An account of the number of ships and vessels entering into and clearing out from the British islands in America, distinguishing the number cleared inwards and outwards from and to foreign ports with the total of their tonnage for 3 years, 1762.
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Founded in 1784. Responsibile for the merchant fleet 1854-1939. Absorbed by the Dept. of Trade and Industry in 1970, but continues as a legal presence. From the description of Certificate of competency as master 1876. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45671728 In 1851 it became compulsory for the masters and mates of foreign-going British merchant ships to hold the appropriate government licence, issued through the newly-created marine section of the Board ...