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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

01/03/1947

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

Year of ship completion

1946

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

Short Bros Ltd

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

Yard no

494

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).

Signal letter/Call sign

LOJF

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

Survey number

34639

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

Associated documents

Sunderland 34537; Sunderland 34583

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

First entry?

Y

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

27/02/1947

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

Document author

R M Wilson

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Sunderland

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

07/03/1947

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

h 1947

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Caught Fire Extensive Damage

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

11/02/1966

Draft

1947

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to vessels Rio Diamante & Rio Gualeguay; Title of Document has been Altered

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

South America

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

Launch Date

11/11/1946

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

Henry S Short

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Sld

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

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.

Port of registry

Buenos Aires

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

11/03/1946

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Flota Mercante Del Estado

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Sunderland

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Classification

+100A1 with Freeboard (Subject); Carrying oil FP above 150 F or Vegetable Oil in Midship Deep Tank; Lloyds A & CP; +LMC 2,47; Fitted for Oil Fuel 2,47; FP above 150 F; FD CL

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

Material of construction

Steel

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

5381

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Burnt

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

Place of ship loss

Lat 52 3N, Long 2 52E

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

oil

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

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