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Letter from Duncan Wright & Son, shipbuilders and owners to James B Wright, petitioning him to intervene and persuade the committee to award the vessel Ben Nevis the mark A & C P, which has been withheld. Also encloses information pertaining to anchor cer

Ben Nevis

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Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-LTH553-0336-L

Letters/Correspondence/Certificate/Report/Form/Other/Wreck Report/Photograph/Plan.

Document type

Letters/Correspondence

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

Place of build

Kincardine

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

19/04/1866

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

Year of ship completion

1866

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

Duncan Wright & Son

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

Document identity

Undefined

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

Document author

Duncan Wright & Son

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

Ship type

undefined

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

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 Nevis

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

Launch Date

__/03/1866

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

Place of build

Kincardine

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

First entry?

N

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Kincardine

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

Rig

Bk - Barque

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

States that they have written a letter to the Chairman of the Committee regarding the issue of classing Ben Nevis. Also states that an anchor was purchased after the previous one was lost during the barque's launching

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