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Historic ships of the modern period are inextricably linked to industrial developments, and the period 1840-1950 is characterised by the progression of the marine steam engine and development of steamship technology.
Explore historical editions of the Register of Ships online now. Volumes of the Register of Ships, formerly Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, fully accessible and searchable online (between 1764-1998) can be accessed for free and in PDF format via: Internet Archive. Wikimedia Commons. Google Books.
28 sie 2024 · The fields can be searched by ship name(s), year of build and gross tonnage. The Register Book for 1764-66 is now available to view in PDF format. Vessels can be found in alphabetical order of ship name. This is the first time that pages from this original edition of the Register of Ships, 1764 have been made available online.
25 lis 2019 · The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed.
The Steerage Image Library is a collection of photographs documenting the experiences of immigrants traveling in steerage from the late 1800s through World War I. The images provide a visual account of the conditions and lives of steerage passengers, offering a unique historical perspective.
For details of records held, check the Bristol Archives catalogue, available in the searchroom or online at archives.bristol.gov.uk. There are lists of Bristol ships in the 19th century, compiled...
Principally from the archaeological evidence, this overview identifies and describes pre-Industrial vessels (that is from the earliest times to about 1840) used on inland and coastal waters and the open sea, as well as ones abandoned in coastal areas.
