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Date recorded as the time of writing.
19/06/1930
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1930
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.
Archibald McMillan & Son Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Dumbarton
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Gls
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
British Corporation for the Survey & Registry of Shipping Report of Hull & Equipment
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
Liverpool
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
12/09/1928
The individual and/or organisation listed
The British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
John Crisp Shooter
Location where the document is written.
Glasgow
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
BS Asterisk
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
undefined
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Motor (internal combustion)
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
The official record pronounced by the Committee
To be broken up
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
David Livingstone
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
24/10/1929
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
853D
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).
LFQR
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
2359
Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.
No 2155; No in Register Book 3769
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
20/03/1930
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Elder Dempster & Co Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
George Parker; James Barr; John Fleming
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Glasgow
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
25/06/1930
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
FAS - Fore & Aft Schooner
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
4022
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sold to British Iron & Steel Corp for Breaking up
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
This is a British Corporation Document. Vessel has been classed by British Corporation
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