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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

04/10/1889

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

Year of ship completion

1882

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

Charles Mitchell & Co

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

Place of build

Newcastle

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

Survey number

49903

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

Associated documents

Merseilles 403

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

First entry?

N

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

04/10/1889

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

Master

J Beard

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

11/10/1889

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

London; The Tyne; Baltimore

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

3138

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

1889

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Florida

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

Launch Date

01/10/1882

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

Yard no

433

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

Report of Survey for Repairs, &c.

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

London

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

03/10/1889

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Nelson Donkin & Co

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

Document author

James H Truscott

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

James H Truscott

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

Classification

+100A1

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

Voyage from

The Tyne

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Baltimore

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1889

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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