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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

17/02/1928

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

Year of ship completion

1912

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

The Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Port Glasgow

Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.

Other numbers document know by

Lloyd's 732 WJF

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

First entry?

N

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

17/02/1928

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Pittsburgh, Pa

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

Material of construction

Steel

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Grove City Pa

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

Wrecked

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

Place of ship loss

Alvaro Obregon

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

14/01/1946

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Engine Forging No 743; Manufactured by Ellwood City Forge Co of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Fordonian

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

Launch Date

02/07/1912

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

Yard no

298

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

Document identity

Engine Forgings

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

Associated documents

Cleveland 423

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

09/02/1928

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

Document author

W J Fleming

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Engine builder as written

Bessemer Gas Engine 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

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

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Struck a steel & concrete ship

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

Country of loss or disposal

Mexico

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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