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Date recorded as the time of writing.
31/03/1873
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1868
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.
Barclay Curle & 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.
Report of Survey for Repairs
Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.
Iron 8943
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
31/03/1873
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
McPetrie
Location where the document is written.
Glasgow
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Glasgow
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
02/05/1873
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Melbourne
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Sail
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
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
Ben Nevis
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
22/06/1868
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Glasgow
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
11306
Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.
Glasgow 3645
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Glasgow
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
25/03/1873
The individual and/or organisation listed
Watson Bros
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
Christopher Besant
Name of surveyor.
Christopher Besant
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Asterisk AA1
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Glasgow; Clyde; Melbourne
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
S - Ship
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Iron
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
1055
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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