Collections of the Lloyd’s Register of Ships and associated publications - UK and Ireland
Information guide No.15
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This guide provides a comprehensive overview of known collections of the Lloyd’s Register of Ships and related publications held across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Aberdeen
Lloyd’s Register Library Shiprow Aberdeen AB11 5BY | +44 (0)1224 337713 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1778-82, 1784, 1800, 1802, 1804-06, 1808, 1810, 1812-14, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824-26, 1828, 1830, 1832-33, 1839-40, 1844, 1846, 1848, 1850, 1852- 53, 1856, 1857-58, 1862, 1866-67, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1876-78, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1898/99, 1910/11, 1918/19, 1920/21 (v2), 1921/22 (v1), 1923/24 (v2), 1925/26 (v1, v2), 1930/31,1937/38 (v1), 1939/40 (v1, v2), 1941/42-1947/48, 1949/50-1952/53, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58- 1958/59, 1960/61-1961/62, 1962/63 (v1), 1963/64 (v1), 1964/65-1965/66, 1967/68- 1968/69, 1970/71-1977/78, 1979/80- 1982/83, 1983/84 (P-Z), 1986/87-1989/90, 1991/92-1994/95, 1998/99-2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05 - 2007/08 Lloyd’s Register of Offshore Units, Submersibles and Diving Systems: 1977/78-1987/88, 1989/90-1994/95, 1998/99-1999/00 Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 |
Rosemount Viaduct Aberdeen AB9 1FQ | +44 (0)1224 652500 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1934-1952, 1954, 1956/57, 1961/62, 1971/72 |
Belfast
Cultra Hollywood County Down BT18 0EU | +44 (0)28 9042 8428 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764-2007, 2009-10 (incomplete) Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 Lloyd’s Register of Yachts: 1878-1888, 1890-1906, 1908-1915, 1919- 1939, 1957- 1979 Lloyd’s Register of Offshore Units, Submersibles and Diving Systems: 1977/78-1994/95 Maritime Guide: 1984-1990, 1992 and 1994 |
Birmingham
Birmingham Central Library Social Sciences Department Chamberlain Square Birmingham B3 3HQ | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764, 1775, 1778, 1782, 1790, 1800-1802, 1804, 1806-1807, 1811-1813, 1815-1816, 1818-1824, 1826-1832, 1834-1847, 1849- 1872, 1886/87, 1896/97, 1919/20, 1938/39- 1994/95, 1998/99-2000/01, 2004/05, 2009-10 No longer keeping current editions. List of Shipowners: 1972 to 1996 |
Cornwall
The Royal Cornwall Museum 25 River Street, Truro Cornwall TR1 2SJ | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1894/95, 1919/20, 1924/25, 1933/34-1934/35, 1945/46, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1961/62- 1965/66, 1967/68, 1976/7, 1980/81, 1985/86 Lloyd’s Register of Yachts: 1889 to 1980. (Access is by appointment only) |
National Maritime Museum Cornwall Discovery Quay Falmouth Cornwall TR11 3QY | + 44 (0) 1326 214579 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764; 1778-9; 1779-80; 1781-82; 1790; 1792 to 1796; 1798 to 1800; 1802; 1805; 1807; 1808-09; 1811-12 to 1893-94; 1895-96 to 1899-1900; 1901-02 to 1907-08. 1909-10 to 1913-14; 1916-17 to 2007-08; 2009-10. Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 |
Cumbria
West Strand Whitehaven Cumbria CA28 7LY | +44 (0)1946 592302 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
Devon
Drake Circus Plymouth Devon PL4 8AA | +44 (0)1752 587228 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Current year and preceding year |
Exeter Central Library Castle Street Exeter Devon EX4 3PQ | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1856/57, 1946/47-1947/48, 1950/51-1954/55, 1958/59-1962/63, 1965/66, 1968/69-1981/82, 1984/85-1998/99 |
Edinburgh
Central Reference Library George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EG | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1938/39, 1949/50-1956/57, 1976/77-2001/02 |
Republic of Ireland
Haigh Terrace Dun Loaghaire County Dublin | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1842-2001/02, 2004/05 - 2007/08 (incomplete) |
Essex
The Quay Wivenhoe Colchester Essex CO7 9BX | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
Wat Tyler Country Park Pitsea Hall Lan Basildon Essex SS16 4UH | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1911/12 to date (incomplete) |
Glasgow
13 Thurso Street Glasgow G11 6PE | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1834/35-1975/76, 1977/78-1986/87, 1989/90- 1991/92, 1998/99-2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06 Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 |
North Street Glasgow G3 7DW | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
1 Bunhouse Road Glasgow G3 8DP | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764-1998/99 (incomplete) |
Grimsby
Town Hall Square Great Grimsby South Humberside DN31 1HG | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-1883/84, 1786/87, 1789/90-1815/16, 1818/19-1901/02, 1906/07- Grimsby 1907/08, 1910/11-2001/02 |
Hartlepool
Archaeology Research Archive Sir William Gray House Clarence Road Hartlepool TS24 8BT | Lloyd’s Register of Ships, all apart from: C18 registers 1803, 1807, 1808, 1917, 1840, 1849, 1933-44, 1946-48, 1950-51, 1954-55 |
Hull
Queen Victoria Square Hull HU1 3DX | +44 (0)1482 613902 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1840/41 – 2000/01, 2004/05 (incomplete) Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 - (HAVE PASSED COLLECTION TO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY) |
Albion Street Hull HU1 3TF | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-1784, 1786-1816, 1818- 1888/89, 1890/91-1899/00, 1904/05, 1909/10, 1914/15-1916/17, 1918/19, 1920/21, 1924/25-2001/02 |
Kent
PO Box 706 Gravesend Kent DA12 5UB | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1850 to date. Members only |
Lancaster
Custom House St George’s Quay Lancaster LA1 1RB | +44 (0)1524 382264 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764 – 2000/01, 2004/05, 2007/08 Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 |
Leeds
Municipal Buildings Calverley Street Leeds LS1 3AB | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1914/15 (vol 1), 1928/29, 1931/32, 1934/35 (vol 2), 1943/44, 1946/47, 1948/49-1949/50, 1952/53, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1960/61, 1962/63- 1968/69, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1974/75 – 2000/01 |
Liverpool
Merseyside Maritime Museum Albert Dock Liverpool L3 4AQ | +44 (0)151 207 0001 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764 – 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08 Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 |
London
Heritage Centre 71 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BS | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764 to date Casualty Returns: July 1890 to date Wreck Books: 1940 to 1977 Lloyd’s Register of Offshore Units, Submersibles and Diving Systems: 1977/78 to 2001/02 Maritime Guide: 1984 to 2001/02 |
Guildhall Library Aldermanbury London EC2P 2EJ | +44 (0)20 7332 1868/70 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764-1785, 1794-1833/34, 1836/37-1886/87, 1888/89 to 2001/02, 2004/05 to 2007/08 Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 Lloyd’s Register of Yachts: 1889 to 1980 (some gaps). Lloyd’s Register of American Yachts: 1909, 1929 to 1942 and 1947 to 1977. |
Bancroft Library 277 Bancroft Road London E1 4DQ | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1842/43, 1844/45, 1851/52, 1857/58, 1861/62, 1863/64, 1866/67-1867/68, 1869/70, 1876/77- 1878/79, 1880/81, 1884/85, 1890/91-1891/92, 1894/95-1895/96, 1897/98-1898/99, 1911/12, 1918/19, 1920/21, 1926/27, 1932/33, 1935/36- 1938/39, 1941-42, 1944/45, 1954/55, 1977/78- 1978/79, 2001-02 |
60 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7LF | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Members only. |
National Maritime Museum Park Row Greenwich London SE10 9NF | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764 to 1785 and 1794 to date Lloyd’s Register of Yachts: 1879 to 1980 |
Lowestoft
Sparrows Nest Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XG | +44 (0) 1502 561963 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings. |
Manchester
St Peter’s Square Manchester M2 5PD | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1925/26-1926/27, 1932/33, 1935/36-1940/41, 1945/46-1946/47, 1952/53-1999/00. |
Middlesbrough
Victoria Square Middlesbrough Cleveland TS1 2AY | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1835-2001/02 |
Newcastle
Central Library PO Box 1DX Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE99 1DX | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764, 1768, 1776-1784, 1789-1816, 1818-1900/01, 1907/08-1937-38, 1939/40-2001/02 |
School of Marine Science and Technology Newcastle University Queen Victoria Road Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1925-2000 (incomplete) Lloyd’s Register Rules: Contact institution |
Blandford House Blandford Square Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4JA | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings Casualty Returns: Bound photocopies July 1890 to 2002 Survey reports: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
Norfolk
Tolhouse Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2SH | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Current year only. |
Southampton
Southampton Central Library Civic Centre Southampton SO14 7LW | +44 (0) 23 8083 2205 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-1784, 1786-1802, 1804- 1807, 1809-1816, 1818-1899/1900, 1902/03, 1904/5, 1907/8, 1909/10-1910/11, 1913/14-2012/13 (1803 & 1808 – Underwriters editions) |
Warsash Campus Newton Road Warsash Southampton SO31 9ZL | +44 (0) 1489 576161 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1927/28-1928/29, 1937/38-1939/40, 1944/45, 1952/53, 1957/58-1983/84, 1986/87-2001-02, 2004/05 - 2007/08, 2009/10 |
Stockton
Church Road Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland TS18 1TU | 01642526521 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
Sunderland
28-30 Fawcett Street Sunderland SR1 1RE | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1816, 1818, 1819, 1820-1822, 1833, 1838/39, 1848/49, 1851/52, 1854/55-1857/58, 1861/62- 1862/63, 1867/68-1868/69, 1871-72, 1874/75- Sunderland 2001/02 |
Swindon
The Engine House Fire Fly Avenue Swindon SN2 2EH | +44 (0)1793 414600 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
Wales
Department of Industry National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road Maritime Quarter Swansea SA1 3RD | +44 (0)29 2057 3619 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1764, 1775, 1779-1782, 1790, 1800, 1812, 1813, 1818-1820, 1824, 1827-29, 1832, 1836, 1837, 1839-1851, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1858-2007/08 (pre-1836 are facsimiles) Lloyd’s Register of Yachts: 1939, 1946-1959, 1961-1973, 1975 World Casualty Statistics: 1890-2002 |
Newry Beach Holyhead Anglesey LL65 1YD | +44 (0)1407 769745 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
Archifdy Meirionnydd Archives Cae Penarlag Dolgellau Gwynedd LL40 2YB | Website | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: 1872/73, 1886/87, 1900/01, 1910/11, 1915/16- 1916/17, 1924/25-2001/02 |
Whitby
Pannett Park Whitby Museum Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 1RE | +44 (0)1947 602908 | Lloyd’s Register of Ships: Please contact the institution for details of their holdings |
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