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Moorsom System The Moorsom System is a method created in the United Kingdom of calculating the tonnage or cargo capacity of sailing ships as a basis for assessing harbour and other vessel fees. It was put into use starting in 1849 and became British law in 1854 ...

for calculating tonnage of sailing ships * HMS ''Moorsom'', two Royal Navy ships

People with the surname

Constantine Richard Moorsom Vice-Admiral Constantine Richard Moorsom (22 September 1792 – 26 May 1861) was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded HMS ''Fury'' a ''Hecla''-class bomb vessel which saw wartime service in the Bombardment of Algiers, an attack on ...

(1792–1861), Royal Navy admiral, businessman and abolitionist *

James Marshall Moorsom James Marshall Moorsom (16 November 1837 – 26 March 1918) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Son of Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom and grandson of Admiral Robert Moorsom, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Tra ...

(1837–1918), British Liberal Party politician *

Lewis Moorsom Lewis Henry Moorsom (1835 – 10 March 1914) was an English cricketer active from 1865 to 1869 who played for Lancashire and Trinidad. He was born in London and died in Bournemouth. He appeared in three first-class matches and scored 41 runs w ...

(1835–1914), English cricketer *

Robert Moorsom Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom KCB (8 June 1760 – 14 April 1835) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His very active service career was especi ...

(1760–1835), Royal Navy admiral *

William Moorsom ; Captain William Scarth Moorsom (1804–1863) was an English soldier and engineer. After assisting Robert Stephenson he created railway lines in England, Belgium, Germany and Ceylon. Early life and career Moorsom was born at Whitby into a milit ...

(1804–1863), English engineer

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