Example of information within early Lloyd’s Captains Registers 1860s to 1870s

Source: LMA: LCR MS 18567/12

ROBERT ROACH

Born Hull 1842 - cert no 32,507 - Received Hull 1866

NAUTILUS 29,318 1866 B Ct

FALCON 5,336 1866 Ct

PRINCE 5,358 1866-7 Ct

FALCON 5,336 1867 Ct

ZEBRA 27,023 1867-8 FPS Ct

LION 51,244 1868 B

1869

ZEBRA 27023 Ct 1.69-4.69

BROWNLOW 56277 B 4.69 5.6.9 6.6.69 July 6 C or 6 Aug 13 to 14 Sep 11 Oct 15 21

Nov 20 Dec 10

1870

BROWNLOW ons/on the Middleground Feb 9/32 Jan 17 18 Got off Feb 17/37 Mar 10

LUMSDEN 60120 US Apr 11 Jun 14 Jun 24 July 26 B Aug 2 Sep 6 B Sep 3 Oct 21

Nov 22 Nov 30

1871

FALCON Mar 12

LUMSDEN Feb 13

BROWNLOW Mar 6 Ct

MARSDEN 60205 B Mar 30 Apr 28 May 9 July 5 22 Sep 24 Oct 6 NA 11 26 Oct 30

1872

MARSDEN ?JERQ CH? May 30 June 18 Oct 16 Nov 14

1873

MARSDEN Jan 24 ? Feb 6 May 7 B June 6 B, June 13 July 7 July 18 Aug 18

Feb 17 Oct 22 Nov 5

N.B. The entries of ships’ names in italics denote men in mates’ billets. Theoretically the entries in red denote discharges, but often these do not correspond with crew-lists and agreements.

For information:-

Robert Roach having returned to the U.K from blockade running during the American Civil War, gained his master’s ticket. It can be assumed that he settled down somewhat, as he then exclusively served overwhelmingly in command of steamships belonging to the Hull company Lumsden Brownlow and later on Wilson Line vessels: mostly in the Baltic Trade. He retired in 1888.

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