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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

21/10/1941

The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.

Year of ship completion

1941

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.

Shipbuilder

John Readhead & Sons Ltd

The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Place of build

South Shields

Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.

Document identity

GR130 Vessels of 100 tons & upwards

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

N

The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.

Ship manager

Sir Arthur Joseph Atkinson, KBE, JP

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

South Shields

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Steel

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

6209

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

South Shields

Engine builder as written

John Readhead & Sons Ltd

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No

Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.

Lloyd's Proving House?

No

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

26/09/1942

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Empire Stevenson

The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.

Launch Date

25/08/1941

Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.

Yard no

524

Previously referred to as signal letters (c.19th C), radio call signs enable a ship to communicate and are assigned by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Signal letter/Call sign

BCQK

The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.

Port of registry

South Shields

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

His Majesty represented by The Minister of War Transport

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Master

George William Robinson Nesbitt

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.

Engine type

Steam Reciprocating Triple Expansion Direct Acting

Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.

Year of engine build

1941

Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.

Refrigeration machinery fitted for cargo purposes?

No

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sunk Owing to War Causes

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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