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Date recorded as the time of writing.
06/07/1945
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1944
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.
Sir J Laing & Sons
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
756
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Sld
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
1 Steel Steamer or Motorship
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.
29/06/1945
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd
Location where the document is written.
Sunderland
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1; Carrying Petroleum in Bulk; Sld 6,45; Lloyd's A & CP; +LMC 7,45 Oil Engs; CL 2 DB 180 lbs; Machy Aft
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
Broken up
Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Piraeus
Physical extent of a record.
3
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Empire Chancellor
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
04/09/1944
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
James Laing & Sons Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Sunderland
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
34238
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
Sunderland
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
26/09/1943
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ministry of War Transport
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
William C Millar
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Sunderland
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
03/08/1945
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).
9917
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, Demolition Commenced
Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.
Petroleum in bulk
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Title of Document has been Altered; Also refers to Vessel Empire Inventor
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