Seamen and shipping

Records of the Registry of Seamen and Shipping and its predecessors held at the NRO:

Port of Cley and Wells

• Registers of merchant ships and merchant ship transaction books, 1832-81, (five volumes - P/SH/L/7-12)
• Annual returns of registered vessels, 1867-1930 (one volume - P/SH/L/13)

Port of King's Lynn

• Registers of merchant ships and merchant ships' transaction books 1836-1989 (11 volumes - P/SH/L/1-6, 14-16 and 199-200)
• Ships' registration files 1924-94 (174 files - P/SH/L/25-198)
• Registers of fishing boats and fishing boat transaction books 1942-88 (six volumes - P/SH/L/17-22)
• Applications for registration of fishing boats 1940-56 (one bundle - P/SH/W/3)
• Other shipping registers 1861-1926 (one volume - P/SH/L/12)

Port of Great Yarmouth

• Registers of merchant ships and merchant ships' transaction books, 1834-1994 (60 volumes - P/SH/Y/1-60)
• Ships' registration files, 1875-1994 (904 files - P/SH/L/66-971)
• Registers of fishing boats and fishing boat transaction books, 1940-56, 1985-89 (five volumes - P/SH/Y/61-65)
• Register of apprentices, 1884-1907 (one volume - P/SH/W/7)
• Register of crews engaged, 1881-1913 (one volume - P/SH/W/4)