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Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for St Essylt, 18th September 1941

St Essylt

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

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-W216-0097-F

Letters/Correspondence/Certificate/Report/Form/Other/Wreck Report/Photograph/Plan.

Document type

Form

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

18/09/1941

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

Year of ship completion

1941

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

J L Thompson & Sons Ltd

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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

Document identity

GR130 Vessels of 100 tons & upwards

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

First entry?

N

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

Richard George Meredith

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

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

Gross Register Tonnage

5634

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Hartlepool

Engine builder as written

Richardsons Westgarth & 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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Sunk

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

11/07/1943

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

St Essylt

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

Launch Date

23/05/1940

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

Yard no

600

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

GQKQ

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

Port of registry

Newport News, VA

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The South American Saint Line Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Newport

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Engine type

Internal Combustion Opposed Piston Type Vertical

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

Year of engine build

1941

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1941

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

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sunk by Submarine

Draft

1941

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