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Report on Machinery for Blanche Rock, 24th February 1894

Blanche Rock

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

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-GLS169-0181-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

Glasgow

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

Place of build

Troon

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

24/02/1894

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

Year of ship completion

1894

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

Ailsa Shipbuilding Co

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

Place of build

Troon

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

Survey number

12753

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Liverpool

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

04/09/1893

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Alfred Rowland & Co

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

Document author

Charles E Stromeyer

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Charles E Stromeyer

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

Classification

+LMC 2,94

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 Direct Acting

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

Year of engine build

1894

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

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Blanche Rock

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

Launch Date

25/01/1894

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

Yard no

43

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Gls

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

24/02/1894

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

Master

Green

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Glasgow

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Glasgow

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

06/03/1894

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

Material of construction

Steel

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

Gross Register Tonnage

471

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Glasgow

Engine builder as written

Muir & Houston

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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