Ships shown as registered at Weymouth, NS in the Mercantile Navy List for 1930

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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Ship Sort by name Official number Sort by official number DetailsMNL Crew lists Link
AMMEG1510801928, Motor View entry for AMMEG in MNL 1930, page 612 MHACLIPMore...
AMOS B1305171915, Motor View entry for AMOS B in MNL 1930, page 612 MHACLIPMore...
BAMBI1510771928, Motor View entry for BAMBI in MNL 1930, page 623 MHACLIPMore...
BANKER1551261929, Motor View entry for BANKER in MNL 1930, page 623 MHACLIPMore...
BEAR CAT1551251929, Motor View entry for BEAR CAT in MNL 1930, page 624 MHACLIPMore...
BESSIE L MORSE1305151914, Motor View entry for BESSIE L MORSE in MNL 1930, page 626 MHACLIPMore...
BETTY & IDA1510751927, Motor View entry for BETTY & IDA in MNL 1930, page 627 MHACLIPMore...
BUDDY1551241929, Motor View entry for BUDDY in MNL 1930, page 636 MHACLIPMore...
CHARLES THERIAULT138448Sail, Schooner View entry for CHARLES THERIAULT in MNL 1930, page 922 MHACLIPMore...
DAWN WILKIE141227Sail, Schooner View entry for DAWN WILKIE in MNL 1930, page 940 MHACLIPMore...
DONNA1510761928, Motor View entry for DONNA in MNL 1930, page 663 MHACLIPMore...
E P THERIAULT141571Sail, Schooner View entry for E P THERIAULT in MNL 1930, page 952 MHACLIPMore...
EDITHE BELLIVEAU138807Sail, Schooner View entry for EDITHE BELLIVEAU in MNL 1930, page 954 MHACLIPMore...
EMMA D1076041922, Motor View entry for EMMA D in MNL 1930, page 673 MHACLIPMore...
FLOGOLD1551231929, Motor View entry for FLOGOLD in MNL 1930, page 683 MHACLIPMore...
FRANCES J ELKIN141221Sail, Schooner View entry for FRANCES J ELKIN in MNL 1930, page 981 MHACLIPMore...
FRED & NORMAN1008941912, Motor View entry for FRED & NORMAN in MNL 1930, page 685 MHACLIPMore...
G B F1305121913, Motor View entry for G B F in MNL 1930, page 686 MHACLIPMore...
GRACE HANKINSON1415801922, Steam View entry for GRACE HANKINSON in MNL 1930, page 226 MHACLIPMore...
HERBERT GREEN1415741920, Steam View entry for HERBERT GREEN in MNL 1930, page 244 MHACLIPMore...
IRENE C1510791928, Motor View entry for IRENE C in MNL 1930, page 710 MHACLIPMore...
LAURA & MARION1388041923, Motor View entry for LAURA & MARION in MNL 1930, page 733 MHACLIPMore...
Sail, Schooner View entry for LAURA & MARION in MNL 1930, page 1058 
LAURET C1305181916, Motor View entry for LAURET C in MNL 1930, page 733 MHACLIPMore...
LEO LE BLANC141226Sail, Schooner View entry for LEO LE BLANC in MNL 1930, page 1061 MHACLIPMore...
LIZZIE BLANCHE100892Sail, Schooner View entry for LIZZIE BLANCHE in MNL 1930, page 1067 MHACLIPMore...
LORANIA1510731927, Motor View entry for LORANIA in MNL 1930, page 740 MHACLIPMore...
LOUIS THERIAULT1388031926, Motor View entry for LOUIS THERIAULT in MNL 1930, page 741 MHACLIPMore...
MAREUILENDOLE1382741928, Motor View entry for MAREUILENDOLE in MNL 1930, page 748 MHACLIPMore...
MARY B BROOKS151072Sail, Schooner View entry for MARY B BROOKS in MNL 1930, page 1094 MHACLIPMore...
NOBBY1510741927, Motor View entry for NOBBY in MNL 1930, page 771 MHACLIPMore...
OKUCHOBEE1510781928, Motor View entry for OKUCHOBEE in MNL 1930, page 775 MHACLIPMore...
REGINE C122038Sail, Schooner View entry for REGINE C in MNL 1930, page 1161 MHACLIPMore...
ROSE ANNE BELLIVEAU141230Sail, Schooner View entry for ROSE ANNE BELLIVEAU in MNL 1930, page 1167 MHACLIPMore...
SISSIBOO1305111913, Steam View entry for SISSIBOO in MNL 1930, page 506 MHACLIPMore...
SOUTH WIND1551211928, Motor View entry for SOUTH WIND in MNL 1930, page 825 MHACLIPMore...
UTILLA150243Sail, Schooner View entry for UTILLA in MNL 1930, page 1226 MHACLIPMore...
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