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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

18/05/1888

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

Year of ship completion

1888

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

183

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

95257

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Grk

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Glasgow

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

31/10/1887

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

J Boyd

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

Document author

Charles Fowling

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Charles Fowling

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

Classification

+100A1 Steel; A & CP; 1Dk 2 trs B

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Port Glasgow; Cardiff; Singapore

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

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Madagascar

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

Launch Date

27/04/1888

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

Previously referred to as signal letters (c.19th C), radio call signs enable a ship to communicate and are assigned by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Signal letter/Call sign

KRTT

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

Document identity

Steel 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

18/05/1888

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

Master

R McCrone

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

25/05/1888

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Singapore

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

Steel

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

Gross Register Tonnage

2145

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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