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Wales:- Merchant Marine

Crew List Index Project  - was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database of entries from crew lists .............

Lighthouse Personnel in England and Wales and the Channel Islands 1841-1910. Includes;- Table of  Keepers; Table of Stations by county; Location map of the lighthouse sites.

Welsh Mariners  by Dr Reg Davies---includes a searchable database of over 17,000 Welsh born (or Wales resident) Master mariners, mates and engineers who held certificates of competency or service; in practice it is an index of men active from 1850 to 1945 in the merchant navy.

Swansea Mariners by Bryan Richards --- periods 1861 to 1871 and 1890 to 1894, a database of ratings such as un-certificated officers, bosun, able seaman, ordinary seaman, boy, cook, steward, etc in Glamorgan Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire, or from around the world. There are 32,000 detailed entries (9/2006).

 Cymru a'r Mor/ Maritime Wales. "We will attempt to include in Maritime Wales a variety of articles which will appeal to a wide readership and which will cover as many aspects as possible of the story of man's encounter with the sea around the coasts of Wales and further afield. Wales's maritime links with other countries on other continents are of particular interest to us............."  Includes a General Index of Titles 1976-1999 by Owain T.P. Roberts

Index to Ships in Books - Peter McCracken's site with over 100,000 ships' names in the index

Ships in Port in 1881 - on Bob Sanders' site

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[ Last updated: 25 May 2009 - Gareth Hicks]