Part 1 Registry / SSR

[Alpha22]

This VHF radio site is of some use for checking whether names are available, a "g" in the end columns denotes a UK registered vessel. I think it includes boats that are only SSR registered though, so there's some guesswork involved by looking at the ships particulars and trying to work out whether it will be on Pt 1 or not.
http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_search.sh

I'm fairly confident that the data on the Mars site comes from the Ofcom radio licence for the the boat. I have had boats that were neither Pt1 or SSR and never had been, and a month after setting up the VHF licence they popped up on the Mars site.

 

[doug748]

Fairly old thread but better to use it than start again.

I sent this email to the Part I people today:
'I understand that a vessel registered in Part I of the UK Ship Register must have a unique name. We are buying a vessel which we wish to register in part I, not part III. How can I check whether the proposed name for our vessel is unique?'

I got this reply (full marks for speed of response; no marks at all for helpfulness):
'Unfortunately to check name availability we need the Application to Register form to be completed and returned with the registration fee of £124 payable to MCA. We ask for a choice of names in order of preference and approval is then given to the first available name.'

Well, they may have got rid of the blue-bound book and the copperplate handwriting but it seems to me these people are living in the dark ages. Is the British Ship Register a public document or not? Answer, yes it is. If so, why isn't it published online? Why do I have to guess whether the name I want is already in use or not? It's poppycock. Bah. Humbug.

I shall go back and ask why I can't inspect the Register to see what names are in use.

Have a word with the Guernsey Registry on the blower and tell them your thoughts. It operates in a similar way to UK and you will get your Blue Book, backed in fabric.

 

[Flynnbarr]

Have a word with the Guernsey Registry on the blower and tell them your thoughts. It operates in a similar way to UK and you will get your Blue Book, backed in fabric.

+1
They are very helpful.

 

[pan]

+1 Port Petit...

Be careful of assuming Part 1 reg has a record of all finance, some finance companies don't always register their interest on it.