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Date recorded as the time of writing.
29/03/1944
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1943
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.
Cochrane & Sons Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Selby
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).
MNKC
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
Hull
The individual and/or organisation listed
Minister of War Transport
Location where the document is written.
Hull
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Steam Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1944
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
The official record pronounced by the Committee
In port damaged
6
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
River Scheldt
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
22/06/1922
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Empire Silas
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
13/12/1943
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
1279
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).
180236
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
GR130 Vessels of 100 tons & upwards
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Frederick James Andrews; Overseas Towage Salvage & Co Ltd
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Tug
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
274
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Hull
Amos & Smith Ltd
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
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Capsized while towing a steamer. Raised & towed to Antwerp
Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Flushing
The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.
The Netherlands
Physical extent of a record.
1
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