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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

26/07/1878

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

Year of ship completion

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.

Shipbuilder

Barclay Curle & Co

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 21482

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

Master

Mackie

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Port of Philadelphia

The name of the port/place from which a vessel’s voyage originated.

Voyage from

Pondicherry

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Martinique

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

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

Ben Arvis

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

Launch Date

22/06/1868

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

Certificate of Survey

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

Samuel Archbold

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Samuel Archbold

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Pondicherry; Martinique

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

S - Ship

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

1109

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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