Transcript of crew list: SAPPHIRE, 17598, 1/7/1863 to 31/12/1863, List D

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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 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.

We do not have transcripts for any other crew lists for 1863 for this ship. 

Ship details

Vessel  SAPPHIRE Dates  1/7/1863  to 31/12/1863
Official number  17598 List type  List D
Ownership  FRANCIS EDWARDS Registered  COWES, 10/1852
  17 EATON PLACE BELGRAVE SQUARE
  MIDDELSEX Tonnage  16 gross,
Master  JOHN AMES Archives Portsmouth History Centre
  BRIGHTLINGSEA Archives reference

Crew names

Forename Surname Age/DOB Birthplace Capacity Previous vessel
JOHN AMES 43 BRIGHTLINGSEA, ESSEX MASTER SAME SHIP, COWES
BENJAMIN WENLOCK 28 BRIGHTLINGSEA, ESSEX MATE SAME SHIP, COWES
JOSEPH BARNES 21 BRIGHTLINGSEA, ESSEX SEAMAN SAME SHIP, COWES
PHILLIP WOOLVETT 16 BRIGHTLINGSEA, ESSEX LAD SAME SHIP, COWES