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Date recorded as the time of writing.
25/04/1929
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1929
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.
Robert Duncan & Co Ltd
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
389
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.
1 Steel Steamer or Motorship
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.
19/04/1929
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Glover Bros
Location where the document is written.
Greenock
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Port Glasgow
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
30/04/1929
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).
5792
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 enemy Action
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Chaucer
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
21/03/1929
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
Alex Kelly
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Port Glasgow
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
19026
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
24/05/1928
The individual and/or organisation listed
Shakespear Shipping Co Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
Kenneth Inglis
Name of surveyor.
Kenneth Inglis
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 4,29; Lloyd's A & CP; +LMC 4,29; FD
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)
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
__/09/1941
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Title of document has been altered; Also mentions sister vessel Romney
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