Having traced great grandfather Thomas Wm Blomfield as an Apprentice aboard Queen of the Bay we offer our best effort at transcribing some of the details from the Agreement & Account of Crew for his voyage from London to Algoa Bay. Scans of the two-page document are available via links at: http://www.thornburypump.co.uk/Ancestry/QotB.php Name Age Birthplace Name of last ship F.C. Wale 36 Plymouth Queen of the Bay W.P. Smith? 32 Plymouth Naval Brigade, Plymouth Thomas Brooks 32 Harwich James Nelson, Liverpool William Martin 30 London James Nelson, Liverpool G Sibthorp 21 Essex London Lion George Fearnley 40 Portsmouth Grace Peil, Liverpool Henry Brett 26 Plumstead James Wilson, Liverpool John Anjou 27 Sweden Caeru(?) Gael(?), Belfast George Lusty 19 ????? Elpis, Shields William Taylor 24 Harrington Elpis, Shields Edward Hill 27 Gainsboro Veesdale, Whitehaven Alfred Klein 33 Sweden American Joseph Wale 13 Devon First voyage Henry Dalley 25 Starcross Simon West(?) C. Smith (Chas. Scott?) 22 York Denmark, London Edward Melvin 31 America Tamtors(?), Greenock Thomas W. Bloomfield 17 The documents include dates of joining and discharge, wages, etc. We will be grateful for any corrections to our transcripts and pleased to hear from anyone with links. Best wishes Rosemary Rodliffe