​​Shi​pping + ships crews records

Find out about ships using Tasmanian ports and records on shipping crews.

See also our related guide on arrivals, immigration and departure records for information about passengers.

What is on​line?​

Search and view many records, including ships names as well as crew and passengers.

• List of ass​isted immigrant ships 1832-1887
• List of principle ships transporting male and female convicts to Tasmania and Norfolk Island from Great Britain with numbers of convicts on arrival
• With the Tasmanian Names Index​ you can search and view many records, including ships' names as well as crew and passengers.
• Pictures of ships online
• List of pictures of ships using the Po​rt of Launceston – photos available in Launceston

• The G​uide to arrivals, immigration and departures includes more digitised records about passengers.

What else is ther​​e?

Records relating to ship​s crews

• Book of wages paid to crews on government ships, Marine Department  1834-1836 (AD364)
  
• Vessels and crew book, Scottsdale Municipal Council 1880-1889 (AE577)
• Official agreements, accounts and logs for masters and crews signed on at Launceston 1948 (AE896)
• The Marine Board of Hobart Ships officers, masters & mates – foreign going ships certificates of service and competency 1874-1923 (MB2/26)
• Hobart Marine Board, crews on ships trading out of the Port of Hobart 1861-1899 (MB2/4)
• Hobart Marine Board, register of crew discharged from various vessels 1856-1918 (MB2/35)
• Hobart Marine Board, agreements between masters vessels and crews signed on at Hobart, 1846-1935 (MB2/33)
• Marine Department records (TA931)
• Marine Board of Hobart records (TA71)
• Marine Board of Launceston records (TA72)

These and other Marine Board records include books of wages, vessel and crew books. Registers of crew and logbooks for ships. There were also Marine Boards of Table Cape, Devonport, Circular Head, Strahan and Burnie.​

• Library resources on shipping in Tasmania

Related​

• Guide​ to records on arrivals, immigration and departure for passenger records

What can​ I find from other organisations?

• National Archives of Australia: Maritime records held in Hobart
• Maritime Museum of Tasmania
• Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service: Maritime Heritage​​​​