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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

02/04/1906

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

Year of ship completion

1906

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

Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd

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

Place of build

Newcastle on Tyne

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

HFVD

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

Port of registry

Goole

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Master

George Arnold

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Engine type

Triple Expansion Direct Acting Vertical

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

Year of engine build

1906

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 (war loss)

Number of lives lost

14

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

20/04/1940

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Mersey

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

Launch Date

23/02/1906

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

Yard no

752

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

122953

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

John Andley Frederick

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Goole

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

FAS - Fore & Aft Schooner

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

1087

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Newcastle on Tyne

Engine builder as written

Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson 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 Mine

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

Area of ship loss

South East Coast

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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