I Have Ancestors Who Were Seamen , Where Can I Find Information On Their Records?

This information is provided by the National Archives for England and Wales.

In the original documents there are three groups of service records covering the periods:

1873 - 1891

1892 - 1907

1908 - 1923

If a man entered before 1873 and continued service after 1873, he may have an additional service record in the series ADM 139, which is not online. For more on this see Continuing your research below.

Also, some men may appear to have two accounts of service within ADM 188; firstly in the register and then continued in the Continuation Books ('new register'). We have linked these together, so both are attached to the same man's entry.

We have not digitised the index volumes. Instead we have used any additional information from the index volumes to compile the searchable online index. For example, where an alias was recorded in the original index, it has been included here. So you can search on details from both the service records and the indexes, entering any or all of the following:

Surname
Forename(s)
Official Number
Date of Birth
Place of Birth

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