KORANNA
- Foreign-going steamship 1914-15
terms
of employment of Lascars and Asiatic Seamen
Source: TNA:
PRO BT 165/1171
Official
Log Book
On front page
Commencement - 23
DEC 1914 at Cardiff
Termination - 7
AUG 1915 at London
‘Delivered to the
Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at the Port of London Poplar’
Master: H C Purkis (cert. 019809) of 10 Landrock
Road, Hornsey, London N
p.3
List of Crew
reported on:-
Master, 1st
Mate, 2nd Mate, Junior 2nd Mate, (4th Mate -
did not sign on until 4 MAY 15 at Singapore), Chief Steward, Carpenter, 1st
Engr, 2nd Engr,3rd Engr, 4th Engr,
Wireless Operator and one Apprentice!
William C Pearson
- VG VG
p.12
‘Employment of
Lascars and Asiatic Seamen
|
Voyage |
Sailors’
Department |
Engineers’
Department |
Stewards’
Department |
Total |
||
|
Petty
Officers |
Other
Persons |
Petty
Officers |
Other
Persons |
Assistants
of all sorts |
||
|
From the United Kingdom |
3 |
14 |
3 |
21 |
5 |
46 |
|
To the United Kingdom |
3 |
17 |
3 |
20 |
5 |
48 |
‘Sailors’
Department will include Serangs, Tindals,
and all Asiatics engaged to serve in the navigation
of the Ship’.
‘Engineers’
Department will include all Asiatics engaged as
Engineers, Stokers, Greasers, Coal Trimmers, and every person engaged in any
way to work in connection with Engines, Boilers, Coal, &c’.
‘Stewards’
Department will include all Asiatic Stewards, Servants, &c. engaged to
serve on Board, but not in the Sailors’ or Engineers’ Department’.
‘NOTE - Deaths
among the above Lascars and Asiatics, whether they
occur on the outward or homeward voyage, should be entered in the space
provided for Deaths of Members of the Crew’.