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Date recorded as the time of writing.
23/06/1885
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1885
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.
Blyth Iron Shipbuilding Co
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
58
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.
Iron Ship
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.
23/06/1885
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
James H Lawson
Location where the document is written.
Newcastle
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1; A & CP; 1 Dk Iron; +LMC
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Blyth; Gothenburg
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Screw Steamer
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
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.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Dundonald
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
28/05/1885
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
J Nixon
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Blyth
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
18532
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Newcastle
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
05/02/1885
The individual and/or organisation listed
C Irving & Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
John H Heck; R W Coomber
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Blyth
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
14/07/1885
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Gothenburg
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Sr - Schooner
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Iron
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
533
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.
Ship name originally listed as Edendale. This has been crossed out and the subsequent name Dundonald written in place.
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