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Date recorded as the time of writing.
15/07/1848
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1848
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.
The Neath Abbey Iron Co
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Neath
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
112
Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.
Swansea 310
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
15/07/1848
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
James Hunter
Location where the document is written.
Swansea
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
A1; Built of Iron
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Neath Abbey; Coquimbo
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Bk - Barque
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Iron
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
335
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
La Serena
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
__/__/1848
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
Alfred Sturge
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Irn
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Iron Ships
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Swansea
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
20/04/1848
The individual and/or organisation listed
Robert Eaton & Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
John Gibson
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Neath Abbey
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
25/08/1848
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Coquimbo
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Sail
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
System of measurement that replaced ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’, taking a vessel’s internal capacity as the standard. Vessels built between 1836 and 1854 were legally required to display both tonnages.
373
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Later documents created in Swansea refer to the shipbuilder as The Neath Abbey Iron Co
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