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I am researching an old family tale that an ancestor was master of the ship which ferried the German ambassador and staff over the British Channel from Harwich at the outbreak of the first world war.

Can anyone advise on where I might find the crew list for an individual journey?

Maritime Museum records seem to start at 1915.

SS St Petersburg was owned by Great Eastern Railway - and the likely candidate is listed as an employee in 1915 - on a different ship (SS Copenhagen), same route, and as master.