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Letter from R E Hughes, Works Manager of The Power Plant Co Ltd, West Drayton, to the Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding engine turbine gears, speed & blueprint for Biddlestone, 24th November 1936

Biddlestone

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Sunderland

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

24/11/1936

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

Short Bros Ltd

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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

First entry?

N

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

West Drayton, Middlesex

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

Material of construction

Steel

Engine builder as written

White's Marine Engineering Co 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

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

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sunk by aircraft

The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.

Country of loss or disposal

Portugal

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Biddlestone

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

Launch Date

10/05/1937

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

Yard no

450

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

Document identity

Letter

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

Document author

R E Hughes

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

undefined

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Sunk by aircraft

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

Area of ship loss

South West Coast of Portugal

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

01/06/1943

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