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Report on Oil Engine Electric Generator Sets for Ben Hann, 27th March 1940

Ben Hann

A current reference number/code used to uniquely identify each record.

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-W151-0130-R

Letters/Correspondence/Certificate/Report/Form/Other/Wreck Report/Photograph/Plan.

Document type

Report

Name of the survey office responsible for inspecting a vessel, and linked to the port of survey abbreviation used.

Survey office

Ipswich

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

Place of build

Rowhedge

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

27/03/1940

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

Year of ship completion

1940

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

Rowhedge Ironworks Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Rowhedge

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Survey number

108410

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

Associated documents

London 108410

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

First entry?

N

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

20/02/1940

Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record

Document author

H Y Bell

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Rowhedge

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

19/03/1940

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

298

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

Year of engine build

1939

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

Missing

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Ben Hann

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

Launch Date

25/01/1940

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

Yard no

585

Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.

Port of survey abbreviations

Ips

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

Document identity

4c Report on Oil Engine Electric Generator Sets

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

London

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

20/02/1940

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

National Benzole Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Ipswich

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Classification

See Lon F E 108410

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Manchester

Engine builder as written

L Gardner & 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

17/12/1941

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