Documents required for upgrading from provisional registration to full pleasure vessel (Part 1) registration

If your pleasure vessel is provisionally registered with a valid Certificate of Provisional Registration, you can apply to fully register the vessel on to Part 1 (Pleasure) of the UK Ship Register.

How to apply

If you have completed a Provisional Registration for your vessel using the UK Ship Register online service, you can log in to your customer account to close the provisional registration and begin a new registration online.

To begin a new registration, you will be required to provide supporting documents and pay the appropriate fee.

Documents required

Please note that any documents used to support your application, if not in English, must be accompanied by a notarised translation. You will need to print off and sign any documents, as we cannot accept digital signatures.

• Five years' title history in the form of Bills of Sale to the new owner MSF 4705
• A UK Certificate of Survey for Tonnage and Measurement issued within the last 12 months by a Certifying Authority (CA)
• Deletion certificate or transcript from the current register or a written undertaking to provide one within six weeks
• Copy of the Ship's Radio licence with call sign, applications are be made with Ofcom
• Builders Certificate (for vessels built within the last five years) MSF 4743
• International Tonnage Certificate (ITC69) (for vessels over 24m)
• Online payment of £153 registration fee via GOV.UK through the secure payment link (for five year period)

On receipt of the above documents the Carving and Marking note will be issued which will confirm the correct markings for the vessel. The Carving and Marking note will need to be completed by the owner of a pleasure vessel, or if the vessel is 24m or more in length a recognised surveyor will need to sign, date and stamp the document.

For us to issue the Carving and Marking note and complete the full registration we will cancel the Provisional Registration. While we await your completed Carving and Marking note the vessel will not have a valid registration document.

Please note that any documents used to support your application for Pleasure Vessel (Part 1) Registration, if not in English, must be accompanied by a notarised translation.