‘Agreement and Account of Crew - Foreign-going Ship’

LOANGO of London - 1933/2935 tons - 300 ‘Nominal Horse Power of Engines’

Owners: Elder Dempster & Co of Liverpool

‘The Several Persons whose names are hereto subscribed and whose descriptions are contained on the other side or sides, and of whom six are engaged as Sailors, hereby agree to serve on board the said Ship in the several capacities expressed against their respective Names, on a voyage from Bremerhaven via Swansea to New Orleans and/or if required to any port or ports which the limits of 72 degrees North and 65 degrees South latitude trading to and fro as may be required for a period not to exceed 12 months and back to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom or Continent of Europe between the river Elbe and Brest inclusive. Thence to a port of loading in the United Kingdom if required, so however that the provisions contained in Section 187 of the M.S.A 1854 be complied with.

And the Crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their respective Duties, and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said Master; or any Person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their Superior Officers, in everything relating to the said Ship and the Stores and Cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats, or on shore; in consideration of which Services to be duly performed, the said Master hereby agrees to pay to the said Crew as Wages the sums against their names respectively expressed, and to supply them with the provisions according to the above Scale. And it is hereby agreed, That any Embezzlement or wilful or negligent Destruction of any part of the Ship’s Cargo or Stores shall be made good to the Owner out of the Wages of the Person guilty of the same: And if any Person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves incompetent to perform, his Wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency: And it is also agreed, That the Regulations authorized by the Board of Trade, which are printed herein and numbered 1, 2, 3 + 4

are adopted by the parties hereto, and shall be considered as embodied in this Agreement: And it is also agreed, That any Member of the Crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the Agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the Master or Officer in charge of the Ship in a quiet and orderly manner, who shall thereupon take such steps as the case may require; And it is also stipulated that the Seamen shall receive the advances of wages entered herein against their names: And it is also agreed, That

such steps as the case may require: And it is also agreed that the said Master shall be entitled to deduct from the wages of the said crew respectively the following amounts, viz: - for not joining at the time specified in Col. 10, two days’ pay, or any expenses which have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute; and for absence from the ship at any time without leave, a sum not exceeding two weeks’ pay; and it is hereby mutually agreed that any dispute arising on the subject arising on the subject of these deductions shall be settled bay the Superintendent of a Mercantile Marine Office, Consular Officer, or Shipping Master abroad, and that his decision shall be final. And it also agreed, That

In witness whereof the said Parties have subscribed their Names on the other Side or Sides hereof on the days against their respective Signatures mentioned.

Signed by W ?B? Jones Master

On the 21^st day of November 1893

‘The crew agrees to attend on board for medical officer’s examination’ (added at the bottom of the front cover)

‘Regulations for Maintaining Discipline, sanctioned by the Board of Trade in Pursuance of S.149 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854

Provisions:-

‘Scale of Provisions to be allowed and served out to the Crew during the Voyage, in addition to the daily issue of Lime and Lemon Juice and Sugar or other antiscorbutics in any case required by 30^th and 31^st Vict., c. 124. s. 4.’

Master: W ?B? Jones - OC certificate number 016571

Mate: W Douglas McCraith - Certificate number 013780

There were two further mates, four engineers, one carpenter, one steward, one second steward, one messroom steward, one cook, six able-seamen, two ordinary seamen and nine firemen. All signed on in Bremerhaven on 21^st November 1983, except for one of the mates (who joined 28^th November). All the officers were British (though the 1^st Engineer was born in ‘Demerara’ in the West Indies). Most of the crewmen were German, or Scandinavian.

One able-seaman deserted in Swansea and was replaced there on 30^th November. Another able-seaman was discharged in New Orleans (being in prison) and was also replaced, probably on 6^th January 1894. One ordinary seaman became ill at Swansea and was discharged there on 30^th November 1893.

Articles deposited with the British Consulate New Orleans 21^st December 1893 and returned 3^rd January 1894

LOANGO arrived back in Bremerhaven 29^th January 1894 and articles were deposited with the British Consulate 30^th January 1894.

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