Crew List Index Project

Crew lists and agreements for British registered ships show the master's name on the first page or the heading of the document, often with their address.

This is a list of the masters of a vessel as shown on the crew lists which CLIP has transcribed from the records held at local archives (so please be aware that this is only a limited list).

More details of the records of masters and other officers are here: Masters, mates, engineers and cooks

How to search for the masters of a ship

Other pages link to this one using an official number, or you can search again by official number using the button top right to access the search form.

On the search form, enter the ship's official number in the range from 1 to 199550. This should be a pure number without wild-cards such as '*', '%', '?'.

Then click

Reading the results

The results are sorted in date order, showing the master's Surname, Forename and Address. They show the vessel and her port, with the dates of the voyages recorded on the crew list. The archive holding the document is shown with their reference for the document, if available.

Using the results

The link on the right hand side of the table shows a transcript of the crew list. Bear in mind that we have only transcribed the main details from the document. The original will always contain more information, for example it will probably show the voyages made during the period covered by the document.

Data sources

This data is taken from the crew lists and agreements which are held at:

Anglesey Archives - port of Beaumaris, 100% complete.
Devon Archives and Local Studies - Devon ports and vessels with a Devonshire connection, 100% complete, including data from photocopies which they hold.
Glamorgan Archives - port of Cardiff covering the years 1863, 1871, 1881, 1901 and 1911. This project is ongoing at the archives.
Lancashire Archives - Lancashire ports, 30% complete, data transferred from transcripts made by Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society volunteers.
National Library of Wales - port of Aberystwyth, 100% complete, data transferred from transcripts made by NLW volunteers.
Portsmouth History Centre - ports of Portsmouth and Cowes, 100% complete.
Southampton Archives - documents for Union-Castle vessels, 100% complete.

The documents cover the period 1863 to 1913.

Surname	Forename	Address	Ship's name	Port	From	To	Archive	Links
DENHAM	C	YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1868	30/6/1868	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1868	31/12/1868	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1869	30/6/1869	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH, IOW	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1869	31/12/1869	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1870	30/6/1870	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1870	31/12/1870	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
DENHAM	CHAS	YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1871	30/6/1871	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1871	31/12/1871	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
DENHAM	C	YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1872	30/6/1872	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		YARMOUTH	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1872	31/12/1872	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
DENHAM	CHARLES	YARMOUTH, IOW	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1874	30/6/1874	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
FEARNHEAD	GEORGE	MILL TERRACE, YARMOUTH, IOW	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1874	31/12/1874	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
TANNER	GEORGE	MILL TERRACE, YARMOUTH, IOW	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1876	30/6/1876	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		MILL TERRACE, YARMOUTH, IOW	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1876	31/12/1876	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
ANSELL	W	NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1877	31/12/1877	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/1/1878	30/6/1878	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES, 5/1867	1/7/1878	31/12/1878	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES, 17/1877	1/1/1879	30/6/1879	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES, 17/1877	1/7/1879	31/12/1879	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
ANSELL	WM	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1880	30/6/1880	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES, 17/1877	1/7/1880	31/12/1880	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
ANSELL	WALTER	33 HOLY ROOD STREET, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES, 17/1877	1/1/1881	30/6/1881	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1881	31/12/1881	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SHEPARD	JAMES	33 HOLY ROOD STREET, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1882	30/6/1882	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		33 HOLY ROOD STREET, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1882	31/12/1882	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		33 HOLY ROOD STREET, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1883	30/6/1883	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH JUNIOR	SAMUEL	33 HOLY ROOD STREET, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1883	31/12/1883	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH	SAMUEL	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1887	30/6/1887	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH JUNIOR	SAMUEL	ROYAL OAK, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1887	31/12/1887	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH JNR	S	34 HOLY ROOD ST, NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1888	30/6/1888	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1888	31/12/1888	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH	S	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1889	30/6/1889	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1889	31/12/1889	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH	SAML	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1890	30/6/1890	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1890	31/12/1890	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1891	30/6/1891	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1891	31/12/1891	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH	SAMUEL	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1892	30/6/1892	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1892	31/12/1892	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
LEIGH	SAML	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1893	30/6/1893	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JAMES	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1893	31/12/1893	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1894	30/6/1894	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1894	31/12/1894	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1896	30/6/1896	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1896	31/12/1896	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1897	30/6/1897	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1897	31/12/1897	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1898	30/6/1898	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1898	31/12/1898	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	J	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1899	30/6/1899	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, IOW	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1899	31/12/1899	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JAMES	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1900	30/6/1900	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW BLACK	JAMES FREDERICK	NEWPORT BRUNSWICK	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1900	31/12/1900	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JAMES	NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1901	30/6/1901	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1901	31/12/1901	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1902	30/6/1902	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		8 QUAY STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1902	31/12/1902	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JOHN JAMES	QUAY STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1903	30/6/1903	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		7 QUAY STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1903	31/12/1903	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JAMES AUTHOR	QUAY STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1904	30/6/1904	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JOHN JAMES	8 QUAY STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1904	31/12/1904	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1907	30/6/1907	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD STREET, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1907	31/12/1907	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1908	30/6/1908	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1908	31/12/1908	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
SNOW	JOHN	34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1909	30/6/1909	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1909	31/12/1909	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1910	30/6/1910	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1910	31/12/1910	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		34 HOLYROOD ST, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1911	30/6/1911	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		1 WOLSELEY TERRACE, BROADLANDS, NEWPORT, IOW	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1911	31/12/1911	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		1 WOLSELEY TERRACE, BROADLANDS, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1912	30/6/1912	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		BLEMONT [?], BROADLANDS, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1912	31/12/1912	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		1 WOLSELEY TERRACE, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/1/1913	30/6/1913	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript
		--EMONT, BROADLAND, NEWPORT, I O W	LYDIA	COWES	1/7/1913	31/12/1913	Portsmouth City RO	Transcript

Masters of the ship with official number 51137

How to search for the masters of a ship

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Data sources