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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

09/01/1941

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

Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Haverton Hill on Tees

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

First entry?

N

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

Document author

Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd

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

Ship type

Tanker

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

Material of construction

Steel

Engine builder as written

Richardson Westgarth & Co Ltd

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Empire Dickens

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

Launch Date

14/02/1942

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

Yard no

341

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

Document identity

Request for Special Survey

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Minister of Shipping

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Middlesbrough

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

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

Petroleum in bulk

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