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Date recorded as the time of writing.
03/07/1930
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1930
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.
D & W Henderson & Co Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Glasgow
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).
LGDQ
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
2383
Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.
No 2231; No in Register Book 3802
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
03/07/1930
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Elder Dempster & Co Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
George Parker; P Fisher King; G Alexander Massie
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Meadowside Partick
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
20/08/1930
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Sr - Schooner
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Macgregor Laird
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
28/02/1930
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
869
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).
161450
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Gls
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
British Corporation for the Survey & Registry of Shipping Report of Hull & Equipment
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
20/02/1929
The individual and/or organisation listed
African Steamship Co Ltd
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
J M Draper
Location where the document is written.
Glasgow
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
BS Asterisk
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
undefined
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Motor (internal combustion)
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
4015
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
This is a British Corporation Document. Vessel has been classed by British Corporation; Also refers to Vessel William Wilberforce
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