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Date recorded as the time of writing.
20/06/1856
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1856
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.
G R Tovell
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Colchester
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
809
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Colchester
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
14/06/1856
The individual and/or organisation listed
John Mann
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
W N Johnson
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Swansea
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
24/06/1856
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Hong Kong
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Bk - Barque
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Wood
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.
491
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
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Laughing Water
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
07/02/1856
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
G R Tovell
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Sws
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
No title
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.
20/06/1856
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
J B Grant
Location where the document is written.
Swansea
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
A1 for 4 Years
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Swansea; Hong Kong
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
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A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Sail
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
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