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Date recorded as the time of writing.
14/01/1943
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1942
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.
Henry Scarr Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Hessle
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
51888
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
14/01/1943
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
J Stileman
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Hull
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
16/02/1943
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).
242
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1943
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
Foundered
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
River Hooghly
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Empire Oberon
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
24/11/1942
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
424
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Hul
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
5a Report on Boilers
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
08/10/1942
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ministry of War Transport
Location where the document is written.
Hull
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
See Hul F E 51888
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Bury
Walmsleys(Bury) 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.
Capsized & Sank
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
07/09/1959
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Also refers to Vessel Empire Birch
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