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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

22/05/1903

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

Year of ship completion

1903

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

C S Swan & Hunter Ltd

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

Yard no

286

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Nwc

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

Document identity

13 Report on Electric Lighting Installation

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

First entry?

N

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

22/05/1903

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

Document author

G A Hake

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Newcastle

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Steel

Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.

Engine type

Vertical Double Acting Single Type

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

Sold to Hurley & Dewhurst for Breaking up at Sydney NSW

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Canopus

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

Launch Date

12/03/1903

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

R Hudson

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

Place of build

Wallsend on Tyne

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

Survey number

45348

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Dunedin, N. Z.

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

17/05/1903

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Westport Coal Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Newcastle

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

To be broken up

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

Place of ship loss

Sydney NSW

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