Shipping registers held at Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

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
Belfast Register of shipping, 1847-1848 CUS/1/6/1/1
Register of shipping, 1852-1854 CUS/1/6/1/3
Register of shipping, 1854-1855 CUS/1/6/1/4
Register of shipping, 1855-1860 CUS/1/6/1/5
Register of shipping, 1860-1865 CUS/1/6/1/6
Register of shipping, 1865-1871 CUS/1/6/1/7
Register of shipping, 1871-1877 CUS/1/6/1/8
Register of shipping, 1878-1893 CUS/1/6/1/9
Register of shipping, 1894-1903 CUS/1/6/1/10
Register of shipping, 1903-1911 CUS/1/6/1/11
Register of shipping, 1911-1918 CUS/1/6/1/12
Register of shipping, 1919-1928 CUS/1/6/1/13
Register of shipping, 1928-1936 CUS/1/6/1/14
Register of shipping, 1936-1948 CUS/1/6/1/15
Register of shipping, 1949-1963 CUS/1/6/1/16
Register of shipping, 1963-1972 CUS/1/6/1/17
Register of shipping, 1972-1980 CUS/1/6/1/18
Register of shipping, 1980-1992 CUS/1/6/1/19
Transactions register, 1853-1888 CUS/1/6/2/1
Transactions register, 1886-1894 CUS/1/6/2/2
Transactions register, 1889-1915 CUS/1/6/2/3
Register of sea fishing boats, 1902-1919 CUS/1/6/3/1
Register of sea fishing boats, 1919-1950 CUS/1/6/3/2
Register of sea fishing boats, 1946-1988 CUS/1/6/3/4
Register of sea fishing boats, 1971-1993 CUS/1/6/3/5
Register of sea fishing boats, 1980-1988 CUS/1/6/3/6
Coleraine Register of shipping, 1860-1933 CUS/4/2/1/1
Register of shipping, 1955-1999 CUS/4/2/1/3
Registry of sea fishing boats, 1902-1940 CUS/4/2/4/1
Registry of sea fishing boats, 1940-1982 CUS/4/2/4/2
Registry of sea fishing boats, 1982-1988 CUS/4/2/4/3
Londonderry Register of shipping, 1834-1849 CUS/2/6/1/1
Register of shipping, 1856-1895 CUS/2/6/1/3
Register of shipping, 1896-1962 CUS/2/6/1/4
Transactions register, 1831-1852 CUS/2/6/2/1
Transactions register, 1844-1854 CUS/2/6/2/2
Transactions register, 1877-1962 CUS/2/6/2/3
Register of sea fishing boats, 1871-1901 CUS/2/6/3/1
Register of sea fishing boats, 1902-1915 CUS/2/6/3/2
Newry Register of shipping, 1824-1827 CUS/3/6/1/1
Register of shipping, 1827-1836 CUS/3/6/1/2
Register of shipping, 1836-1844 CUS/3/6/1/3
Register of shipping, 1845-1855 CUS/3/6/1/4
Register of shipping, 1855-1897 CUS/3/6/1/5
Register of shipping, 1897-1971 CUS/3/6/1/6
Register of shipping, 1973-1990 CUS/3/6/1/7
Transactions register, 1860-1893 CUS/3/6/2/1
Register of sea fishing boats, 1869-1899 CUS/3/6/3/1
Register of sea fishing boats, 1902-1930 CUS/3/6/3/2
Register of sea fishing boats, 1930-1978 CUS/3/6/3/3
Register of fishing boats, 1978-1988 CUS/3/6/3/4
Register of fishing boats, 1988 CUS/3/6/3/5