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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

22/07/1842

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

Year of ship completion

1836

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 B Balley

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Lon

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

Document identity

Annual Surveys

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

London

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Hutton

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

Document author

Nathaniel G Clark

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Nathaniel G Clark

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Classification

11A1

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

London; Africa

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

Rig

Bg - Brig

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Wood

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

174

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

Survey for two ships on document. Other ship is Hamlet; LRF-PUN-LON613-0304a-R; London 8969

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

African

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

Launch Date

__/06/1836

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

Place of build

Shoreham

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

Survey number

8969

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

Associated documents

Shoreham 18; London 3824; London 6963

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

Newman

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

London

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

London

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

05/08/1842

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Africa

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

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