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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

26/07/1941

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

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

Survey number

18170

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

Associated documents

Sunderland 33210

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

24/07/1941

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

Document author

Clive Bell; A W Oxford

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Clive Bell

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

Classification

See Sld FE 33210

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

Ship type

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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

Richardson Westgarth 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

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

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Hpl

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

Document identity

4b Report on Oil Engine Machinery

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Newport, Mon.

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

10/05/1939

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

South American Saint Line Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Hartlepool

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Hartlepool

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

17/10/1941

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

Doxford Opposed Piston Airless Injection

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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