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Date recorded as the time of writing.
06/05/1853
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1845
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.
William Simpson & Co
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.
Annual Surveys
Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.
Leith 2112
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The individual and/or organisation listed
London & Leith Old Shipping Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
Walter Paton
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Leith
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
10/05/1853
The name of the port/place of destination given.
London
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.
234
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
Prince of Wales
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
__/__/1845
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Aberdeen
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
440
Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.
Leith 2291
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
06/05/1853
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Alexander McIntyre
Location where the document is written.
Leith
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
A1
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Leith; London
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.
178
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
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