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Iron Ship Report for Earlscourt, 28th October 1885

Earlscourt

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

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-GRK305-0078-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

Greenock

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

Place of build

Port Glasgow

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

28/10/1885

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

Russell & Co

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

Yard no

136

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Grk

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

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

28/10/1885

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

Master

Frampton

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Greenock

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Port Glasgow

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

30/10/1885

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Bassein

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

Rig

Bk - Barque

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

1166

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

Earlscourt

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

Launch Date

24/09/1885

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

Russell & Co

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

Place of build

Port Glasgow

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

Survey number

9015

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

16/06/1885

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

W & J Kidd

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

Document author

Christopher Besant

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Christopher Besant

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

Classification

+100A1; LA & CP

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Port Glasgow; Bassein

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

Ship type

undefined

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

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

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