Uncatalogued: The British and Commonwealth Shipping Co Ltd

Records of the Union-Castle Line, Clan Line and other companies forming part of The British and Commonwealth Shipping Co Ltd (later Bricom Group Ltd). A full listing has not been completed, but the Union-Castle Line material includes:
-Movements of Union-Castle Line vessels 1915-1925 (oversize)
-Movements of Union-Castle Line vessels 1926-1930 (oversize)
-Movements of Union-Castle Line vessels 1950-1960
-Newspaper cuttings of advertisements (Continental and American) circa 1909-1913
-Union-Castle Mail Service 1899-1929
-Accounts of vessels (Disbursements and Earnings) circa 1883-1894
-Voyage Book 1930-1938
-Register of Deaths on Board Ship 1932-1977 (all other records up to end of 1920 destroyed)
There are 11 boxes of unsorted British & Commonwealth Shipping Co Ltd papers including tenders, contracts and agreements.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/91/004; MSS/91/004.0
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: COLLECTION
Date made: 1870 - 1978; circa 1880 - 1978 circa 1883-1977 1978-01-01 - ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London