Transcript of crew list: ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 24804, 18/7/1879 to 31/12/1879, Eng 6

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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 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.

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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 1879:   30/7/1878 to 18/1/1879 22/1/1879 to 7/6/1879  

Ship details

Vessel  ROYAL SOVEREIGN Dates  18/7/1879  to 31/12/1879
Official number  24804 List type  Eng 6
Ownership  WILLIAM DIVERALL Registered  PORTSMOUTH, 3/1871
  15 HOWARTH ST
  SUNDERLAND Tonnage  183 net
Master  CHARLES WHITE Archives Portsmouth History Centre
  25 CHURCH ST Archives reference
  SEAHAM HARBOUR    

Crew names

Forename Surname Age/DOB Birthplace Capacity Previous vessel
CHARLES WHITE 53 SEAHAM MASTER ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
PETER ANDERSON 27 SHETLAND MATE ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
HENRY NELSON 21 DENMARK COOK & AB ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
SAMUEL POLTON 21 SOUTHAMPTON OS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
DAVID CLARK 20 SUNDERLAND OS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
WILLIAM GEE 17 LONDON OS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
JOHN LIGHTHEART 18 GLASGOW COOK & OS H RICHARDS, 1879
HENRY NELSON 21 DENMARK AB ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1879
WILLIAM RENNICK 21 LONDON OS NORVAL, 1879
JOHN WALKER 20 SEAHAM OS H RICHARD, 1879
CHARLES ARTHUR PATERSON 20 STOCKHOLM OS ADVENTURE, 1879