Information about the Great Eastern Railway (GER) Steam Ships that operated from the east coast of England.

Index of Great Eastern Railway Steam Ship Crew Lists circa 1862 - 1918 An index of crew lists for GER ships and other boats operating from Harwich Essex England. (Circa 3,000 names indexed so far) *** Updated August 2006 and now circa 6,700 entries *** Quick Search for single name

Location of Great Eastern Railway Steam Ship Crew Lists 1862 -1922 Index of surving crew list documents in National Archives and MHA (PDF Document) [This is a first draft - corrections and additional information very welcome] Link to MHA page to search their list of crew lists Link to MHA help page on location of records

Information on Specific Great Eastern Railway Steam Ships SS Berlin SS Colchester SS Yarmouth (List of Deaths at Sea 1908) SS Ipswich (Crew listed on 1901 census - several of whom later drowned on SS Berlin) (Acrobat PDF) SS Dresden (Crew listed on 1901 census - several of whom later drowned on SS Berlin) (Acrobat PDF)