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Date recorded as the time of writing.
15/10/1927
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1927
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.
The Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
411
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Grk
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.
15/10/1927
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Gow Harrison & Co
Location where the document is written.
Greenock
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1; 10,27; Carrying Petroleum in bulk; Lloyds A & CP; +LMC 10,27; Fitted for Oil fuel 10,27 FP Above 150F; Longitudinal framing
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Tanker
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).
5723
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
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sunk by an E-Boat in North Sea
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
24/11/1941
Physical extent of a record.
3
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Virgilia
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
30/08/1927
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
S K Turnbull
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Greenock
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
18778
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
Glasgow
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
18/08/1926
The individual and/or organisation listed
The Virgilia Steamship Co Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
H L Swinton
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Greenock
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
18/10/1927
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
The official record pronounced by the Committee
Sunk (war loss)
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
North Sea
Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.
Petroleum in bulk
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