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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

15/05/1923

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

Year of ship completion

1919

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

W Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co

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

Yard no

497

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

LSTW

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

Survey number

4581

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Philadelphia

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

01/11/1922

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Arnold & Craig

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

Document author

Octavius Narbeth

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Philadelphia

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

22/05/1923

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

San Pedro California

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

Rig

Sr - 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

7222

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

Sold for Breaking Up

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

Petroleum in bulk

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Alameda

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

Launch Date

15/07/1919

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co

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

Place of build

Philadelphia

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Phl

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

Document identity

Steel Steamer

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

07/05/1923

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

William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia

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

Classification

+100A1; Carrying in Builk; SS No 1-23; LMC 4,23; TS 4,23; Fitted for Oil Fuel 19 F P above 150 F; Longt Framing Machy aft; Elect Light; FD; CL

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Philadelphia; San Pedro California

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

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

Broken up

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

__/__/0000

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

3

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