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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

07/06/1906

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

Year of ship completion

1906

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

Yard no

443

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

Country of build

United Kingdom

Previously referred to as signal letters (c.19th C), radio call signs enable a ship to communicate and are assigned by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Signal letter/Call sign

H.G.L.B.

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

Country of registration

United Kingdom

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

First entry?

N

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

Master

Frank Casey

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Refrigeration machinery fitted for cargo purposes?

No

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Empress of Ireland

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

Launch Date

01/03/1908

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

Place of build

Glasgow

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

123972

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

Document identity

GR130 Vessels of 100 tons and upwards

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Liverpool

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Canadian Pacific Railway Co

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

Ship type

Passenger Liner

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

Material of construction

Steel

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

Gross Register Tonnage

14191

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No

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

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No

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

Lloyd's Proving House?

No

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