Ships shown as registered at Shoreham 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.

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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ADUR113672Sail View entry for ADUR in MNL 1930, page 872 MHACLIPMore...
ALGOL1456371924, Steam View entry for ALGOL in MNL 1930, page 13 MHACLIPMore...
AREQUIPA1298011923, Auxilliary motor, page 616 View entry for AREQUIPA in MNL 1930, page 616 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 886 View entry for AREQUIPA in MNL 1930, page 886 
BLUE BIRD1298081914, Auxilliary motor, page 629 View entry for BLUE BIRD in MNL 1930, page 629 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 903 View entry for BLUE BIRD in MNL 1930, page 903 
BLUE MOON1487911925, Motor View entry for BLUE MOON in MNL 1930, page 629 MHACLIPMore...
BRABO1436431924, Motor View entry for BRABO in MNL 1930, page 632 MHACLIPMore...
BRILLIANT97740Sail, Yawl View entry for BRILLIANT in MNL 1930, page 905 MHACLIPMore...
BULLFINCH887951893, Steam View entry for BULLFINCH in MNL 1930, page 78 MHACLIPMore...
CIGARETTE108808Sail, Cutter View entry for CIGARETTE in MNL 1930, page 925 MHACLIPMore...
CLAYMORE II1069421926, Steam View entry for CLAYMORE II in MNL 1930, page 119 MHACLIPMore...
CLYTIE86605Sail, Cutter View entry for CLYTIE in MNL 1930, page 927 MHACLIPMore...
COLONNA1487951928, Motor View entry for COLONNA in MNL 1930, page 651 MHACLIPMore...
CONSTANCE1025061922, Auxilliary motor, page 652 View entry for CONSTANCE in MNL 1930, page 652 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 930 View entry for CONSTANCE in MNL 1930, page 930 
CORONILLA1203201923, Auxilliary motor, page 653 View entry for CORONILLA in MNL 1930, page 653 MHACLIPMore...
CORONILLA120322Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 932 View entry for CORONILLA in MNL 1930, page 932 MHACLIPMore...
DAISY129807Sail, Ketch View entry for DAISY in MNL 1930, page 938 MHACLIPMore...
DESIRE1280771921, Auxilliary motor, page 660 View entry for DESIRE in MNL 1930, page 660 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 942 View entry for DESIRE in MNL 1930, page 942 
DORADE1160651913, Motor View entry for DORADE in MNL 1930, page 663 MHACLIPMore...
DORIS86603Sail, Yawl View entry for DORIS in MNL 1930, page 946 MHACLIPMore...
DORIS1487921925, Auxilliary motor, page 664 View entry for DORIS in MNL 1930, page 664 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 946 View entry for DORIS in MNL 1930, page 946 
ELSPETH675831924, Auxilliary motor, page 672 View entry for ELSPETH in MNL 1930, page 672 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 961 View entry for ELSPETH in MNL 1930, page 961 
FIREFLY1280761909, Auxilliary motor, page 682 View entry for FIREFLY in MNL 1930, page 682 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Lugger, page 976 View entry for FIREFLY in MNL 1930, page 976 
GAY LADY1487961928, Motor View entry for GAY LADY in MNL 1930, page 689 MHACLIPMore...
GRISETTE113680Sail, Cutter View entry for GRISETTE in MNL 1930, page 1001 MHACLIPMore...
HARELDA1298101920, Motor View entry for HARELDA in MNL 1930, page 699 MHACLIPMore...
HAZY MORN866101926, Auxilliary motor, page 701 View entry for HAZY MORN in MNL 1930, page 701 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Yawl, page 1011 View entry for HAZY MORN in MNL 1930, page 1011 
IANTHINA1025031924, Auxilliary motor, page 707 View entry for IANTHINA in MNL 1930, page 707 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 1020 View entry for IANTHINA in MNL 1930, page 1020 
JOANNA77102Sail, Yawl View entry for JOANNA in MNL 1930, page 1036 MHACLIPMore...
KINGFISHER113674Sail, Yawl View entry for KINGFISHER in MNL 1930, page 1049 MHACLIPMore...
L'INSOUMISE1487931927, Motor View entry for L'INSOUMISE in MNL 1930, page 737 MHACLIPMore...
LA QUISE1298061913, Motor View entry for LA QUISE in MNL 1930, page 730 MHACLIPMore...
LADY MOLL120456Sail, Cutter View entry for LADY MOLL in MNL 1930, page 1055 MHACLIPMore...
LAPWING1093811926, Steam View entry for LAPWING in MNL 1930, page 314 MHACLIPMore...
LAVENGRO1136751925, Auxilliary motor, page 734 View entry for LAVENGRO in MNL 1930, page 734 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 1058 View entry for LAVENGRO in MNL 1930, page 1058 
LOAFER120460Sail, Cutter View entry for LOAFER in MNL 1930, page 1068 MHACLIPMore...
MABEL102502Sail, Yawl View entry for MABEL in MNL 1930, page 1081 MHACLIPMore...
MARA1067841926, Auxilliary motor, page 748 View entry for MARA in MNL 1930, page 748 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 1087 View entry for MARA in MNL 1930, page 1087 
MARJORIE1456391924, Motor View entry for MARJORIE in MNL 1930, page 750 MHACLIPMore...
MEGALEEP1280741912, Motor View entry for MEGALEEP in MNL 1930, page 755 MHACLIPMore...
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