For anyone who does have access to Ancestry, the record is here:
https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/2271/31936_1831101456_0302-00579. Only the Masters certificate is indexed, so if you view the image, use the arrows to view previous images which include his Mates certificates and application form.
Forrest Priest Carruthers got his Masters (captain) certificate in August 1863. Before that he got his First Mate certificate in March 1862. And before that his Only-Mate certificate in December 1859. His certificate number (which is re-used as he progressed) is 21394. On all 3 he listed his address as Hafod, Swansea, Glamorganshire (Wales), and his birth date and place as 1838, Kensington, Middlesex. His Register ticket number was 524528.
When he applied for his 1st mate certificate (March 1862), he entered his birth date as June 2, 1838 and included a list of ships on which he had served (to that point):
| Ship | Port of Registry | Rank | Origin | Destination | Time Served |
| "Earl of Hardwick" | London | Boy | London | Bombay | 9m 24d |
| "Palmyra" | London | Apprentice | London | Various | 5y |
| "Bellona" (#4284) | London | AB (able seaman) | Calcutta | London | 4m 6d |
| "Mangosteen" | Sunderland | 2nd Mate | Swansea | Cuba | 3m 11d |
| "La Serena" (#7940) | Swansea | Mate | Swansea | South? America | 11m 25d |
| "Evangeline" (#24438) | Sunderland | Mate | Llanelly | Alexandria | 5m |
He stated he had 8 years of time in ships.
Notes: official ship numbers are included where he provided them. The 5 years he spent on Palmyra was indentured apprenticeship, for which there is paperwork, so I can tell you those 5 years started September 26, 1853 and ended 1858.
Burial records suggest he is buried at St. Mary's parish cemetery in Swansea.
