Marine Logbooks and Journals, 1750-1803. A research service for locating masters' certificates, crew agreements, Lloyds' survey reports and much more. How to research 19th century seamen. A network of researchers skilled in all areas of maritime research who have rapid access to UK archives and other sources of maritime information. Kentish Men - the Maritime Past of the Isle of Thanet DataMarine has indexed the first ten years of crew lists, from 1835 to 1844.
Records hold full details of the ships, the men, and the voyages they made.
Routes taken by the trawlers can be traced. The Bristol Channel is probably one of the most dangerous shipping lanes in the world. The list of pilots comes from various sources such as Pilotage records, Census, Directories etc. The main ports on the Channel were Bristol, Cardiff, Barry, Swansea, Newport and Gloucester. Most Bristol Pilots were based at Pill near the mouth of the river Avon.