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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

12/03/1878

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

Year of ship completion

1878

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

J Elder & Co

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

Place of build

Glasgow

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Survey number

20399

Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.

Other numbers document know by

Glasgow 4624

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Newhaven

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

19/03/1877

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

London Brighton & South Coast Railway Co

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Glasgow

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Glasgow; Newhaven; Dieppe

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

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

Brighton

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

Launch Date

__/02/1878

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

Yard no

17

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Irn

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

Document identity

Steel Ship

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

Associated documents

Iron 20399

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

12/03/1878

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

Master

R G White

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Glasgow

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Newhaven; Dieppe

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

531

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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