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Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941

Search more than 1.1 million Merchant Navy Seamen records for details of your ancestors and relatives. Discover valuable information about their voyages, ranks, personal details including their address, next of kin, and physical descriptions. In some cases, you may even find photographs of those featured in our records. The records include seamen from England, Wales, Italy, Romania, Belgium, West Africa, Latvia and more.

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Search more than 1.1 million Merchant Navy Seamen records for details of your ancestors and relatives. Discover valuable information about their voyages, ranks, personal details including their address, next of kin, and physical descriptions. In some cases, you may even find photographs of those featured in our records. The records include seamen from England, Wales, Italy, Romania, Belgium, West Africa, Latvia and more.

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