| Description | CE87/4/41, Register of Wreck Depositions and Casualty Returns 1930-1973
CE87/4/42-44, Schedule Book of Receipt on account of wreck and salvage and fees, 1887-1973
CE87/4/45 Register of Casualties Reported and Papers Received, 1945-1973
CE87/11/1-22 Registers of Shipping, 1824-1927
CE87/11/23-24 Indexes to Registers of Shipping
CE87/11/25-29 Register of transactions relating to ships registered, 1855-1929
CE87/11/30 Abstract of Ships Registered at Aberdeen, 1844-1857
CE87/11/31 Appropriation Book for official numbers of British Registered Ships, 1853-1977
CE87/11/32-44 Register of Sea Fishing Vessels, 1818-1964
CE87/11/45-46 Annual Return of Fishing Boats, 1953-1982
CE87/11/47-51 Register of Sea Fishing Boats, Port of Aberdeen, 1930-1989
CE87/4/38-40 Fees and Deeds Books, 1944-1984 |
| Administrative History | Ships and fishing boats must be registered in a port of registry before they can be navigated. Local customs officers frequently maintained shipping registers and sea fishing boat registers on behalf of the Registrar-General of Seamen from 1786, and surviving registers of these ports are included among the Customs and Excise records. Though the information contained in shipping registers can vary, they usually record the names of ships, their owners and changes in ownership, the ship's master and a basic description of the vessel, including the year it was built and its size and tonnage. |