i found my grandfather george brumpton (4th generation) was with the merchant navy in 1845 ticket number 135179 and based at hull, how can i find which ship he sailed on plus any service record, i looked at find my past and it states his age, description etc but no more than that, would love to know more but not sure how to access information.
i looked at the national archives but it appears you need to to go kew to look at most records.
hope you can help
thank you