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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

17/04/1957

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

Year of ship completion

1920

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

Baltimore Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co

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

Place of build

Baltimore

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

Survey number

10665

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

Port of registry

Philadelphia

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

02/04/1957

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Sun Oil Co

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia

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

Classification

ES 4,57

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

6837

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Chester Pa

Engine builder as written

Sun Ship Building & Drydock Co

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

1957

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Bidwell

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

Launch Date

__/09/1920

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

Yard no

112

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Phl

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

Document identity

9 Report of Periodical Surveys & Repairs of Machinery

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

13/04/1957

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

Document author

D J Archibald

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Chester

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

08/05/1957

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.

Engine type

Doxford

Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.

Year of engine build

1920

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)

1957

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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