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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

__/05/1873

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

Year of ship completion

1873

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

John Readhead & Co

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

Place of build

South Shields

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

First entry?

N

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

Master

Otiva Robertson

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

South Shields

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

One Pair of Direct Acting Inverted Compound Surface Condensing Engines

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

Alcazar

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

Launch Date

21/04/1873

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

Yard no

93

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

Document identity

Engineer's Certificate

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Otiva Robertson

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

Document author

John Readhead & Co

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

295

Engine builder as written

John Readhead & Co

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

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Incorrect spelling of ship name on document

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