The following is a list of contact addresses for various archives, maritime organisations or institutions whose collections include the primary documents required in tracing British Merchant and Royal Navy ships and seamen.
 

The Public Record Office,
Ruskin Avenue,
Kew,
Surrey,
TW9 4DU
020-876-3444
http://www.pro.gov.uk
 

Family Record Centre,
Myddleton Place,
London EC1 1UW
020-392-5300
http://www.pro.gov.uk
 

The National Maritime Museum,
Romney Road,
Greenwich,
London SE10 9NF
020-858-4422
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
 

The Guildhall Library,
Aldermanbury,
London EC2P 2EJ
020-606-3030
http://www.earl.org.uk/partners/corp_of_london/guildhal.htm
 

The Registry of Shipping and Seamen,
Anchor House,
Cheviot Close,
Parc-Ty-Glas,
Llanishen,
Cardiff CF4 5JA
 

Lloyds Register of Shipping,
100 Leadenhall Street,
London, EC3A 3BP
http://www.lr.org/
 

Maritime History Archive,
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
St John's,
Newfoundland,
Canada A1C 5S7
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~mha/
 

Ministry of Defence,
CS(R)2E, Bourne Avenue,
Hayes,
Middlesex
 

Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre,
http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/
 

Glasgow City Archives
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/gcl/home.htm
 

National Archives of Scotland (NAS) formerly Scottish records Office(SRO).
H.M.General Register House,
Princes Street,
Edinburgh, EH1 3YY.
Tel : 0131 535 1314.
research@sro.gov.uk
 

Please contact  Debbie Beavis or Ted Finch if you have any further contributions to make!
 
 

Last updated 21.04.02ef
 

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