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Date recorded as the time of writing.
17/07/1883
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1883
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.
C S Swan & Hunter
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Newcastle
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
16936
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
23/12/1883
The individual and/or organisation listed
D J Jenkins & Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
John F Walliker
Name of surveyor.
John F Walliker
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+LMC
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Screw Steamer
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Iron
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
2486
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Compound Inverted Screw
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1883
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.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Cardiganshire
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
24/05/1883
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
71
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Nwc
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Report on Machinery
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
17/07/1883
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Courtney
Location where the document is written.
Newcastle
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Newcastle
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
27/07/1883
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
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.
1623
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Newcastle
R & W Hawthorn
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
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