Voyage account books

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 199/1/1/1
• Dates of Creation:1851-1898
• Physical Description:
  24 volumes

• Scope and Content

  Voyage record books for sailing ships owned by the company. Each volume typically records: voyage number, voyage date(s), name of captain, ports of call, costs expended on stores, victualling, repairs, pilotage, insurance, crew wages (includes name and rank) and earnings from cargo carried. Most of the volumes have each captain's in account with current owners at the back. Port and place names are listed in this finding aid as recorded by the company and are listed alphabetically for each volume The names of captains are listed here as recorded in each volume and are listed alphabetically by surname for each volume

• Arrangement

  Arranged alphabetically by ship name within record series.