Ships shown as registered at Yarmouth, NS in the Mercantile Navy List for 1940

British ships were registered at one of hundreds of ports of registry around Britain and what were then British colonies.

This page is an index of ships by their port of registry using data from the contemporary official sources such as the Mercantile Navy List (MNL) and the Appropriation Books.

For each port, it shows first a count of the entries by year. For a year selected from that list, it shows ship names and official numbers, sorted first by name, then by official number, with other details such as date of registration, and rig. For each record, links are provided to images of the source documents and to other data items such as holdings of crew lists.

For a full explanation of the records of British shipping, please see our information page, here: Records of British ships

How to search for ships by port

As described above, first select the port, then the year from the table of counts of ships.

For some ports, where there were other ports nearby, ships may have been registered at one of those ports. Where this is a possibility, the form provides facilities to switch to one of the other ports, or to see data for all the ports together.

Reading the results

The results show the names of ships registered at the port according to the records for that year. For record sets after 1855, the ship's official number is shown. The results show any other details from the source, and the exact reference for the source so that you can see where our information came from. The  icon links to images of the source.

For the pre-1857 data drawn from BT 111 and BT 162, there is a link on the right hand side Data post 1855 which will search the CLIP data for later years by name and port, looking for possible matches in the period 1855 to 1870. Beware! Because there were no official numbers for this period, these are only tentative suggestions, not exact matches. Some common names could result in many possibilities!

For post-1857 data, which has official numbers, there are also links to show holdings of crew lists for that ship, using the Maritime History Archive index and our own CLIP index.

The 'More...' link will show all the information that we have for that official number.

The records are initially sorted by the ship's name. For the pre-1857 records, the records can be sorted by year and number of registration; for the post-1857 data, they can be sorted by official number. To change the sort, click the small icon next to the column heading.

For data from BT 111 and 1850 (BT 162), there is a final column, Port no/PR no, shows port number and port rotation number combinations for that ship, which we have recorded or have interpolated from crew list records for the period 1845 to 1854 in BT 98 at TNA. These numbers were used in the records of seafarers such as BT 113 and BT 124.

For more details of port numbers, see Port numbers . For more details of port rotation numbers, see Port rotation numbers

The entries are colour coded.  nn/nnn  indicates data drawn from BT 98.  nn/nnn  indicates data interpolated from BT 98 data. Blank entries indicate where we have no data and are not able to interpolate data reliably, for example registrations pre-1845. Many early (and some post-1853) registrations may never have been allocated a port rotation number.

The link next to the data goes to the main port rotation numbers page for that registration.

Our thanks to James Canney for suggesting adding the port rotation number data.

Data sources

The sources of the data are:

Please see our general information page CLIP data for details on sources, methodology, the abbreviations we have used, and our acknowledgements.

Be aware! CLIP data is transcribed 'as seen' - we have not tried to interpret or correct it (but see note about BT 111 in the Data sources section). Where we have doubts about an item, or have edited it, we mark it with a  ? .

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10 U 8122135Sail, Sloop View entry for 10 U 8 in MNL 1940, page 1217 MHACLIPMore...
ALBAN1718421939, Motor View entry for ALBAN in MNL 1940, page 439 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE & RITA1718561939, Motor View entry for ALICE & RITA in MNL 1940, page 441 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE GAIL1718541939, Motor View entry for ALICE GAIL in MNL 1940, page 441 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE I1718531939, Motor View entry for ALICE I in MNL 1940, page 441 MHACLIPMore...
AMACITIA1581111937, Motor View entry for AMACITIA in MNL 1940, page 444 MHACLIPMore...
ANNE PAULINE1702311938, Motor View entry for ANNE PAULINE in MNL 1940, page 448 MHACLIPMore...
ARSENETH PEARL1718671939, Motor View entry for ARSENETH PEARL in MNL 1940, page 454 MHACLIPMore...
1939, Motor View entry for ASENETH PEARL in MNL 1940, page 455 
BARBARA H1702291938, Motor View entry for BARBARA H in MNL 1940, page 463 MHACLIPMore...
BARBARA L1702031937, Motor View entry for BARBARA L in MNL 1940, page 463 MHACLIPMore...
BARBARA LEE1581021934, Motor View entry for BARBARA LEE in MNL 1940, page 463 MHACLIPMore...
BETSY ANN1715981938, Motor View entry for BETSY ANN in MNL 1940, page 470 MHACLIPMore...
BETTINA1702251938, Motor View entry for BETTINA in MNL 1940, page 470 MHACLIPMore...
BETTY H1716031938, Motor View entry for BETTY H in MNL 1940, page 471 MHACLIPMore...
BEULAH A1581031934, Motor View entry for BEULAH A in MNL 1940, page 471 MHACLIPMore...
BILLY JOHN1702281938, Motor View entry for BILLY JOHN in MNL 1940, page 472 MHACLIPMore...
BLAIR1581101936, Motor View entry for BLAIR in MNL 1940, page 473 MHACLIPMore...
BLANCHE A1702011937, Motor View entry for BLANCHE A in MNL 1940, page 473 MHACLIPMore...
BLANCHE II1702231938, Motor View entry for BLANCHE II in MNL 1940, page 473 MHACLIPMore...
BLONDIE1718371939, Motor View entry for BLONDIE in MNL 1940, page 474 MHACLIPMore...
BOBBY M1701681937, Motor View entry for BOBBY M in MNL 1940, page 476 MHACLIPMore...
C E L1718451939, Motor View entry for C E L in MNL 1940, page 487 MHACLIPMore...
CANSO1268031910, Steam View entry for CANSO in MNL 1940, page 63 MHACLIPMore...
CAPELIN1526971931, Motor View entry for CAPELIN in MNL 1940, page 491 MHACLIPMore...
CATHERINE D1581071936, Motor View entry for CATHERINE D in MNL 1940, page 496 MHACLIPMore...
CEASER1718641939, Motor View entry for CEASER in MNL 1940, page 496 MHACLIPMore...
CECELIE MARY1715921938, Motor View entry for CECELIE MARY in MNL 1940, page 497 MHACLIPMore...
CLARISSE L1718231938, Motor View entry for CLARISSE L in MNL 1940, page 505 MHACLIPMore...
CLAYTON R1715901938, Motor View entry for CLAYTON R in MNL 1940, page 505 MHACLIPMore...
CLIFFORD AMIRO1702091938, Steam View entry for CLIFFORD AMIRO in MNL 1940, page 84 MHACLIPMore...
CLISSIE M1702221938, Motor View entry for CLISSIE M in MNL 1940, page 506 MHACLIPMore...
CONNORS BROS1166531909, Steam View entry for CONNORS BROS in MNL 1940, page 89 MHACLIPMore...
CORRINE S1715811938, Motor View entry for CORRINE S in MNL 1940, page 511 MHACLIPMore...
CORTICELLI1570991937, Motor View entry for CORTICELLI in MNL 1940, page 512 MHACLIPMore...
CRUISETTE1718211938, Motor View entry for CRUISETTE in MNL 1940, page 515 MHACLIPMore...
DAISY & EUNICE1702081937, Motor View entry for DAISY & EUNICE in MNL 1940, page 518 MHACLIPMore...
DELEMON LE BLANC1306211911, Motor View entry for DELEMON LE BLANC in MNL 1940, page 523 MHACLIPMore...
DELORA1702181938, Motor View entry for DELORA in MNL 1940, page 523 MHACLIPMore...
DENNIS L1702351938, Motor View entry for DENNIS L in MNL 1940, page 523 MHACLIPMore...
DONING1581061935, Motor View entry for DONING in MNL 1940, page 528 MHACLIPMore...
DORIS E1718491939, Motor View entry for DORIS E in MNL 1940, page 529 MHACLIPMore...
DOROTHY & BETTY1715961938, Motor View entry for DOROTHY & BETTY in MNL 1940, page 531 MHACLIPMore...
DOROTHY LOUISE1702361938, Motor View entry for DOROTHY LOUISE in MNL 1940, page 530 MHACLIPMore...
E M BUDDY1715841938, Motor View entry for E M BUDDY in MNL 1940, page 536 MHACLIPMore...
EARL C1701641936, Motor View entry for EARL C in MNL 1940, page 537 MHACLIPMore...
ELEANOR MARIE1718511939, Motor View entry for ELEANOR MARIE in MNL 1940, page 542 MHACLIPMore...
ELINOR S1341661918, Motor View entry for ELINOR S in MNL 1940, page 542 MHACLIPMore...
ELOI1718601939, Motor View entry for ELOI in MNL 1940, page 544 MHACLIPMore...
EMELIE B1702341938, Motor View entry for EMELIE B in MNL 1940, page 546 MHACLIPMore...
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