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merchant navy / royal navy ?

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Jean

Jean Report 21 Jan 2010 21:21

Thank you Jill,

I will have a look on the site , he is surely a BIG brickwall in 1861 an1871,

regards
jean

Jean

Jean Report 21 Jan 2010 21:20

Thank you Ann in Glos,

Just been googling and you are right RN ships were driven by steam ,
also been looking for the steamship he was living on when he married , which was the Kinsale of Glasgow and finally found it on the Glasgow City website, but can only view it on Scran , but I am not a member and it is just a thumbnail print ,
regards
jean

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 21 Jan 2010 17:53

You might be able to find his records on the National Archive site. Some RN records are downloadable at £3.50 a time.

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 21 Jan 2010 17:30

In 1861 I would think RN Ships would be driven by steam.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Jean

Jean Report 21 Jan 2010 13:44

Thank you SatNav and Barbara,

I think I might have found my gr.grandfather on the 1861 census on board a royal navy ship, his occupation on his marriage certificate was a steamship stoker, so I was thinking he might be in the merchant navy , I haven't been able to find him in Scotland in 1861. He was born in Ireland but lived and married in Scotland.

jean

Barbara

Barbara Report 21 Jan 2010 13:36

Basically - The Royal Navy is the sea fighting arm of the British services. and the Merchant Navy carries cargo and the men are employed by different private shipping lines.

Thelma

Thelma Report 21 Jan 2010 13:33

The Merchant is civilian
The Royal is military.

Jean

Jean Report 21 Jan 2010 13:29

Could someone please tell me what the difference is between the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy ?

Thank you
jean