Transcript of crew list: TRUE BRITON, 83825, 14/4/1881 to 14/7/1881, Eng 1

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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.

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The documents cover the period 1863 to 1913.

Other transcripts of crew lists for this ship for 1881:   15/7/1881 to 31/12/1881  

Ship details

Vessel  TRUE BRITON Dates  14/4/1881  to 14/7/1881
Official number  83825 List type  Eng 1
Ownership  GIBBS & LEE Registered  CARDIFF, 9/1881
  147 BUTE ROAD
  CARDIFF Tonnage  1016 gross, 647 net
Master  W J GIBBS Archives Glamorgan Archives
    Archives reference DCA/1881/83825

Crew names

Forename Surname Age/DOB Birthplace Capacity Previous vessel
W J GIBBS 39 BEER MASTER JOHN ADAMSON, SUND
JAMES MERRIFIELD 43 [...] MATE L E CHARLESWOOD, CARDIFF
EDWIN BEER 27 CLOVELLY BOATSW BURLINGTON, SUND, 1881
PHILIP J VINCENT 31 JERSEY COOK & STEWD COLDSTRUP, LDON, 1881
STEPHEN STEEL 23 BRIDGWATER LAMPS & AB ELIZA ANN, WHITBY, 1881
AUGUSTINE BROWN 30 GT YARMO AB BARRINGTON, NCASTLE, 1881
JOSEPH DATTON 31 SO SHIELDS AB ERASMUS WILSON, LDN, 1881
THOMAS HENRY 36 GUERNSEY AB CORS[...], LDON, 1881
GEORGE STEWART 36 EDINBORO AB BRANKSTON, NCASTLE, 1881
GEORGE JEFFIES 21 SO SHIELDS OS CYRUS, S SHIELDS
JOHN SWALES 24 JARROW 1 ENGR R F MATTHEWS, LDON, 1881
JOHN J N GIBBS 22 CARDIFF 2 ENGR COLSTRUP, LDON, 1881
ALEX SIMPSON 23 ABDN DKYM WESTMINSTER, LDON, 1881
JOHN SWEENEY 34 SHERCLIFFE FMAN FULMAR, LDON, 1881
JOHN ELDER 30 SUND'D FMAN ODIEL, NCASTLE, 1881
FRANCIS DORAN 25 CO TYRONE FMAN FOREST, CARDIFF, 1881
JOSEPH GIBBS 13 BEER, DEVON ENGRS STD FIRST
JOHN ROWE 16 SO SHIELDS ORDY LEVVERIER, N SHIELDS, 1881
SIMON RATCLIFF 25 SUND'D 2ND ENG JOHN DIXON, NCASTLE, 1881
FRANCIS GARVEY 24 ARMAGH, IRELAND FMAN FOREST, CARDIFF, 1881
PETER TULLOCK 29 SHETLAND AB BEWICK, N'CASTLE, 1881
ROBERT JAMESON 27 SHETLAND AB [...]IRANDE, N'CASTLE, 1881
PETER GARRICK 22 SHETLAND AB JNO WILLIAM, SHIELDS, 1881
THOMAS ROBERTSON 29 ABDN AB D[...]A, SUND, 1881
JOHN WILLIAMSON 48 SUNDLD LAMPS & AB LESREAULX, CARDIFF, 1881
ANDREW JUAN 22 SAMOS AB NO TYNE, NCASTLE