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Apply for UK Discharge Book and / or British Seaman’s Card

Application form for a UK Discharge Book and / or a British Seaman’s Card (MSF 4509).

Updates to this page

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published:
2 July 2014
Last updated:
3 December 2025
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  1. To reflect a minor change to BSC renewals and a change to the telephone number for RSS in Cardiff.

  2. Change to renewal, continuation and replacement applications, which must now be within 12 months of expiry of last document (previously 3 years). And addition of occupation question included on page 1.

  3. Form has been updated to reflect accurate sizing of photos required, further clarification around the legislation changes captured in MGN 685 and MGN 686 and remove errors identified in guidance note numbers.

  4. Updated form with a version that reflects MGN 686: (M+F) eligibility for British seaman’s card.

  5. Replaced form with a version that reflects updates to MGN 685 and updates our contact details.

  6. Updated version of form

  7. New version of form added with new version number.

  8. Information add on the temporary suspension of premium discharge book service

  9. New form revision for MSF 4509

  10. New revision uploaded

  11. First published.

Documents

MSF 4509 - Application for a UK Discharge Book and/or a British Seaman’s Card

Ref: Rev 12/25

PDF, 365 KB, 11 pages

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Details

It’s important that you read the form carefully and read the guidance notes from page 7 onwards before completing the application.

Please make sure that all the required information is provided.

You must write your application clearly as you will need to pay an additional fee to correct any mistakes.

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