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Report of survey for the iron ship Australia, 24 February 1885-28 August 1886

A current reference number/code used to uniquely identify each record.

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-BGN1106-0049-R

Letters/Correspondence/Certificate/Report/Form/Other/Wreck Report/Photograph/Plan.

Document type

Report

Name of the survey office responsible for inspecting a vessel, and linked to the port of survey abbreviation used.

Survey office

Bergen, Norway

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

Place of build

Bergen

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

Year of ship completion

1886

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

Martens Olsen & Co

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

Place of build

Bergen

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

Survey number

136

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Bergen, Norway

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Rasmus Olsen & others

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

Document author

E Hougland

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Bergen

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

19/10/1886

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Australia

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

Bk - Barque

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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

Launch Date

16/07/1886

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

Bgn

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

Document identity

Iron Ship

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

Y

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

Master

H. Berg

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Bergen

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

Classification

100A1 A&CP; 1dk

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

England; Australia

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

Ship type

undefined

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

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

Gross Register Tonnage

1290. 73

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

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