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Date recorded as the time of writing.
07/03/1940
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1925
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.
Ropner Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (Stockton) Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Stockton on Tees
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1; with Freeboard 11,39; S S No 3-5,37; +LMC MS 5,37; B S 1,39; TS 10,39 CL
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
The official record pronounced by the Committee
Sunk (war loss)
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
North Scottish Coast
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
30/01/1940
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Bancrest
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
26/11/1924
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
547
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c./ Wreck reports
The individual and/or organisation listed
Crest Shipping Co Ltd
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
08/03/1940
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
4450
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sunk by Enemy Aircraft
The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.
United Kingdom
Physical extent of a record.
1
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