My grandfather was an officer on a passenger ship and died of influenza at sea.
I have his death certificate but it only states Died/landed at Leith in Scotland. 03.03.1919
I am looking for a possible “ship Captains log” for a possible more exact place & date of his death.
I have found the details of ships logs in the National Archive hoping the captains log is included,
but can’t access/Download any of them on line.
The details of the ship are as follows:
Launched In 1896 the P&O SS Ship no: 104467 “ China” was a a passenger ship going from
The uk to Australia and New Zealand Via the Sues canal, China, India etc
She was seconded as a hospital ship during WW1 based in the area of Scapa Flow.
In 1918 – 1919 she was used to return foreign troops back to their homelands’ such as India,
Australia etc.
National archive reference
Order in advance Request a copy, this cannot be dowloaded
Reference: BT 165/1908
Description:
Extracted Logs:
Date: 1919
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
The National Archives' catalogue
BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
Division within BT-Records of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and successor
BT 165 - Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
BT 165/1908
Ships Catalogue description
Ship's Name China Official Number 104467 Dates of Voyages 16.02.1918 – 24.03.1919
25.04.1919 – 12.08.1919 and 26.09.1919 – 10.11.1919.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Jenny
