Category: Master Mariners
Categories: Mariners | Occupations by Name
- This category contains profiles of master mariners.
Master Mariners are sea captains of merchant ships.
This is a mid-level category. Profiles should be added to the narrowest category possible, but may be placed here when further information is not known. See How to Categorize.
The origin of the term Master Mariner can be found here. http://www.mastermariners.org.au/stories-from-the-past/11-origin-of-the-term-master-mariner
The Master Mariners Association states “it can be said with certainty that for well over one thousand years the term 'Master' has been conferred by Law upon the person in charge of a ship.”
See:
- CLIP is a not-for-profit volunteer project, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century.crewlist.org
- Maritime & Historical Research Service, Shipping Registers & Databases
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Subcategories (9)
Person Profiles (21)
B
Loring Ballard
12 Sep 1809 Hallowell, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 18 Nov 1867
Samuel Boyd
17 Oct 1878 Kilcoan, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland - 23 Dec 1950
Thomas Boyd
27 Jul 1889 Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland - 04 May 1956
William Boyd
01 May 1884 Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland - 02 Mar 1941
Benjamin Briggs
24 Apr 1835 Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - Nov 1872
Henry Burnett
08 May 1855 Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 1928
C
Aaron Coffin
11 Sep 1805 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Dec 1883
Absalom Coffin
16 Dec 1768 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 24 May 1845
C cont.
Alexander Coffin
21 Nov 1740 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 11 Jan 1839
Alexander Coffin
15 Nov 1764 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 01 Feb 1836
Barzillai Coffin
01 Feb 1778 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States - 28 Oct 1853
Reuben Coffin
18 Mar 1793 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States - 01 Aug 1856
Arthur Crane
07 May 1881 Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 24 Aug 1968
D
Eric Dingwell
1900s - 1980s
G
Grafton Gardner
12 Mar 1763 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 21 Apr 1839
G cont.
Micajah Gardner
28 Dec 1760 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay - 07 Jan 1844
H
Thomas Harris
1875 Appledore, Devon, England, United Kingdom - abt Jun 1916
J
Griffith Jenkins
09 Dec 1832 Blaenporth, Cardiganshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 06 Jun 1922
K
Carl Christian Martinus Knudsen
03 Oct 1864 Kragerø, Bratsberg, Norway - 1902
R
John Rees
1794 Borth, Cardiganshire, Wales - 20 Feb 1873
S
William Shorey
abt 13 Jul 1859 Barbados - 15 Apr 1919
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