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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

22/08/1885

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

Year of ship completion

1885

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

McIlwaine, Lewis & Co

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

Place of build

Belfast

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

Survey number

3158

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Belfast

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

26/11/1884

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

East Downshire Steam Ship Co Ltd

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

Document author

Duncan Ritchie

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Duncan Ritchie

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

25/08/1885

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

Material of construction

Iron

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

Gross Register Tonnage

271

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Belfast

Engine builder as written

McIlwaine Lewis & Co

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

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Lady Arthur Hill

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

Launch Date

29/06/1885

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

Yard no

24

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Bel

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

Document identity

Report on 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

22/08/1885

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Master

D Dove

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Belfast

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Belfast

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Engine type

Compound Inverted Surface Condensing

Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.

Year of engine build

1885

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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