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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

27/12/1919

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

Year of ship completion

1919

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

Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Co

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

Yard no

4

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

LTQU

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

Survey number

908

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Seattle

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

02/02/1918

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Bianca Shipping Corp

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

Document author

Olis Cutting; W S P Collings; J C Kinghorn

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Seattle

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

08/08/1924

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Delagoa Bay

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

Sr - Schooner

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

Material of construction

Wood

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

Gross Register Tonnage

2139

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

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Bianca

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

Launch Date

21/09/1919

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

C O Morrow

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

Place of build

Seattle

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Sea

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

Document identity

Wood ship

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

First entry?

Y

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

27/12/1919

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

Master

R Pederson

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Seattle

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

Classification

+12A1; +DB 19-160 lb

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Seattle Washington; Delagoa Bay

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

undefined

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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