More of a request than a post: may I ask if anyone happens to have handy access to the three-volume Log of Logs?
(If you don’t already know what it is, it’s an astonishing reference work that collates references to Australian and New Zealand ships’ logs in collections all over the world – archives, museums, personal collections, everywhere.)
I am, of course, interested in digging up the logs for the Incharran that was doggedly plying the lead trade between Risdon (in Tasmania) and Port Pirie (in South Australia) in 1948. There were other merchant ships with the same name afterwards (and probably before), but that’s the particular one I really, really want to know about.
There ~appears~ to be a Big Fat Archive of merchant ships’ logs in Hobart (NAA P1196, control symbol “ALMKUK-WAUMEA”), that I found by going through all the Tasmania links here, and my guess is that the Incharran’s logs – if they’re anywhere – would probably be there. But the Log of Logs will know, it always does (pretty much), hence this request. 🙂
Note also that this page has a great description of the different types of Australian shipping forms, and also what you’re likely to find in different archives. Recommended!
I can – have – downloaded the 3 vol. of Log of Logs on http://zenodo.org/record/6901#.VHhCaMloBhU
Cant you use that ??
regards
Poul Gjol
Poul Gjol: that’s perfect, thanks, much appreciated! Sadly, it turned out that the Incharran was a British / Hong Kong ship, and so wasn’t part of the Log of Logs remit. 🙁
However, given that we have an ongoing focus on Australian merchant ships, I think there’s a very high chance that this will turn out to be incredibly useful before very long. 🙂
I have access to all three volumes if there’s anything you need in the future.