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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

18/08/1926

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

Year of ship completion

1926

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

Kawasaki Dockyard Co Ltd

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

Yard no

485

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

31741

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Kob

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

Document identity

Steel Steamer

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

16/08/1926

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

Document author

Alexander Watt

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Alexander Watt

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

Classification

+100A1; Lloyd\'s A & CP; +LMC 8,26 CL; Oil Engines; DB 120 lb

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

Ship type

Screw Motor Vessel

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

5950

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

Draft

1926

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Cuba Maru

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

Launch Date

29/04/1926

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

N Mera

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

Place of build

Kobe

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

TDSB

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

Survey number

5369

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Kobe, Japan

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

14/04/1925

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Kawasaki Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Kobe

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Kobe

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

15/10/1926

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

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)

1926

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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