A sample of CRS 53 forms of British Seaman's Idenity cards.

A sample of 2 CRS 53 slips for Ole Olsen Krog and Thomas Jesse Matthews with fingerprints.

Administrative / biographical background
In 1941 the Essential Work Order created a Merchant Navy Reserve Pool. To ensure that the seamen were avaliable to man vessels, the Government paid them to remain in the Reserve Pool when they were assure.

Record Details

Item reference: RSS/RP/4/10
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder; 4 pages
Date made: 1941-1947
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London