Shipping registers held at Manx National Heritage Library

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
Castletown Shipping register, 1863-1947 MS 10046/12 IndexIndex
Fishing boats register, 1869-1900 MS 10046/13
Fishing boats register, 1902-1941 MS 10046/14
Transactions register, 1846-1924 MS 10046/15 IndexIndex
Annual returns of shipping, 1864-1971 MS 10046/16
Derbyhaven Shipping register, 1824-1836 MS 10046/9 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1836-1848 MS 10046/10 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1848-1853 MS 10046/11 IndexIndex
Douglas Shipping register, 1824-1836 MS 10046/1 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1837-1852 MS 10046/2 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1852-1855 MS 10046/3 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1855-1882 MS 10046/4 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1882-1908 MS 10046/5 IndexIndex
Fishing boats register, 1869-1897 MS 10046/6
Transactions register, 1825-1904 MS 10046/7 IndexIndex
Deeds register, 1899-1930 MS 10046/8
Peel Shipping registers, 1824-1838 MS 10046/24 IndexIndex
Shipping registers, 1838-1849 MS 10046/25 IndexIndex
Shipping registers, 1864-1893 MS 10046/26 IndexIndex
Fishing boats register, 1902-1935 MS 10046/27
Transactions register, 1855-1880 MS 10046/28 IndexIndex
Ramsey Shipping register, 1824-1840 MS 10046/17 IndexIndex
Shipping register, 1841-1855 MS 10046/18 IndexIndex
Fishing register, 1877-1890 MS 10046/19
Fishing register, 1878-1900 MS 10046/20
Transactions register, 1835-1855 MS 10046/21 IndexIndex
Shipping returns, 1844-1881 MS 10046/22
Shipping returns, 1888-1900 MS 10046/23
Shipping register reconstruction, 1855-1900 IndexIndex