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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

05/12/1924

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

Year of ship completion

1924

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

Yard no

603

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

Country of build

United Kingdom

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

London

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

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

17490

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Glasgow

Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.

Year of engine build

1924

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

Yes

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.

Horsepower nominal

3428

Also referred to as extreme breadth. The distance from the extreme starboard side to the extreme port side.

Registered Beam

72

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Aorangi

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

Launch Date

06/05/1925

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

Place of build

Govan

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

148515

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

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

Ship type

Passenger

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Fuel

Motor - Oil

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Description/specifications listed of the vessel’s engines and machinery. (The engines/machinery may have been surveyed separately before being assigned to a vessel).

Engine/Machinery details

Internal Combustion Direct Acting Vertical

The country, at the time of writing, where a vessel’s engines were constructed.

Country of engine build

United Kingdom

Engine builder as written

Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd

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

Prescribed by flag/registration authorities, and usually excludes a small part of the stern. It is measured from the foreside of the stern at the extreme top to the afterside of the stern post.

Registered Length

580

Measurement from the underside of the upper deck on the centre line to the upper side of the bottom plating.

Registered Depth

33.4

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