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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

02/06/1858

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

Year of ship completion

1851

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

William Pile Jnr

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Lon

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Belfast

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

J C Gregg

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

Document author

John H Tiltman; Thomas William Wawn

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

London

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Calcutta

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

System of measurement that replaced ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’, taking a vessel’s internal capacity as the standard. Vessels built between 1836 and 1854 were legally required to display both tonnages.

Gross Register Tonnage (NM)

781

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

Draft

1858

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Chowringhee

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

Launch Date

__/__/1851

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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

Document identity

Report of Survey for Repairs

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

Nolan

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

London

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

London; Calcutta

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

Ship type

undefined

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

Material of construction

Wood

System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.

Gross Register Tonnage (OM)

893

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1858

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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