Transcript of crew list: ELECTRIC, 15503, 2/2/1863 to 17/8/1863, AC

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Crew lists and agreements for British registered ships show details of the ship, the owners and the master with a list of the crew.

This is a transcript of the details shown on a crew list which CLIP has transcribed from the records held at local archives.

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The documents cover the period 1863 to 1913.

Other transcripts of crew lists for this ship for 1863:   28/5/1862 to 14/1/1863  

Ship details

Vessel  ELECTRIC Dates  2/2/1863  to 17/8/1863
Official number  15503 List type  AC
Ownership  WILLM H BARTICK Registered  EXETER, 12/1857
  ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE
  EXETER, DEVON Tonnage  259 net
Master  JOHN BODWELL Archives Devon Archives and Local Studies
  TYNMOUTH, DEVONSHIRE Archives reference 1976/ELECTRIC/15503

Crew names

Forename Surname Age/DOB Birthplace Capacity Previous vessel
J BODWELL 32 DEVONSHIRE MASTER ELECTRIC, EXETER
EDWARD HARLEY 28 GREENOCK MATE SILVER CRAIG, LPOOL, 1862
JAMES MCPHERSON 24 GLASGOW [...] QUEEN OF THE FLEET, YARMOUTH, NS, 1863
JAMES PUCKETT 38 DORSETSHIRE CARPENTER GALLATEA, TEIGNMOUTH, 1862
JAMES HARLEY 23 GREENOCK STEWARD & COOK FAIRY, NEWFLAND, 1862
JAMES RUSSELL 22 GREENOCK SEAMAN ARTHUR, GLASGOW, 1862
RICHARD JONES 30 SHIELDS SEAMAN DIANA, ST JOHNS
BEN COLMAN 29 EXMOUTH SEAMAN JAS MCLENNAN, STRANRAER
JAMES MURRAY 33 WIGTON SEAMAN GARLIIES, STRANRAER
NEIL MCDONALD 17 GREENOCK ORD SEA OCEAN SPRAY, SUNDERLAND, 1863
GEORGE HAYDON 16 APPRENTICE INDENTURED, CARDIFF, 1860
JOHN DAVIDSON 19 STRANRAER SEAMAN CAIRNSFOOT, LPOOL, 1863
CHARLES RICE 26 GLASGOW SEAMAN CITY OF CANTON, GLASGOW, 1863
JAMES CORBITT 20 WATERFORD SEAMAN OCEAN BREEZE, SUNDERLAND, 1863
STEPHEN D FOX 29 FALMO' SEAMAN ASTREA, LIVERPOOL, 1863
JOHN MCINTYRE 40 LIMEKILNS MATE GLENARAS, LONDON
PATRICK FAGAN 28 DUBLIN AB MARY JANE, BELFAST
JOHN SMITH 23 CUMBERLAND AB HELICEN
WILLIAM BURKE 25 DE[...]ERY AB CLARENCE
GEORGE HAYDON 16 APPRENTICE INDENTURED, CARDIFF, 1860