HI, I am trying to search various ships my ancestors were possibly on. One question I have is - Was there some sort of naming limitation of a vessel? - By this I mean could there only be ONE vessel with a particular name ie MARY at one time or was it was it more restricted to one per registration port??????? Does that make sense?? Thank you Pat

Hello Pat, No, there were no regulations on ship's names. However, after 1855 all British ships were issued with an individual Official Number which never changed regardless of name changes, unless the ship was re-registered under a foreign flag. With a name like MARY, there would have been literally dozens!! regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Wade" <pmwade@optusnet.com.au> To: <TheShipsList@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:59 AM Subject: [TSL] Ships registrations > > HI, > > I am trying to search various ships my ancestors > were possibly on. > > One question I have is - Was there some sort of > naming limitation of a vessel? - By this I mean > could there only be ONE vessel with a particular > name ie MARY at one time or was it was it more > restricted to one per registration port??????? > > Does that make sense?? > > > Thank you > Pat > > > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3225 - Release Date: 10/28/10 18:34:00