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Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Beckenham, 4th October 1937

Beckenham

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

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-W1644-0173-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

Newcastle on Tyne

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

Place of build

Dundee

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

04/10/1937

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

Year of ship completion

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.

Shipbuilder

The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Dundee

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

Survey number

95512

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

09/02/1937

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Britain Steam Ship Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Newcastle on Tyne

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

Classification

+LMC 10,37; 2 SB Spt FD; 1 Aux SB

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

Ship type

undefined

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

Material of construction

Steel

Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.

Engine type

Triple Expansion

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

Year of engine build

1937

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Wrecked

Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.

Area of ship loss

Kara Sea

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Beckenham

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

Launch Date

02/09/1937

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

Yard no

367

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Nwc

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

Document identity

4 Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery

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

04/10/1937

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

Document author

J E Sellex

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Wallsend

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

02/11/1937

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Wallsend

Engine builder as written

North Eastern Marine Engineering Co

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

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Stranded, Broke in two

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

07/10/1953

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to Vessel Blackheath

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