Collection search - Ships - Registration or license - Ships registered [textual record]

Accession consists of records created and/or maintained by Marine Regulations Branch and its predecessor Marine Services dating back to the founding of the Department of Transport in 1935. Files are organized by bloc 9254-391 to 9254-33644, and are individual dockects for each ship entered into the Shipping Registry. The secondary file number is also the ship registration number. Not every file in the range is included in the accession. Dockets note the official number, name of the vessel, tonnage and official measurements, port of registry, date of appropriation, and the date of registration (completion). It also includes information on the original owner; a legal summary of various transactions carried out on the ship, such as mortgages; survey information on the nature of the ship; and any other transactions.