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Originally Posted by JackM
P.S. I think that the stamped numbers on these record pages are what we now regard as the ARN, but it may well have been used as the identifying number (a "T" number) prior to standardising on the Hull #.
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AWM books 126-01 through to 126-04 carry the reg no issued solely to the AIF, and these will show the "T" numbers. AMF Carriers didn't get "T" numbers and were issued "C" numbers, which evolved into the ARN. Not all Aust carriers will have been issued "T" numbers, and some never got "C"/ARNs, just hull numbers. The "C"/ARN records are in AWM 126-05 to 126-27, and where a carrier had previously been issued a AIF "T" no, there will be a cross reference and date. If a Carrier was a late production and only got a hull number (eg 4000-5000 hull numbers, Aust 2pdr Carriers, etc), it won't appear ANYWHERE in the AWM 126 series books.
10-01-09, 04:30
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