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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

22/07/1919

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

Year of ship completion

1919

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.

Shipbuilder

The Sun Shipbuilding Co

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

Yard no

9

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

LRJW; KIJL

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

Survey number

3363

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

Associated documents

Philadelphia 3140; Philadelphia 3292; Philadelphia 3328

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

First entry?

Y

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

14/07/1919

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

Master

Ralph Osborn

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia

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

Classification

+100A1; Shelt Dk Wfbd; +LMC 7,19; Fitted for Oil Fuel 7,19 FP above 150 F; A & CP; Elec Lt; FD

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Chester Pennsylvania; Brest

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Broken up

Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.

Place of ship loss

Oakland California

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Edellyn

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

Launch Date

04/01/1919

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

Robert Haig

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

Place of build

Chester, Pennsylvania

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Phl

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

Document identity

Steel Steamer

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Philadelphia

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

23/05/1918

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

United States Shipping Board

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

Document author

James S Butler

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Chester Pennsylvania

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

09/09/1919

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Brest

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

8713

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

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Breaking Up

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

01/04/1957

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to sister vessels South Bend; Marica & Sol Navis

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