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Date recorded as the time of writing.
06/06/1945
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1945
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.
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Walker on Tyne
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
GR130 Vessels of 100 tons & upwards
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Robert Gillespie
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Motor (internal combustion)
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Internal Combustion Opposed Piston Type Direct Acting Vertical
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1945
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
British Virtue
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
12/03/1945
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
1762
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).
BDZN
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
London
The individual and/or organisation listed
British Tanker Co Ltd
Location where the document is written.
London
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).
8553
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Newcastle on Tyne
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
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 for breaking up
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