Ships shown as registered at Banff 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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Ship Sort by name Official number Sort by official number DetailsMNL Crew lists Link
ACQUIRE1254161927, Steam View entry for ACQUIRE in MNL 1940, page 3 MHACLIPMore...
AURILIA1321701925, Steam View entry for AURILIA in MNL 1940, page 23 MHACLIPMore...
BELLE O'MORAY1327821936, Steam View entry for BELLE O'MORAY in MNL 1940, page 36 MHACLIPMore...
BETSY SLATER1273361911, Steam View entry for BETSY SLATER in MNL 1940, page 41 MHACLIPMore...
BETTY INGLIS1045111928, Steam View entry for BETTY INGLIS in MNL 1940, page 41 MHACLIPMore...
BOY ANDREW1273971922, Steam View entry for BOY ANDREW in MNL 1940, page 47 MHACLIPMore...
BOYNDIE BURN1273191911, Steam View entry for BOYNDIE BURN in MNL 1940, page 47 MHACLIPMore...
BREME1285561923, Steam View entry for BREME in MNL 1940, page 49 MHACLIPMore...
BRITISH CROWN1273621913, Steam View entry for BRITISH CROWN in MNL 1940, page 52 MHACLIPMore...
BRUCES1258061907, Steam View entry for BRUCES in MNL 1940, page 56 MHACLIPMore...
CASTLE STUART1312581938, Steam View entry for CASTLE STUART in MNL 1940, page 67 MHACLIPMore...
CLANS1273871915, Steam View entry for CLANS in MNL 1940, page 83 MHACLIPMore...
CLOVERDALE1196221926, Steam View entry for CLOVERDALE in MNL 1940, page 84 MHACLIPMore...
CONCORDIA1273781914, Steam View entry for CONCORDIA in MNL 1940, page 88 MHACLIPMore...
CONVALLARIA1460441938, Steam View entry for CONVALLARIA in MNL 1940, page 90 MHACLIPMore...
CORONATA1273551912, Steam View entry for CORONATA in MNL 1940, page 93 MHACLIPMore...
CRAIG-ALVAH1272991909, Steam View entry for CRAIG-ALVAH in MNL 1940, page 95 MHACLIPMore...
CRAIGNEEN1273801914, Steam View entry for CRAIGNEEN in MNL 1940, page 96 MHACLIPMore...
CRANNOCH1273401911, Steam View entry for CRANNOCH in MNL 1940, page 96 MHACLIPMore...
DAISY BANK1273461911, Steam View entry for DAISY BANK in MNL 1940, page 101 MHACLIPMore...
DELIVERER1275131919, Steam View entry for DELIVERER in MNL 1940, page 106 MHACLIPMore...
DUNEDIN1273061910, Steam View entry for DUNEDIN in MNL 1940, page 115 MHACLIPMore...
E J M1245641920, Steam View entry for E J M in MNL 1940, page 116 MHACLIPMore...
ELSIE & NELLIE1375821938, Steam View entry for ELSIE & NELLIE in MNL 1940, page 124 MHACLIPMore...
EXCHEQUER1321691929, Steam View entry for EXCHEQUER in MNL 1940, page 131 MHACLIPMore...
FISHER LAD1455591926, Steam View entry for FISHER LAD in MNL 1940, page 137 MHACLIPMore...
FLOWING TIDE1273681913, Steam View entry for FLOWING TIDE in MNL 1940, page 139 MHACLIPMore...
GAMRIE BAY1273861915, Steam View entry for GAMRIE BAY in MNL 1940, page 147 MHACLIPMore...
GELLYBURN1272881908, Steam View entry for GELLYBURN in MNL 1940, page 149 MHACLIPMore...
GOLDEN EMBLEM1398851931, Steam View entry for GOLDEN EMBLEM in MNL 1940, page 156 MHACLIPMore...
GOLDEN LEA1253321938, Steam View entry for GOLDEN LEA in MNL 1940, page 156 MHACLIPMore...
HARVEST GLEANER1464921938, Steam View entry for HARVEST GLEANER in MNL 1940, page 169 MHACLIPMore...
HEATHERY BRAE1312431919, Steam View entry for HEATHERY BRAE in MNL 1940, page 171 MHACLIPMore...
INTER NOS1270481929, Steam View entry for INTER NOS in MNL 1940, page 185 MHACLIPMore...
J & M MAIN1327971919, Steam View entry for J & M MAIN in MNL 1940, page 190 MHACLIPMore...
JOHN WATT1255471924, Steam View entry for JOHN WATT in MNL 1940, page 197 MHACLIPMore...
KILMANY1376661938, Steam View entry for KILMANY in MNL 1940, page 207 MHACLIPMore...
LAUREL CROWN1360231931, Steam View entry for LAUREL CROWN in MNL 1940, page 223 MHACLIPMore...
LAVATERA1273691914, Steam View entry for LAVATERA in MNL 1940, page 223 MHACLIPMore...
LEMNOS1269801939, Steam View entry for LEMNOS in MNL 1940, page 225 MHACLIPMore...
LIZZIE WEST1274001930, Steam View entry for LIZZIE WEST in MNL 1940, page 229 MHACLIPMore...
MAJESTY1276061926, Steam View entry for MAJESTY in MNL 1940, page 244 MHACLIPMore...
MARY JOHNSON1376541939, Steam View entry for MARY JOHNSON in MNL 1940, page 251 MHACLIPMore...
OBERON1246351907, Steam View entry for OBERON in MNL 1940, page 283 MHACLIPMore...
OCEAN GLEANER1273631913, Steam View entry for OCEAN GLEANER in MNL 1940, page 284 MHACLIPMore...
ONWARD1258351907, Steam View entry for ONWARD in MNL 1940, page 287 MHACLIPMore...
OVERFALL1452411921, Steam View entry for OVERFALL in MNL 1940, page 291 MHACLIPMore...
RAIT CASTLE1327871938, Steam View entry for RAIT CASTLE in MNL 1940, page 314 MHACLIPMore...
RAMBLER ROSE1271081931, Steam View entry for RAMBLER ROSE in MNL 1940, page 315 MHACLIPMore...
RESTORE1273271911, Steam View entry for RESTORE in MNL 1940, page 321 MHACLIPMore...
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