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Date recorded as the time of writing.
21/08/1896
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1896
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.
James Laing
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
547
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Sld
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Steel Steamer
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.
19/08/1896
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Bullard King & Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
William L Sharpe
Name of surveyor.
William L Sharpe
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 Steel; Spar Dk; A & CP; +LMC 8,96; FD; Elec Light; 1Dk (Stl) & Spar Dk (Stl-WS) & Web Frames
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Sunderland; London
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.
2
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Umvoti
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
25/03/1896
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
James Laing; Arthur Laing
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Sunderland
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
18400
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
05/11/1895
The individual and/or organisation listed
Bullard King & Co
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
J Lewis
Location where the document is written.
Sunderland
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Sunderland
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
28/08/1896
The name of the port/place of destination given.
London
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Sr - Schooner
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
2625
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.
Also refers to Vessel Umtali
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