Transcript of crew list: ELITE, 29515, 28/8/1863 to 23/10/1863, 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.

More details of crew lists are here: Crew lists

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The Ship details section of the transcript shows the details taken from the front page of the document, or the header for half-yearly returns.

It also shows the name of the archive holding the document and the archive reference.

The Crew names section shows a transcript of the entries for the crew, in the order in which they appear in the original document. If the link to this page comes from the index of seafarers, that person's record will be highlighted. Crew members occasionally signed off and then signed on again, so it is a good idea to scan all through the list.

The original crew list will show more detail than our transcript so it is well worth obtaining a copy of the document. For example, it will show the person's wages and when they signed on and off. There may also be details of the voyages, records of any disciplinary matters and accidents to the ship.

Data sources

This data is taken from the crew lists and agreements which are held at:

The documents cover the period 1863 to 1913.

Other transcripts of crew lists for this ship for 1863:   19/12/1862 to 30/1/1863 3/2/1863 to 19/3/1863 7/4/1863 to 8/8/1863 23/10/1863 to 3/12/1863  

Ship details

Vessel  ELITE Dates  28/8/1863  to 23/10/1863
Official number  29515 List type  AC
Ownership  WM DART Registered  DARTMOUTH, 11/1861
  CUMBERS TERRACE
  BRIXHAM Tonnage  145 net
Master  J W PRING Archives Devon Archives and Local Studies
  MIDDLE STREET Archives reference 1976/ELITE/29515
  BRIXHAM    

Crew names

Forename Surname Age/DOB Birthplace Capacity Previous vessel
JOHN W PRING 30 MASTER
FRANCIS W MILMAN 31 DEVON MATE MARGARET, TEIGNMOUTH, 1863
JOHN CHILDS 24 LAMBETH COOK & STEWARD ELITE, DARTMOUTH, 1863
BENJAMIN GERRARD 26 BRIDPORT AB ELITE, DARTMOUTH, 1863
HENRY T SMARDON 19 BRIXHAM AB ELITE, DARTMOUTH, 1863
THOMAS ELLIOTT 26 BRIXHAM AB CATHERINE, DARTMOUTH, 1863
THOMAS JAMES 19 BRIXHAM OS BRITISH QUEEN, DARTMOUTH, 1863
JOHN SOONISH 18 BURHAVEN OS CASTLETOWN, BURHAVEN, 1863