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Date recorded as the time of writing.
22/10/1937
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1937
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 Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
367
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Dun
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.
18/10/1937
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Watts Watts & Co Ltd
Location where the document is written.
Dundee
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Dundee
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
02/11/1937
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
Wrecked
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Kara Sea
Physical extent of a record.
2
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Beckenham
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
02/09/1937
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Dundee
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
9007
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
16/01/1937
The individual and/or organisation listed
The Britain Steam Ship Co Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
H McQueen
Name of surveyor.
H McQueen
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 with Freeboard; Lloyds A & Cp; +LMC 10,37; 2 SB Spt; FD
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Screw Steamer
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).
4636
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.
Stranded, Broke in two
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
07/10/1953
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Title of Document has been altered; Also refers to Vessel Blackheath
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