City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

Scope and Content: Monthly and weekly returns for recapitulation accounts. See U370/F/119 below.

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U370/F/119

Date:

July 1902 - March 1911

Title:

Recapitulation Book

Level: item Extent: c200 pp Scope and Content:

Volume recording Recapitulation of Steamers' Accounts for a stated month, or period of months. Fields note Steamer and Trade [see below]; Coal; Wages; Loading and Discharging; Dues, Lights, and Pilotage; Tallow, Oil, and Chandlery; Repairs; Miscellaneous; Agency; Total Disbursements; Total Receipts; Profit or Loss. The first field, Steamer and Trade, records the name of the steamer/vessel and the port or ports it traded with. Eg, the first page records that in July 1902 the steamers Kenmare, Glengarriff, and Xenia traded with Liverpool; steamers Blarney and Killarney traded with London; Killarney, Lee, and Blarney traded with Bristol; Innisfallen and Xenia traded with Milford; Upupa and Lee traded with 'Welsh' [ie, other Welsh ports]; and Blarney, Killarney, and Xenia were laid up. Notes in red ink record the position for the corresponding period a year earlier. Pages are unnumbered.

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U370/F/120

Date:

April 1911 - June 1917

Title:

Recapitulation Book

Level: item Extent: c200pp Scope and Content:

Volume recording Recapitulation of Steamers' Accounts for a stated month, or period of months. Trade descriptions, in addition to those noted in the earlier Recapitulation Book present, include 'Trooping' and 'Chartered'.

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U370/F/121 Sailings Book

Date:

1868 - 1894

Title:

Level: item Extent: 1 vol, c60pp Scope and Content:

Volume recording sailings and arrivals of British and Irish Steam Packet Company vessels. Noted are the Ship, Captain, ’For’ or ‘From’ [ie, the Company], Date, Voyage Number, and Remarks. Vessels include the Wodehouse, Lady Eglinton, and the Avoca. [The volume does not refer to Cork or Cork companies of this period, but rather is a record of the British & Irish Steam Packet Company from before it merged with the City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd (see Administrative History)]

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U370/F/122

Date:

Jul 1871 – Jun 1884

Title:

Summary Book

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