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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

19/02/1953

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

Year of ship completion

1953

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

Henry Robb Ltd

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

Place of build

Leith

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

Survey number

15393

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Manchester

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

07/02/1952

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Manchester

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

Classification

See Accompanying Machinery Report

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

Ship type

Tug

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

Material of construction

Steel

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

Engine type

Vertical Solid Injection Heavy Oil CRL 4

Engine builder as written

Crossley Bros Ltd

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

1953

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

M S C Rover

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

Launch Date

17/02/1953

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

Yard no

416

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Mch

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

Document identity

Report on Oil Engine Machinery

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

11/02/1953

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

Document author

N W Thomas; Thomas Donaldson

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Manchester

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

19/05/1953

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Openshaw

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)

1953

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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