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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

07/08/1872

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

Year of ship completion

1872

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

R Napier & Sons

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

Place of build

Glasgow

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

Document identity

Engineer's Certificate

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Glasgow

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

Master

R Duncan

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Glasgow

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

1246

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

Year of engine build

1872

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

Elizabeth Martin

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

Launch Date

23/05/1872

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

Yard no

316

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Irn

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

Associated documents

Iron 10663

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

N

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

Document author

D Bell

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

Direct Acting Inverted Compound Expansion Cylinder

Engine builder as written

R Napier & Sons

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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