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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

13/10/1947

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

Year of ship completion

1944

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

Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc

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

MYRL

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

Survey number

21935

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

Associated documents

Rotterdam 30498

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

07/10/1947

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

Document author

William Alcorn

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

London; Leith

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

14/11/1947

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

oil

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Benvrackie

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

Launch Date

__/__/1944

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

Place of build

Baltimore, Maryland

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Lth

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

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

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

Port of registry

Leith

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

29/09/1947

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

William Thomson & Co

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

London; Leith

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

Classification

+100A1; Carrying oil FP above 150 F in deep tanks; 10,47 Lth; Fitted for oil fuel FP above150 F; SS Lth - 10,47; Classed 10,47; LMC 9,47; FD; 2 WTB 250 lb (Spt 230 lb)

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

Material of construction

Steel

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)

1947

Draft

1947

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