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Hi Lynda, have you received the death certificate yet?
Today I collected the copy I'd requested of the book about The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company Ltd. According to the author, the company's history is based on the Minute Books covering from 1836 - 1925 (held at the University of Aberdeen.The 1940 - 1974 Minute Books were, in 2000, held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.I haven't read the book thoroughly yet but I can confirm that in February 1854 the British government chartered the "City of London" @ £600 per week for use in the Crimean War.After a boiler repair at Granton, she resumed duties on March 20th 1855, mainly carrying horses & cattle from Genoa & Malta to Balaclava.
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TAYLOR, COBBAN, SCOTT, PATERSON, BARCLAY, DUNCAN, SKENE, SIM, WOOD, STEPHEN, ROSE, CUMINE, MORISON, GERRARD, PYPER, ANDERSON, FARQUHAR, BURNET, THOMSON, DAVIDSON, BIRNIE, STRACHAN, DEY, GERRIE, ROBERTSON, FINNIE, WYLLIE,STEPHEN,WILLOX,MICHIE,MARR,BRUCE, CLUBB,SLESSOR,CLARK, SIMPSON,HEPBURN,SINCLAIR,BEEDIE,FOWLIE, CLYNE,FINDLATER, JOHNSTON,BROCKIE,PARK, WATT,MACKIE,WALKER,YEATS,THIRD, BURD,EWAN,ARTHUR,AUCKLAND, MURDOCH,LOW, IRVINE,CHALMERS,BOYES, LYON,SMITH,ADIE, WATSON - ALL N.E.SCOTLAND.