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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

29/07/1943

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

Year of ship completion

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.

Shipbuilder

Richard Dunston Ltd

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

Yard no

393

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Hul

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

Document identity

13 Report on Electrical Equipment

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

29/12/1942

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Ministry of War Transport

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Hull

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

Classification

See Minute on FE Rpt

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

Ship type

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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

313

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

Stranded in Heavy Weather, Broke in Two & Sank

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

Place of ship loss

Wexford

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Empire Laird

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

Launch Date

29/12/1942

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

H Brown

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

Place of build

Thorne

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

Survey number

52094

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

29/07/1943

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

Document author

W G Connell

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Thorne

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

24/08/1943

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

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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

Wrecked

Number of lives lost

2

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

23/10/1961

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