The Crew List Project will help you find crew lists held in county collections, which you can search by ship\u2019s name or official number.\u00a0 Findmypast<\/a>\u00a0also has crew lists and agreements for 1861-1913.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 1915 Crew Lists<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Work on this wonderful resource for Merchant Navy records began in 2012. Volunteers marshalled by The National Archives and the National Maritime Museum (and with help from the CLIP team) began transcribing all of the surviving crew lists from 1915.<\/p>\n
There are more than 39,000 crew lists here, featuring over 750,000 names. You can search for a crew member by forename, surname, rank, vessel name and\/or birthplace. You can also search for a vessel, using its name or official number (vital for distinguishing between two vessels with the same name). There are also useful FAQs.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 The National Archives (TNA)<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen kept Merchant Navy records, so most material is held in the Board of Trade record series (BT). There are guides to tracing merchant seamen for 1858-1917 and after 1917.<\/p>\n
You can, for example, search and download registry cards of merchant seamen 1918-1941 via\u00a0 Findmypast<\/a>. Southampton Archives<\/a> has the originals. You can also search First World War<\/a> Mercantile Marine Medal recipients on\u00a0 TNA\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Irish Mariners<\/a><\/h4>\n
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This free resource contains details of more than 23,000 Irish<\/a> and 1,000 Canadian seamen\u2019s Merchant Navy records from the CR10 series at Southampton Archives. As detailed on the homepage: \u201cA unique feature of the CR10 cards is that they usually contain a good passport style photograph of the seaman. They also contain personal and voyage start details.\u201d You can search by surname; surname and forename; surname and initial; RS2\/Identity Certificate Number; and add a year of birth.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 Welsh Mariners<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Although the design of this website looks rather old-fashioned, it\u2019s still updated and is a good resource for Welsh<\/a> Merchant Navy records. It lists nearly 24,000 Welsh merchant masters, mates and engineers who were active between 1800 and 1945. Most of the masters and mates were from West Wales. You might also wish to investigate\u00a0 Swansea Mariners\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0 Cardiff Mariners<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Jonathan Scott is a freelance writer and family history expert. You can visit his website<\/a> or follow him on Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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