Roderick Dhu, Official No.14183, Port of Swansea No.13/1845 Port of Registry Swansea type Sailing built 1845 Barnstaple in the County of Devon England Reg.Tons 323.39, Gross Tons 323.39, Decks One, Masts Three, Rigged as a Barque, Stern Square , Build Carvel, Ships Head "Full Length Male" Frame Wood Length (ft)101.1 breadth 23.8 Remarks New vessel , later re-registered at Newcastle upon Tyne England Dec.1863 No crew lists yet seen, only indexed 1835 to 1844 at National Archives. 1845 onwards yet to be photographed and indexed. BT 98/811 Port of Registry: Swansea Ships Names: R-Z. Port of Registry: 1845 BT 98/1109 Port of Registry: Swansea Ships Name: H-R 1846 .... etc Their crew lists are filed in boxes. In the boxes their are filed in rough alphabetical order. The agreements are endorsed with port rotation numbers, Official Numbers were not issued until 1857. Roderick Dhu was first registered 1845 and sailed under a port rotation number used by the Customs and also her port number. Later in 1857 she was given official No. 141813 Conversion from Port Rotation numbers to Port of Swansea numbers is only required where there are more ships in the port of the same name. usually names like Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, to do this compare the ship Master's name at the time of the agreement then look up the Custom House Register for the port the ship was registered in. Note for later Pilots at Swansea see Natuional Archives MT 10/1931 Pilotage. Appointment of additional pilots for the port of Swansea. Year: 1917 Regards Bryan