IHTM09287 - Databases: Shipping Registry


RRLT ( IHTM09261) access this through Taxpayer Information Distribution Office (TIDO) which in turn has a direct link to the Shipping Registry’s database. The Registry has information about owners, operators, descriptions of vessels, ports of registration, mortgage charges against the vessel and the number of shares held by each owner. TIDO can search the database using any of these criteria, or it can do an extract using, say, the port of registration or the postcode. Additional information may be available. But information is more limited for leisure craft below 25 feet.

You might, for example, consider asking for a search in this area where you have other information to suggest that the deceased might have owned a vessel.