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Ship's Engineer - Certificate of Competency
Unknown, 1867, Document, Reproduction
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Ship's Engineer - Certificate of Competency
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38120
Title
Ship's Engineer - Certificate of Competency
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Unknown
Date
1867
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25.5 x 30.5 cm
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Document
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The Merchant Shipping Amendment Act 1862 was the act which first provided for engineers in steam ships to be formally trained and subjected to examination. This Certificate, issued to John Ferguson, must have been one of the first to be gained by a merchant seaman. Dated 13th April 1867.
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Leith Miscellany Vol X
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