Shipping registers held at Whitehaven Archive and Local Studies Centre

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
Whitehaven Shipping register, 26 Aug 1786 - 18 Nov 1794 YTSR/1/1
Shipping register, 20 Nov 1794 - 5 Jan 1810 YTSR/1/2
Shipping register, 1 Jan 1810 - 28 Oct 1818 YTSR/1/3
Shipping register, 30 Oct 1818 - 19 Dec 1923 YTSR/1/4
Shipping register, No 1A, 3 Jan 1824 - 29 Apr 1825 YTSR/1/5
Shipping register, No 2, 29 Apr 1825 - 3 Dec 1825 YTSR/1/6
Shipping register, No 3, 5 Dec 1825 - 13 Apr 1826 YTSR/1/7
Shipping register, No 4, 13 Apr 1826 - 16 Mar 1829 YTSR/1/8
Shipping register, No 5, 23 Mar 1829 - 15 May 1834 YTSR/1/9
Shipping register, No 6, 15 May 1834 - 28 Jul 1836 YTSR/1/10
Shipping register, No 7, 29 July 1836 - 11 Jul 1843 YTSR/1/11
Shipping register, No 8 , 17 Jul 1843 - 1855 YTSR/1/12
Register of transactions, Volume 1, 6 Dec 1824 - 23 Jul 1851 YTSR/1/13
Register of transactions, Volume 2, c 1824 - 1851 YTSR/1/14
Register of transactions, Volume 3, c 1837 - 1877 YTSR/1/15
Register of transactions, Volume 4, c1855 - 1897 YTSR/1/16
Register of transactions, Volume 5, c1871 - 1908 YTSR/1/17
Register of shipping, Vol A, 21 Jul 1855 - 16 Jul 1867 YTSR/1/18
Register of shipping, Vol B, 14 Mar 1868 - 22 Feb 1871 YTSR/1/19
Register of shipping, Vol C, 11 Mar 1871 - 1 Oct 1877 YTSR/1/20
Register of shipping, Vol D, 12 Jan 1878 - 21 Oct 1919 YTSR/1/21
Register of shipping, Vol E, 1920 - 1985 YTSR/1/22
Appropriation book, 17 Apr 1855 - 24 Oct 1985 YTSR/1/23
Ships registration papers YTSR/2/1/1-216
Notices concerning the allocation of official numbers to the port of Whitehaven, 1855 - 1956 YTSR/2/1/217
Annual returns made to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1914 - 1969 YTSR/2/1/236
Annual returns made to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1917 - 1918 YTSR/2/1/237
Annual returns made to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1915 - 1960 YTSR/2/1/238
Annual returns made to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, fishing boats, 1919 - 1934 YTSR/2/1/239
Ships registration papers YTSR/2/1/264-284
Workington Register of ships, 1877 - 1959 YTSR/2/2/1
Alphabetical list of ships registered, 1895 - 1924 YTSR/2/2/2
Ships registration papers, YTSR/2/2/3-14
Quinquennial returns of changes on the shipping register, 1915 - 1960 YTSR/2/2/36
Returns of changes on the shipping register, 1930 - 1960 YTSR/2/2/37
Ships registration papers YTSR/2/2/53-117
Shipping register, 22 Mar 1839 - 17 Apr 1855 YTSR/3/1
Shipping register, 20 Jul 1855 - 27 Oct 1876 YTSR/3/2
Register of transactions, 25 Sep 1847 - 13 Jan 1872 YTSR/3/3
Register of transactions, 24 May 1851 - 18 Feb 1867 YTSR/3/4
Register of transactions, 9 Aug 1875 - 27 Jul 1944 YTSR/3/5
Shipping register, 31 Aug 1910 - 8 Feb 1988 YTSR/3/6
Appropriation book, 16 Apr 1855 - 26 Nov 1987 YTSR/3/7