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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

06/03/1945

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

John Harker Ltd

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

Yard no

168

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

180372

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Hul

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

Goole

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

19/10/1943

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Ministry of War Transport

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

Document author

J R MacLeod

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Knottingley; Goole

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

13/04/1945

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

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

Petroleum in bulk

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Empire Guernsey

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

Launch Date

21/10/1944

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

E K Thirkettle

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

Place of build

Knottingley

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

MQNR

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

Survey number

52824

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

Associated documents

Hull 52553

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

05/03/1945

The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.

Ship manager

Hemsley Bell Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Hull

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

Classification

+100A1; Carrying Petroleum in Bulk; Lloyd\'s A & CP; +LMC 3,45; Oil Engs OG; Machy aft

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

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

288

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

1945

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Title of Document has been Altered; Also refers to Vessel Beacon & Empire Lundy

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