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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

16/11/1953

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

Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd

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

Yard no

595

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

194857

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Mtl

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

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

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

09/11/1953

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

Atlantic Shipping Agencies Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Montreal; Quebec P Q

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; 11,53 Mtl; Fitted for Oil Fuel 11,53; FP Above 150 F; LMC 11,53; 2 WTB 675 Ib (Spt 635 Ib) CL

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

17845

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

Petroleum in bulk

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

3

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Andros Venture

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

Launch Date

03/07/1953

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

C H White

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

Place of build

Lauzon, Province of Quebec

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

VDDY

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

Survey number

9906

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

Port of registry

Montreal

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

25/09/1952

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Andros Shipping Co Ltd

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

Document author

R H T Gordon; R D Campbell

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Lauzon P Q

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

11/06/1954

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

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)

1953

Draft

1953

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