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Date recorded as the time of writing.
21/10/1941
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
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.
John Readhead & Sons Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
South Shields
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
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.
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.
Sir Arthur Joseph Atkinson, KBE, JP
Location where the document is written.
South Shields
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).
6209
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
South Shields
John Readhead & Sons Ltd
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
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
26/09/1942
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Empire Stevenson
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
25/08/1941
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
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).
BCQK
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
South Shields
The individual and/or organisation listed
His Majesty represented by The Minister of War Transport
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
George William Robinson Nesbitt
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Steam Reciprocating Triple Expansion Direct Acting
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1941
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
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sunk Owing to War Causes
Physical extent of a record.
1
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