Hi Ros, I did note whilst doing some transcripts from BT-124 that there were occasionally notes against some Master's certificates, which perhaps, in more severe cases, might give one a clue or two as to a master's probable / possible habits :-) especially when he kept losing his certificates, or, having lost a position as master, or maybe never having even been appointed as a master I read comments regarding how a mate had been reprimanded for the way he treated passengers or crew, and maybe other unfavourable comments ? When replacing certificates it often gave the writer the opportunity to make comments regarding how the loss supposedly occurred, and the fact that it may have subsequently been found in the street and handed in by a member of the public ! Or, of course, conversely, the vessel he was on had sunk and all his possessions had gone down with the ship. Paul On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:40:20 -0000, "Ros Dunning" <[email protected]> wrote: >My Great Great Uncle was captain of a ship that sank (Captain Thomas >Dunning) There was a Board of Trade inquiry and he was suspended for three >months. The report of the Inquiry (1904) still exists > >Ros > >PS He may have been drunk at the time but no-one actually says so! 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html