Date recorded as the time of writing.

The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.

The individual and/or organisation listed as having been responsible for constructing the vessel. This can/may be the same as the owner and/or manager.

The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.

Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.

The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Location where the document is written.

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Physical extent of a record.

Name of ship as recorded on the record

The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.

Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.

The country in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

The individual and/or organisation listed

Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record

Name of surveyor.

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.