Ships shown as registered at Sydney, NSW in the Mercantile Navy List for 1915

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.

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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ACME1010601892, Steam View entry for ACME in MNL 1915, page 4 MHACLIPMore...
ACTON131597Sail, Ketch View entry for ACTON in MNL 1915, page 656 MHACLIPMore...
ADA893511885, Steam View entry for ADA in MNL 1915, page 5 MHACLIPMore...
ADA1010961893, Steam View entry for ADA in MNL 1915, page 5 MHACLIPMore...
ADA FLORENCE64438Sail, Schooner View entry for ADA FLORENCE in MNL 1915, page 656 MHACLIPMore...
ADELAIDE888451908, Steam View entry for ADELAIDE in MNL 1915, page 6 MHACLIPMore...
ADELAIDE894021888, Steam View entry for ADELAIDE in MNL 1915, page 6 MHACLIPMore...
ADVANCE1152101908, Motor View entry for ADVANCE in MNL 1915, page 7 MHACLIPMore...
ADVENT HERALD1315961914, Motor View entry for ADVENT HERALD in MNL 1915, page 7 MHACLIPMore...
AGENORIA718151902, Steam View entry for AGENORIA in MNL 1915, page 8 MHACLIPMore...
AGNES749151888, Steam View entry for AGNES in MNL 1915, page 9 MHACLIPMore...
AIMEE749641878, Steam View entry for AIMEE in MNL 1915, page 10 MHACLIPMore...
AKARANA1011281894, Motor View entry for AKARANA in MNL 1915, page 11 MHACLIPMore...
AKEBONO110676Sail, Ketch View entry for AKEBONO in MNL 1915, page 660 MHACLIPMore...
ALABAMA936001889, Steam View entry for ALABAMA in MNL 1915, page 11 MHACLIPMore...
ALBATROSS106223Sail, Ketch View entry for ALBATROSS in MNL 1915, page 661 MHACLIPMore...
ALBERT MACLAREN101079Sail, Ketch View entry for ALBERT MACLAREN in MNL 1915, page 661 MHACLIPMore...
ALBURY131520Sail View entry for ALBURY in MNL 1915, page 662 MHACLIPMore...
ALERT750331879, Steam View entry for ALERT in MNL 1915, page 15 MHACLIPMore...
ALERT892461884, Steam View entry for ALERT in MNL 1915, page 15 MHACLIPMore...
ALERT1211681907, Motor View entry for ALERT in MNL 1915, page 15 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE73311Sail, Lugger View entry for ALICE in MNL 1915, page 664 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE936011889, Steam View entry for ALICE in MNL 1915, page 17 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE101047Sail, Ketch View entry for ALICE in MNL 1915, page 664 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE TEMPLETON75060Sail, Ketch View entry for ALICE TEMPLETON in MNL 1915, page 665 MHACLIPMore...
ALMA DOEPEL117640Sail, Schooner View entry for ALMA DOEPEL in MNL 1915, page 666 MHACLIPMore...
ALPHA892301884, Steam View entry for ALPHA in MNL 1915, page 20 MHACLIPMore...
ALPHA117614Sail, Schooner View entry for ALPHA in MNL 1915, page 667 MHACLIPMore...
ALPHA1314981912, Motor View entry for ALPHA in MNL 1915, page 20 MHACLIPMore...
AMANTIS106235Sail, Ketch View entry for AMANTIS in MNL 1915, page 667 MHACLIPMore...
AMRA985771907, Steam View entry for AMRA in MNL 1915, page 23 MHACLIPMore...
AMY326851883, Steam View entry for AMY in MNL 1915, page 23 MHACLIPMore...
AMY121566Sail, Ketch View entry for AMY in MNL 1915, page 668 MHACLIPMore...
ANGLER1125821902, Steam View entry for ANGLER in MNL 1915, page 24 MHACLIPMore...
ANITA1125841902, Motor View entry for ANITA in MNL 1915, page 25 MHACLIPMore...
ANNA MARIA464381892, Steam View entry for ANNA MARIA in MNL 1915, page 26 MHACLIPMore...
ANNIE71838Sail, Lugger View entry for ANNIE in MNL 1915, page 672 MHACLIPMore...
ANNIE837261883, Steam View entry for ANNIE in MNL 1915, page 26 MHACLIPMore...
ANNIE89262Sail, Ketch View entry for ANNIE in MNL 1915, page 672 MHACLIPMore...
ANNIE89307Sail, Schooner View entry for ANNIE in MNL 1915, page 672 MHACLIPMore...
ANNIE LOVE1252311910, Motor View entry for ANNIE LOVE in MNL 1915, page 26 MHACLIPMore...
ANTARCTIC1315801914, Steam View entry for ANTARCTIC in MNL 1915, page 27 MHACLIPMore...
AOMA112515Sail, Cutter View entry for AOMA in MNL 1915, page 674 MHACLIPMore...
APACHE117675Sail, Cutter View entry for APACHE in MNL 1915, page 674 MHACLIPMore...
ARAWATTA966491890, Steam View entry for ARAWATTA in MNL 1915, page 30 MHACLIPMore...
ARCHER870821894, Steam View entry for ARCHER in MNL 1915, page 30 MHACLIPMore...
ARETHUSA1251971909, Motor View entry for ARETHUSA in MNL 1915, page 32 MHACLIPMore...
ARIEL106120Sail, Cutter View entry for ARIEL in MNL 1915, page 676 MHACLIPMore...
ARIEL121160Sail, Cutter View entry for ARIEL in MNL 1915, page 676 MHACLIPMore...
ASSAN CEYLON101090Sail, Ketch View entry for ASSAN CEYLON in MNL 1915, page 678 MHACLIPMore...
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