DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE AT
GLAMORGAN RECORD OFFICE, CARDIFF REGARDING SHIPPING AND
SHIPPING COMPANIES
The following is a brief resume of the documents on ships, shipping and seamen at the
Cardiff Office of Glamorgan Record Office :-
Arbitration Awards 1902 - 1917; relating to various ships and companies
Arbitration Awards, Collision Records etc relating to:-
SS Alliance and SS Weardale 1878
SS Cardiff and SS Lisbon 1919
SS Bille 1925
SS Pengreep 1927
SS Drayton Manor and SS Bardistan 1928
SS Pengam 1929
SS Marchioness of Bute and Tug Pharos 1929
SS Lichtenfels and SS Ochilbane 1931
SS Hercules 1937
SS Llangollen and Dutch ship Thea 1937
SS Sil 1938
Barry Pilotage Board records - includes lists of Barry Pilots, apprenticeship records etc.
Phillip Roderick has extracted the names of pilots from these records.
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website.
Board of Trade Enquiries into shipping accidents, losses etc. These are not necessarily all
Cardiff ships but relate to hearings held at Cardiff. In most cases they are either Cardiff ships or the
accident/loss happened in the environs of Cardiff.
I have indexed the enquiries on line. They are included in my index to shipping records held at
Cardiff. or separately.
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shipping records.
Click here for the specific
index to Board of Trade Enquiries.
Cardiff Crew Agreements 1863 - 1913 - the actual agreements are held in an outside
repository and need to be ordered in advance, but there are manuscript indexes by ship number which
record the names of ships, masters and owners, the years of the agreements and the official ship
numbers.
I have put on line the index to Crew Agreements, by name of Master.
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index.
Click here to go to an
explanation of Crew Agreements
Click here to see details of the
Crew List Indexing Project
Cardiff Pilotage Board records - includes registers of pilots licenses granted, details of
individual pilots and their families, registers of pilot cutters licenced, minute books of the Board,
apprenticeship details - covers the period from 1862 to 1950s. Philip Roderick has extracted the
names of pilots from these indexes. Some of this data is published by Glamorgan FHS.
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Website
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Website
Cardiff Sailors Home - various documents 1862 - 1867 including names of residents and
staff.
Douglas Hill Steamship Co. Ltd. - documents c.1892
Evan Thomas, Radcliffe Ltd - a large collection of records of this company.
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to Cardiff Shipping Companies where there is a brief history of this
company.
Glamorgan Steamship Co. Ltd. - documents c.1892
Click here to go to my index to Cardiff Shipping Companies where there is a brief history of this
company.(Not yet available)
Graig Shipping Co. Ltd. - minutes and accounts (includes Idwal Williams & Co.,
Garth Shipping Co. Ltd., Glynafon Shipping Co. Ltd, Lisvane Investments Co. Ltd)
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to Cardiff Shipping Companies where there is a brief history of this
company.
Documents relating to Brigantine Kara (136 tons) owned by Charles Crofts Williams of
Cardiff 1838 to 1844.
Lloyds List 1745
SS Ludstock - various papers 1876 - 1908
Shipping Registers for Port of Cardiff 1824 - 1906
I have indexed the shipping registers by name and official number on line.
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index.
Tatem Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. - reports, accounts etc 1915 - 1919
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to Cardiff Shipping Companies where there is a brief history of this
company.
Transaction Registers for Port of Cardiff 1855 - 1928
I have indexed the transaction registers by name and official number on line.
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index.
In addition there are a small number of documents relating to individuals and some photographs of
people, ships etc.