Ships shown as registered at Newcastle 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  ? .

Records for Newcastle may also be found under Newcastle-upon-Tyne or North Shields or Shields or South Shields.

Click a port name to see the records for that port

To show records for all the ports together, please click here

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Ship Sort by name Official number Sort by official number DetailsMNL Crew lists Link
A B GOWAN1454481921, Steam View entry for A B GOWAN in MNL 1940, page 2 MHACLIPMore...
AKELD1449791933, Steam View entry for AKELD in MNL 1940, page 6 MHACLIPMore...
ALEXANDRA914411929, Steam View entry for ALEXANDRA in MNL 1940, page 9 MHACLIPMore...
ALICE MARIE1449241920, Steam View entry for ALICE MARIE in MNL 1940, page 10 MHACLIPMore...
ALIPORE1449021920, Steam View entry for ALIPORE in MNL 1940, page 10 MHACLIPMore...
ALMA DAWSON1407001917, Steam View entry for ALMA DAWSON in MNL 1940, page 10 MHACLIPMore...
ALNWICK1615951936, Motor View entry for ALNWICK in MNL 1940, page 443 MHACLIPMore...
AMBERTON1494741928, Steam View entry for AMBERTON in MNL 1940, page 12 MHACLIPMore...
AMBLE1454751922, Steam View entry for AMBLE in MNL 1940, page 12 MHACLIPMore...
ANDEN1657701939, Motor View entry for ANDEN in MNL 1940, page 446 MHACLIPMore...
ANNIE70219Sail, Sloop View entry for ANNIE in MNL 1940, page 900 MHACLIPMore...
APPALACHEE1615611930, Motor View entry for APPALACHEE in MNL 1940, page 450 MHACLIPMore...
ASHLEA1494911929, Steam View entry for ASHLEA in MNL 1940, page 21 MHACLIPMore...
ASHWORTH1428651920, Steam View entry for ASHWORTH in MNL 1940, page 21 MHACLIPMore...
AYR997331926, Steam View entry for AYR in MNL 1940, page 25 MHACLIPMore...
BADJESTAN1494511928, Steam View entry for BADJESTAN in MNL 1940, page 26 MHACLIPMore...
BARBARA MARIE1494641928, Steam View entry for BARBARA MARIE in MNL 1940, page 29 MHACLIPMore...
BEAL1615911936, Motor View entry for BEAL in MNL 1940, page 465 MHACLIPMore...
BELLWYN1454981922, Steam View entry for BELLWYN in MNL 1940, page 36 MHACLIPMore...
BIDDLESTONE1616061937, Steam View entry for BIDDLESTONE in MNL 1940, page 42 MHACLIPMore...
BILL QUAY1297631910, Motor View entry for BILL QUAY in MNL 1940, page 471 MHACLIPMore...
BIRTLEY1455231923, Steam View entry for BIRTLEY in MNL 1940, page 42 MHACLIPMore...
BLAIRBEG1391971940, Steam View entry for BLAIRBEG in MNL 1940, page 43 MHACLIPMore...
BLUE GALLEON1480741924, Steam View entry for BLUE GALLEON in MNL 1940, page 44 MHACLIPMore...
BONDICAR1297411910, Steam View entry for BONDICAR in MNL 1940, page 45 MHACLIPMore...
BRAMWELL1454561921, Steam View entry for BRAMWELL in MNL 1940, page 49 MHACLIPMore...
BRETWALDA1657661939, Steam View entry for BRETWALDA in MNL 1940, page 49 MHACLIPMore...
BRIGHTON1494521928, Steam View entry for BRIGHTON in MNL 1940, page 50 MHACLIPMore...
BRITISH PRINCE1615761935, Motor View entry for BRITISH PRINCE in MNL 1940, page 482 MHACLIPMore...
BROTHERS104285Sail, Barge View entry for BROTHERS in MNL 1940, page 923 MHACLIPMore...
BROWNS97985Sail View entry for BROWNS in MNL 1940, page 923 MHACLIPMore...
CADILLAC1407031917, Steam View entry for CADILLAC in MNL 1940, page 59 MHACLIPMore...
CADUCEUS1494471927, Steam View entry for CADUCEUS in MNL 1940, page 59 MHACLIPMore...
CAIRNESK1494121926, Steam View entry for CAIRNESK in MNL 1940, page 59 MHACLIPMore...
CAIRNGLEN1494171926, Steam View entry for CAIRNGLEN in MNL 1940, page 59 MHACLIPMore...
CAIRNROSS1454491921, Steam View entry for CAIRNROSS in MNL 1940, page 60 MHACLIPMore...
CAIRNVALONA1407181918, Steam View entry for CAIRNVALONA in MNL 1940, page 60 MHACLIPMore...
CAITHNESS1615891935, Motor View entry for CAITHNESS in MNL 1940, page 488 MHACLIPMore...
CARLTON1480591924, Steam View entry for CARLTON in MNL 1940, page 66 MHACLIPMore...
CHELDALE1481211925, Steam View entry for CHELDALE in MNL 1940, page 73 MHACLIPMore...
CHEVINGTON1455241923, Steam View entry for CHEVINGTON in MNL 1940, page 74 MHACLIPMore...
CHEVYCHASE1494181926, Steam View entry for CHEVYCHASE in MNL 1940, page 74 MHACLIPMore...
CLEADON1105791930, Steam View entry for CLEADON in MNL 1940, page 83 MHACLIPMore...
CLEARTON1428451919, Steam View entry for CLEARTON in MNL 1940, page 83 MHACLIPMore...
CLINKER143547Sail View entry for CLINKER in MNL 1940, page 942 MHACLIPMore...
CLYDEFIELD1494731928, Motor View entry for CLYDEFIELD in MNL 1940, page 506 MHACLIPMore...
COBLE DENE887771884, Steam View entry for COBLE DENE in MNL 1940, page 85 MHACLIPMore...
CONQUEROR896191917, Steam View entry for CONQUEROR in MNL 1940, page 89 MHACLIPMore...
CONSETT LIGHTER909241920, Steam View entry for CONSETT LIGHTER in MNL 1940, page 89 MHACLIPMore...
COQUET MOUTH1494071926, Steam View entry for COQUET MOUTH in MNL 1940, page 90 MHACLIPMore...
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