Shipping registers for the port of North Shields held at Tyne and Wear Archives

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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
North Shields Register of ships, April 1848 - December 1848 EX.NS/1/1
Register of ships, December 1848 - October 1849 EX.NS/1/2
Register of ships, October 1849 - December 1850 EX.NS/1/3
Register of ships, December 1850 - January 1852 EX.NS/1/4
Register of ships, January 1852 - March 1853 EX.NS/1/5
Register of ships, March 1853 - March 1854 EX.NS/1/6
Register of ships, March 1854 - January 1855 EX.NS/1/7
Register of ships, February 1855 - April 1855 EX.NS/1/8
Register of ships, May 1855 - January 1857 EX.NS/1/9
Register of ships, January 1857 - July 1858 EX.NS/1/10
Register of ships, July 1858 - July 1860 EX.NS/1/11
Register of ships, July 1860 - May 1862 EX.NS/1/12
Register of ships, May 1862 - August 1864 EX.NS/1/13
Register of ships, August 1864 - March 1866 EX.NS/1/14
Register of ships, April 1866 - December 1867 EX.NS/1/15
Register of ships, December 1867 - September 1869 EX.NS/1/16
Register of ships, October 1869 - April 1871 EX.NS/1/17
Register of ships, April 1871 - September 1872 EX.NS/1/18
Register of ships, October 1872 - March 1876 EX.NS/1/19
Register of ships, March 1876 - April 1883 EX.NS/1/20
Register of ships, May 1883 - October 1893 EX.NS/1/21
Register of ships, October 1893 - August 1904 EX.NS/1/22
Register of ships, October 1904 - February 1931 EX.NS/1/23
Transaction book, commencing May 1855 EX.NS/2/1
Transaction book, commencing June 1857 EX.NS/2/2
Transaction book, commencing June 1863 EX.NS/2/3
Transaction book, commencing December 1872 EX.NS/2/4
Transaction book, commencing March 1874 EX.NS/2/5
Transaction book, commencing December 1876 EX.NS/2/6
Transaction book, commencing January 1880 EX.NS/2/7
Transaction book, commencing June 1883 EX.NS/2/8
Transaction book, commencing May 1886 EX.NS/2/9
Transaction book, commencing January 1891 EX.NS/2/10
Register of Fishing Boats, March 1869 - June 1873 EX.NS/3/1
Register of Fishing Boats, June 1873 - March 1892 EX.NS/3/2
Register of Fishing Boats, March 1869 - March 1902 EX.NS/3/3
Register of Fishing Boats, May 1902 - December 1921 EX.NS/3/4
Register of Fishing Boats, January 1922 - April 1949 EX.NS/3/5
Statistical returns re fishing vessels EX.NS/4/1-4
Particulars of registrations and cancellations of fishing boats EX.NS/5
Index of ships registered at North Shields EX.NS/7