Shipping registers held at Devon Archives and Local Studies

This is a list of the shipping registers held by an archive or for a particular port.

The data is from the archives' catalogues, mainly online.

For some registers, we are able to provide a basic index for a register, by folio (page). In these cases, there will be a link to the index on the right hand side of the table. In some cases, the index includes a limited transcript of the folio, showing details of the vessel's registration, and in some cases details of the closure of the register.

For the Isle of Man registers, on the right of the index page is a link to a much more detailed transcript of the folio, including transactions and all owners. However, we can't cover every detail and it will still be worth referring to the original document.

For the registers for Rochester, images are available online and we provide a link to them for each entry (This is not functional at present, but we will restore this as soon as possible).

For the register for Canadian ports, many image sets are available online via the Canadiana site. Where possible, we have provided a direct link to the image for the first page of the register. For some registers, the images are continued on the next reel. The reels are numbered consecutively, so changing the reel number and page number in the URL will take you to the next page. For example, a URL that includes c1234/567 will be continued on c1235/1.

For the registers of Australian ports, a full index is available, with links to images of each folio on the NAA site.

Port Title Reference Links
Brixham Register of Shipping, 1864-1872 DSR/BRI/1/1
Register of Shipping, 1872-1881 DSR/BRI/1/2
Register of Shipping, 1881-1894 DSR/BRI/1/3
Register of Shipping, 1894-1917 DSR/BRI/1/4
Register of Shipping, 1917-1934 DSR/BRI/1/5
Register of Shipping, 1934-1963 DSR/BRI/1/6
Register of Shipping, 1963-1966 DSR/BRI/1/7
Register of Shipping, 1966-1973 DSR/BRI/1/8
Register of Shipping, 1973-1988 DSR/BRI/1/9
Register of Sea-Fishing Boats, 1902-1979 DSR/BRI/2/1
Register of Sea-Fishing Boats, 1933-1989 DSR/BRI/2/2
Register of Sea-Fishing Boats, 1971-1989 DSR/BRI/2/3
Register of Sea-Fishing Boats, 1983-1989 DSR/BRI/2/4
Index of Ships, 1899-c1981 DSR/BRI/3/1
Ships Papers DSR/BRI/4
Register of Transactions, 1864-1945 DSR/BRI/5/1
Register of Transactions, 1864-1905 DSR/BRI/5/2
Appropriation Book, 1864-1994 DSR/BRI/7/1
Dartmouth Register of Shipping, 1824 DSR/DAR/1/1
Register of Shipping, 1824-1826 DSR/DAR/1/2
Register of Shipping, 1826-1831 DSR/DAR/1/3
Register of Shipping, 1831-1836 DSR/DAR/1/4
Register of Shipping, 1836-1839 DSR/DAR/1/5
Register of Shipping, 1839-1844 DSR/DAR/1/6
Register of Shipping, 1844-1851 DSR/DAR/1/7
Register of Shipping, 1851-1855 DSR/DAR/1/8
Register of Shipping, 1855-1860 DSR/DAR/1/9
Register of Shipping, 1860-1871 DSR/DAR/1/10
Register of Shipping, 1871-1898 DSR/DAR/1/11
Register of Shipping, 1898-1948 DSR/DAR/1/12
Register of Shipping, 1948-1968 DSR/DAR/1/13
Register of Shipping, 1969-1970 DSR/DAR/1/14
Register of Shipping, 1971-1972 DSR/DAR/1/15
Register of Shipping, 1973-1974 DSR/DAR/1/16
Register of Shipping, 1974-1975 DSR/DAR/1/17
Register of Shipping, 1975-1977 DSR/DAR/1/18
Register of Shipping, 1977-1979 DSR/DAR/1/19
Register of Shipping, 1979-1980 DSR/DAR/1/20
Register of Shipping, 1980-1981 DSR/DAR/1/21
Register of Shipping, 1981-1983 DSR/DAR/1/22
Register of Shipping, 1983-1985 DSR/DAR/1/23
Register of Shipping, 1985-1987 DSR/DAR/1/24
Register of Shipping, 1987-1988 DSR/DAR/1/25
Register of Fishing Boats, 1869-1902 DSR/DAR/2/1
Register of Fishing Boats, 1902-1989 DSR/DAR/2/2
Register of Fishing Boats, 1964-1989 DSR/DAR/2/3
Register of Fishing Boats, 1979-1989 DSR/DAR/2/4
Papers removed from register of fishing boats, 1902-1909 DSR/DAR/2/5
Papers removed from register of fishing boats, 1969-1984 DSR/DAR/2/6
Annual accounts of ships, 1820-1824 DSR/DAR/3/1
Annual accounts of ships, 1825-1832 DSR/DAR/3/2
Annual accounts of ships, 1833-1840 DSR/DAR/3/3
Annual accounts of ships, 1841-1852 DSR/DAR/3/4
Annual accounts of ships, 1853-1863 DSR/DAR/3/5
Index of ships registered, 1826-c1988 DSR/DAR/3/6
Ships Papers DSR/DAR/4
Register of Transactions, 1855-1879 DSR/DAR/5/1
Register of Transactions, 1863-1881 DSR/DAR/5/2
Register of Transactions, 1869-1999 DSR/DAR/5/3
Appropriations Book, 1855-1993 DSR/DAR/7/1
Exeter Register of Shipping, 1786-1811 DSR/EXE/1/1
Register of Shipping, 1812-1823 DSR/EXE/1/2
Register of Shipping, 1824-1825 DSR/EXE/1/3
Register of Shipping, 1825-1829 DSR/EXE/1/4
Register of Shipping, 1829-1838 DSR/EXE/1/5
Register of Shipping, 1838-1847 DSR/EXE/1/6
Register of Shipping, 1847-1854 DSR/EXE/1/7
Register of Shipping, 1854-1855 DSR/EXE/1/8
Register of Shipping, 1855-1879 DSR/EXE/1/9
Register of Shipping, 1879-1951 DSR/EXE/1/10
Register of Shipping, 1951-1962 DSR/EXE/1/11
Register of Shipping, 1962-1969 DSR/EXE/1/12
Register of Shipping, 1969-1974 DSR/EXE/1/13
Register of Shipping, 1974-1980 DSR/EXE/1/14
Register of Shipping, 1980-1984 DSR/EXE/1/15
Register of Shipping, 1984-1989 DSR/EXE/1/16
Register of Fishing Vessels, 1869-1894 DSR/EXE/2/1
Register of fishing boats, 1902-1957 DSR/EXE/2/2
Register of fishing boats, 1908-1977 DSR/EXE/2/3
Register of fishing boats, 1950-1989 DSR/EXE/2/4
Register of fishing boats, 1963-1989 DSR/EXE/2/5
Register of fishing boats, 1973-1989 DSR/EXE/2/6
Register of fishing boats, 1981-1989 DSR/EXE/2/7
Register of fishing boats, 1989 DSR/EXE/2/8
Papers removed from registers of fishing boats, 1975-1989 DSR/EXE/2/9
Annual Returns of ships registered, 1869-1981 DSR/EXE/3/1
Ships Papers DSR/EXE/4
Register of Transactions, 1855-1878 DSR/EXE/5/1
Register of Transactions, 1868-1893 DSR/EXE/5/2
Register of Transactions, 1878-1934 DSR/EXE/5/3
Appropriations Book, 1855-1992 DSR/EXE/7/1
Salcombe Register of Shipping, 1863-1951 DSR/SAL/1/1
Register of Shipping, 1952-1962 DSR/SAL/1/2
Register of Shipping, 1962-1968 DSR/SAL/1/3
Register of Shipping, 1968-1974 DSR/SAL/1/4
Register of Shipping, 1974-1980 DSR/SAL/1/5
Register of Shipping, 1980-1986 DSR/SAL/1/6
Register of Shipping, 1986-1988 DSR/SAL/1/7
Register of fishing boats, 1902-1977 DSR/SAL/2/1
Register of fishing boats, 1977-1989 DSR/SAL/2/2
Alphabetical index of ships registered, c1863-1988 DSR/SAL/3/1
Ships Papers DSR/SAL/4
Register of Transactions, 1867-1883 DSR/SAL/5/1
Register of Transactions, 1883-1890 DSR/SAL/5/2
Register of Transactions, 1886-1918 DSR/SAL/5/3
Register of Transactions, 1894-1914 DSR/SAL/5/4
Fees & Deeds book (recording transactions), 1935-1988 DSR/SAL/5/5
Appropriation Book, 1963-1993 DSR/SAL/7/1
Teignmouth Register of Shipping, 1853-1855 DSR/TEI/1/1
Register of Shipping, 1855-1885 DSR/TEI/1/2
Register of Shipping, 1888-1951 DSR/TEI/1/3
Register of Shipping, 1896-1953 DSR/TEI/1/4
Register of Shipping, 1955-1960 DSR/TEI/1/5
Register of Shipping, 1960-1964 DSR/TEI/1/6
Register of Shipping, 1965-1974 DSR/TEI/1/7
Register of Shipping, 1974-1987 DSR/TEI/1/8
Register of Fishing Boats, 1902-1939 DSR/TEI/2/1
Register of Fishing Boats, 1939-1946 DSR/TEI/2/2
Register of Fishing Boats, 1946-1968 DSR/TEI/2/3
Register of Fishing Boats, 1969-1980 DSR/TEI/2/4
Register of Fishing Boats, 1980-1989 DSR/TEI/2/5
Alphabetical index of ships, c1896-1987 DSR/TEI/3/1
Ships Papers DSR/TEI/4
Register of Transactions, 1856-1879 DSR/TEI/5/1
Register of Transactions, 1887-1896 DSR/TEI/5/2
Appropriation Book, 1855-1993 DSR/TEI/7/1