Shipping registers for the port of Stornoway held at National Records of Scotland

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
Stornoway Registers of Shipping (Certificates E), 1788-1813 CE86/11/1
Register of Shipping, 1814-1823 CE86/11/2
Register of Shipping, 1824-1829 CE86/11/3
Register of Shipping, 1829-1841 CE86/11/4
Register of Shipping, 1842-1855 CE86/11/5
Register of Shipping, 1855-1912 CE86/11/6
Annual account of ships registered, 1824-1893 CE86/11/7
Register of Transactions, 1855 CE86/11/8
Account of number and tonnages of vessels on the register, 1939-1960 CE86/11/9
Register of Sea Fishing Boats, 1898-1901 CE86/11/10
Register of Sea Fishing Boats, 1902-1927 CE86/11/11
Index to register of sea fishing boats, 1880-1898 CE86/11/12
Fishing boat certificates issued and cancelled, 1892-1895 CE86/11/13
Register of Shipping, 1986-1987 CE86/11/14
Register of Sea Fishing Boats, 1927-1989 CE86/11/15
Register of Sea Fishing Boats, 1914-1988 CE86/11/16