Cover image for Official Agreements, Accounts and Logs for Masters and Crews Signed on at Hobart
Series:
Official Agreements, Accounts and Logs for Masters and Crews Signed on at Hobart
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1846
End Date:
12 Dec 1967
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 182531 Dec 1858

01 Jan 185816 Dec 1996
Series notes:
Agreements between masters and crew which include age of crewmen, place of birth, home address, signature, occupation on ship, ship on which last served and date and reason for discharge, date of signing agreement, terms of agreement, date at which crewman is to be on board, wages and allotments to be paid, initials of witness and report of crewman's character.

Regarding the vessel the record includes name of ship, official number of vessel, port of registry, port number and date of register, registered gross and net tonnage and nominal horse power of ship's engines if any.

Other information recorded includes registered owner or manager and their address, number of seamen for whom accommodation is certified, details of charterer, log book, scale of provisions, bill of fare, deck and load lines, regulations for maintaining discipline and account of apprentices on board.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Two alphabetical sequences arranged by name of ship
Items: