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Date recorded as the time of writing.
13/04/1891
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1873
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.
Barclay Curle & Co
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Glasgow
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
40
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Shanghai
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
23/08/1890
The individual and/or organisation listed
Frank Upton
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Kobe; Nagasaki
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
2455
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Although port belonging to is stated as Shanghai, the report explicity states this is a British steamer and as such country of registration has been noted as "United Kingdom [China]"; during this period the British extraterritorial concession existed in the International Settlement in Shanghai
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Zambesi
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
30/01/1873
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
228
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Kob
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Iron or Steel Steamer
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
13/04/1891
Location where the document is written.
Kobe; Nagasaki
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
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Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
Physical extent of a record.
2
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