01 - The Black Prince

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01 - The Black Prince

HC18/01

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Reference Number: HC18/01

Description: The records cover the years 1862-1880. They are nearly all records of the mercantile activities of the ship. There are, for example, no logs or journals, although there are a few extracts from logs taken to support insurance claims for damage sustained at various times.There are specifications of the ship at the time of her building, and three Lloyd’s certificates of seaworthiness. There are a few letters of Captain William Inglis, one of which is significant as it reveals the dilemma of a Master of sail at the onset of the age of steam.The records of the ship’s mercantile activities are of two kinds. First there are the accounts of services rendered to the ship herself in London and Liverpool, and at ports in China, Japan, Australia and the United States, and at ports on the way. These accounts are of payment of wages to the ship’s company, of supply of provisions and medical attendance, of work done by shipwrights, sail-makers, carpenters, clockmakers and other craftsmen, of pilotage and towage. Secondly there are the records concerning the ship’s freight; freight lists, advertisements, accounts of sale and freight.The documents were originally tied up in bundles by voyages, each bundle containing the records of one voyage. This arrangement has been maintained as far as possible.

Date: 1862-1880

TBAL Reference: HC18.1

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