 38 Coaster Crew List D 65 55149 NK Peters 37 Coaster Crew List D 66 55150 NK Spring 37 Coaster Crew List D 67 55151 NK Ann 39 Coaster Crew List D 68 5*152 NK Lady Flora 36 Coaster Crew List D 69 m 53 NK Criterion 37 Coaster Crew List D 70 m 54 NK Nore 36 Coaster Crew List D 71 55 NK Thomas Harrison 40 Coaster Crew List D 72 156 N Fleury 24 Coaster