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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

12/08/1890

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

Year of ship completion

1890

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

Sir Raylton Dixon & Co

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

Place of build

Middlesbrough

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Mdb

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

Document identity

Steel Ship

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

London

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

Master

J Chamberlain

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Middlesbrough

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Middlesbrough

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

26/08/1890

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

Ship type

Tanker

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

Material of construction

Steel

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

Gross Register Tonnage

2183

Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.

Net Register Tonnage

1402

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

Depth of vessel at ship’s side from the highest point of the upper deck to the lowest point of the keel.

Extreme Depth

22.08

Moulded dimensions breadth- Also referred to as moulded beam. The distance from the inside of the starboard side plating to the inside of the port side plating.

Moulded Dimensions Breadth

38' 10"

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Alfalfa - 1890

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

Launch Date

18/06/1890

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

Yard no

320

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

Country of build

United Kingdom

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

Survey number

161

The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.

Country of registration

United Kingdom

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

First entry?

Y

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

Document author

H M Williams

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

H M Williams

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

Classification

100A1 steel Record f'bd

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

River Plate

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

A ship’s total internal capacity of a ship measured in register tons from the top of the floors to the tonnage deck.

Under Deck Tonnage

1641

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

Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.

Horsepower nominal

200

Length of a ship along the summer load line from the vessel’s stem to the sternpost.

Length between perpendiculars

275.5

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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