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- OBJECT TYPE
- NAVAL
- DATE
- 1894
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0163.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Board of Trade, Government of Great Britain
- MODEL
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge- William Bernard Ritchie
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 144006
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper & fabric components.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.6 cm
- Width
- 12.3 cm
- Height
- 1.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Trade UK
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This document actively used 1901- 1907. This type of document used c. 1901+.
- Canada
-
Continuous Certificate of Discharge for William Bernard Ritchie (1842- c. 1929), originally of Yarmouth, NS. Mr. Ritchie's Officer's Certificate number was [Canada] 908. He served as as mate on both vessels listed in his service log. - Function
-
To document individual seaman's service and discharge throughout working career. - Technical
-
Example of the kind of certification involved in being a mariner during this period. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Front cover marked: "[emblem- British Board of Trade]/ CONTINUOUS/ CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE/ NO. 144006". Waterlow & Sons Ltd..- 40,000 Bks.--1-01." printed in lower left front corner of first page. Excerpt from "MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894." and "NOTICE TO SEAMAN" printed on pp. 1-2. Main page reads in part "NO. 144006/ CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE/ with a Copy, if desired by the Seaman,/ of the MASTER'S REPORT OF CHARACTER./ Name of Seaman, in full./ William Bernard/ Ritchie/ Year of Birth./ 1842/ Place of Birth./ Yarmouth N.S./ Officer's Certificate, if any./ Grade./ OC/ Number./ 908. Canada/ height./ Feet./ 5/ Inches./ 7/ Colour of/ (1) Eyes./ (1) Blue/ (2) Hair./ (2) Light/ Complexion./ Fair/ Tattoo or other Distinguishing Marks./ Crush mark on right Thumb/ Signature of Seaman W.B. Ritchie ".
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Black coated fabric covering on outside cover; off-white paper pages; pink woven fabric ribbon marker
- Decoration
- N/A
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Board of Trade, Government of Great Britain, Book, before 1894, Artifact no. 2004.0163, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0163.001/
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