Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-BLL
Title
Burns & Laird Lines Ltd ships' logs
Date(s)
- 1935 - 1936, 1966 - 1967 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
12 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
(1922-1970s)
Administrative history
Burns & Laird Lines Ltd, a subsidiary of Coast Lines, was formed in 1922 from the amalgamation of Laird Line and G & J Burns, two long established Glasgow companies which had pioneered steam services between Scotland and Ireland. The new company offered freight and passenger services between Scotland and Ireland. The company ceased to exist in the 1970s.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Logs, mainly of steamships but also of motor vessels. Details recorded are name of ship, name of ship's master, dates and times of outward and return sailings, details of cargo and passengers and general remarks about the voyage.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English