Forum: Mariners and Ships

I am researching as best I can the ship my gg grandfather was purported to have been born on - the documents states in the Channel specifically - so it seems to indicate to me the ship was at sea rather than in port. There are a few things I am wondering and hoping someone who has more knowledge...

This morning I finally found an online copy of my great-grandmother's obituary from 1955. I don't know who supplied the information, or how correct it is. The only piece of data I had never seen or heard before was that her father, Frederick Harris, was a "captain in the British Merchant Marine."...

My father, A.H.Thick, was an engineer in the MN (probably 1920's 1930's). He had to leave on medical advice. One of his ships was the Tukerinka. I have his discharge number (R23043) but can find nothing else and don't know where to look. Can anyone help me, please? Valerie Hopkins (nee...

My grandfather was a Merchantile Marine Officer but I found him travelling 3rd class on Oronsay arrived London Sept 1929 from Brisbane Australia. Had he taken a luxury holiday / cruise ? Turns out he travelled Gibraltar to Plymouth, so sounds like he left a ship in Gibraltar and hitched a ride...

My Uncle was an Engineer on the David McIver Line Ship SS Tuscany in 1921 which sailed from Liverpool To The River Plate. Can any one tell me what was the actual route and Ports of call, for this Voyage

I am going round in circles with this one so hope someone can point me in the right direction. My ancestor Henry Gittings was murdered with others in October 1854 on the Percy Isles Australia. I have newspaper articles for the inquest up to December 1854. However the final chapter is tantilising...

Hi all. I'm looking for information IE place and date of birth, i have found him on the Plymouth Naval memorial.(panel 49. Col 3.) He is Thomas. Donald. Ord seaman, Royal navy. Ship. HMS Gloucester. service number. D/JX 157798. His date of death is given as 22/05/1941. When his ship was...

Hi I am trying to find anything out about a George Morgan born c1826 in Mounton, Pembrokeshire and believed in 1861 to be a mariner. That is all I know other than he was married to someone called Mary and lived in Mounton. Not sure where to access merchant naval records with such little...

Hi - I’m looking for help in identifying a Royal Navy vessel in the 1871 census. It appears to be a considerable size as there are pages and pages of crew, together with their functions aboard, but I cannot discover its identity. Its census reference is RG10/5780. My relative, a Henry...

I am trying to find information regarding a sea rescue from the stricken yaght KINUNA between the years 1945/47 when the captain skipper Reginald Smith and his two daughters Dora and Beatrice were rescued from the sea by the Lydd Lifboat at Dungeness Kent

Hello, does anyone have any information on a Captain Francis Harbin that came from Dorest, Charminster, England and settled in Maryland. He died in 1733 and owned, The Gleaning. It was a plantation in Prince George county, Maryland. This part of the country is now Washington D.C. Thank you

My late father-in-law served from 1938 to June 1941 in the Merchant Service. He was discharged on medical grounds, having survived a torpedo attack, in June 1941 and was we believe hospitalised for some months. Having traced his seaman's papers at Kew with the various ships he served on we could...

Hi all I have one GEORGE PERNAROWSKI born 29th October 1887 this man was married to my grand mother Florence Butcher, Purnell, Pernarowski, yes she has been all these, I have found and paid for on the TNA a medal listing for him, but I dont understand it, there are columns marked with a cross (I...

My gggrandad ROBERT ASH ,born in "St Pulkers" in1828 ,was a seaman and it may be that he got some training while in a " Workhouse". Does any one know of records that exist for such an institution in the Clerkenwell area?

I am trying to find out any details about the wreck of the ship Tredegar in 1863. I think the master was John Syner.

Hello, My name is Walter Christ, a Yank living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. I've been looking to fill in someof the gaps in the life of my wife's great grandfather. His name is James Wilson. He was born in Birkenhead,Cheshire, England in 1857. We know he was a Steam Engineer and he was...

I've now updated the 15,000 pows army navy and mariners who were held in Us during War of 1812 http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/prisoners.htm

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone would know a good website or where to look for information re old tattoos. I have a very good description of the tattoos of my gg grandfather from his Certificate of Freedom in 1843 - he was a convict sent to Australia in 1838 poss aged about 17 at the time. It is...

Hi, my g/g/grandfather was Robert Sherrit he was lost at sea during a storm when the sv Star foundered east of Aberdeen in November 1888.His father James was also a merchant seaman but i can find no info as regards him or his wife Isabella nee Kennedy any info would be much appreciated

I have found my Uncle James Thom Grant b 1899 in Aberdeen Identity Certificate and No. 135399 Rating 4th Engineer although his second name is down as Thomas, it should be THOM which was his Mothers maiden name but the date of birth and place are correct. There is also an other document N. R. 5...