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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

26/08/1940

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

Year of ship completion

1928

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

Deutsche Schiff Maschinenbau Actiengesellshaff Werk Vulcan

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

Place of build

Hamburg

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

GMJJ

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

Survey number

16892

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

Associated documents

Middlesbrough 16891

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

15/08/1940

The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.

Ship manager

The Booth Steam Ship Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Middlesbrough

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

Classification

See Other Report Mdb 16891

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

8570

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

20/04/1941

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Empire Endurance

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

Launch Date

__/__/1928

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

Yard no

211

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

164841

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Mdb

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

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.

Port of registry

Middlesbrough

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

18/06/1940

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Ministry of Shipping

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

Document author

J Muir; Cyril B Scorer; Colin Bartlett

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Middlesbrough

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

10/09/1940

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

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

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

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sunk by Submarine

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

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