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    Any body any ideas what these abbreviations mean found on ships movement cards wrote by the captain.
    sld
    sd
    Anch
    Arr think is arrived
    pd
    pd up
    Psd

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    Quote Originally Posted by john langton View Post
    Any body any ideas what these abbreviations mean found on ships movement cards wrote by the captain.
    Hi John,
    Not written up by the captain but a clerk ashore.

    sld = sailed
    sd = sailed
    anch = anchored
    arr = arrived
    pd = proceed[ing]
    pd up =variations of proceed
    psd = variations of proceed

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    Many thanks that’s another don’t know crossed off as now I do know

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