Ships shown as registered at Fowey 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
ACEITUNA147386Sail, Sloop View entry for ACEITUNA in MNL 1930, page 870 MHACLIPMore...
BEATRICE CAROLINE85826Sail, Ketch View entry for BEATRICE CAROLINE in MNL 1930, page 896 MHACLIPMore...
COMET1319871921, Auxilliary motor, page 651 View entry for COMET in MNL 1930, page 651 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 928 View entry for COMET in MNL 1930, page 928 
COUNTESS OF JERSEY784371881, Steam View entry for COUNTESS OF JERSEY in MNL 1930, page 133 MHACLIPMore...
CRESTA95740Sail, Yawl View entry for CRESTA in MNL 1930, page 933 MHACLIPMore...
DAUNTLESS1483441926, Auxilliary motor, page 658 View entry for DAUNTLESS in MNL 1930, page 658 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 939 View entry for DAUNTLESS in MNL 1930, page 939 
DIANA1483451926, Auxilliary motor, page 661 View entry for DIANA in MNL 1930, page 661 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 943 View entry for DIANA in MNL 1930, page 943 
F H C NO 1147388Sail View entry for F H C NO 1 in MNL 1930, page 971 MHACLIPMore...
F H C NO 2147387Sail View entry for F H C NO 2 in MNL 1930, page 971 MHACLIPMore...
F H C NO 3147389Sail View entry for F H C NO 3 in MNL 1930, page 971 MHACLIPMore...
F H C NO 4147390Sail View entry for F H C NO 4 in MNL 1930, page 971 MHACLIPMore...
F H C NO 5148341Sail View entry for F H C NO 5 in MNL 1930, page 971 MHACLIPMore...
F H C NO 6148343Sail View entry for F H C NO 6 in MNL 1930, page 971 MHACLIPMore...
FOAM858301888, Motor View entry for FOAM in MNL 1930, page 683 MHACLIPMore...
FOYE1160641910, Auxilliary motor, page 687 View entry for FOYE in MNL 1930, page 687 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 981 View entry for FOYE in MNL 1930, page 981 
GALLANT858221903, Steam View entry for GALLANT in MNL 1930, page 208 MHACLIPMore...
HELENA ANNA85257Sail, Schooner View entry for HELENA ANNA in MNL 1930, page 1012 MHACLIPMore...
ISABEL1084271921, Auxilliary motor, page 711 View entry for ISABEL in MNL 1930, page 711 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 1026 View entry for ISABEL in MNL 1930, page 1026 
JANE BANKS77428Sail, Schooner View entry for JANE BANKS in MNL 1930, page 1033 MHACLIPMore...
LINTIE1245811925, Auxilliary motor, page 737 View entry for LINTIE in MNL 1930, page 737 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 1066 View entry for LINTIE in MNL 1930, page 1066 
MA-JUB1495721928, Auxilliary motor, page 746 View entry for MA-JUB in MNL 1930, page 746 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 1081 View entry for MA-JUB in MNL 1930, page 1081 
MARIE LOUISE1495731929, Auxilliary motor, page 749 View entry for MARIE LOUISE in MNL 1930, page 749 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1090 View entry for MARIE LOUISE in MNL 1930, page 1090 
MINA1495741929, Auxilliary motor, page 757 View entry for MINA in MNL 1930, page 757 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1104 View entry for MINA in MNL 1930, page 1104 
MOLLIE1483421924, Auxilliary motor, page 760 View entry for MOLLIE in MNL 1930, page 760 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Lugger, page 1108 View entry for MOLLIE in MNL 1930, page 1108 
ORCHID1197361926, Auxilliary motor, page 777 View entry for ORCHID in MNL 1930, page 777 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1132 View entry for ORCHID in MNL 1930, page 1132 
OTTER957301911, Auxilliary motor, page 779 View entry for OTTER in MNL 1930, page 779 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1134 View entry for OTTER in MNL 1930, page 1134 
PENDRAGON1495711926, Motor View entry for PENDRAGON in MNL 1930, page 784 MHACLIPMore...
PENLEATH1058941927, Steam View entry for PENLEATH in MNL 1930, page 419 MHACLIPMore...
S F PEARCE1368241928, Auxilliary motor, page 808 View entry for S F PEARCE in MNL 1930, page 808 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Schooner, page 1175 View entry for S F PEARCE in MNL 1930, page 1175 
SHEILING1319841913, Steam View entry for SHEILING in MNL 1930, page 499 MHACLIPMore...
SKIRMISH1160631903, Auxilliary motor, page 823 View entry for SKIRMISH in MNL 1930, page 823 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1195 View entry for SKIRMISH in MNL 1930, page 1195 
TEAL1319861915, Auxilliary motor, page 835 View entry for TEAL in MNL 1930, page 835 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1212 View entry for TEAL in MNL 1930, page 1212 
THOMAS AYLAN20600Sail, Schooner View entry for THOMAS AYLAN in MNL 1930, page 1217 MHACLIPMore...
TREFFRY639631870, Steam View entry for TREFFRY in MNL 1930, page 553 MHACLIPMore...
TREGEAGLE131990Sail View entry for TREGEAGLE in MNL 1930, page 1221 MHACLIPMore...
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