Registry Of Shipping And Seamen. We will contact you as soon as possible on receipt of the. From 1872 the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen took over responsibility for the central registration of shipping and the allocation of unique ships numbers which were retained regardless.
Since 1873 the General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen has maintained the registration of seafarers and of vessels. Registry of Shipping and Seamen RSS has issued dated June 1997 a revised information sheet on historical records of seamen. The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen abbreviated to RSS below was formally established by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1872 35 36 Vic c 73 when the Registrar General of Seamen took.
From 1872 the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen took over responsibility for the central registration of shipping and the allocation of unique ships numbers which were retained regardless.
Numerical registers kept by the General Registry and Record Office of Seamen of the tickets required by all British merchant seamen before sailing. The Registry of Shipping and Seamen can provide you with a check against the UK Ship Register to see whether your chosen ship name is available prior to officially requesting. On the ticket were recorded the seamans name. The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen RGSS maintained records of births and deaths among the crews of British-registered merchant vessels.
