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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

12/11/1940

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

Year of ship completion

1917

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 Connell & Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Glasgow

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

Document identity

Confirmation of Letter

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

A R Riddell

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

A R Riddell

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

5123

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

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Wakatu Maru

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

Launch Date

02/08/1917

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

Yard no

371

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

JSJO

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

Port of registry

Kobe, Japan

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Shimatani Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Kobe

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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