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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

17/06/1887

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

Year of ship completion

1887

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

The Penarth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd

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

Yard no

4

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Pen

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

Document identity

Report on Machinery

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

London

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

23/07/1885

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

T A Walker

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

Document author

George Lisle Hindmarsh, A E Keydell

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Penarth

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

01/07/1887

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.

Net Register Tonnage

201

Description/specifications listed of the vessel’s engines and machinery. (The engines/machinery may have been surveyed separately before being assigned to a vessel).

Engine/Machinery details

Compound inverted direct acting surface condensing

The country, at the time of writing, where a vessel’s engines were constructed.

Country of engine build

United Kingdom [Wales]

Engine builder as written

The Penarth Shipbuilding & Engine Co Ltd

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Albatros

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

Launch Date

23/05/1887

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

R Matonarve

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

Place of build

Penarth

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

Survey number

2347

The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.

Country of registration

United Kingdom [England]

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

17/06/1887

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

Master

G S Elliott

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Cardiff

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

Classification

+LMC

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

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

Gross Register Tonnage

341

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

Engine type

Compound Inverted Direct Acting Surface Condensing

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Penarth

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

Year of engine build

1886

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

Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.

Horsepower nominal

55

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