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Memo from the Chief Ship Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding the anchor of Torchbearer, 23rd October 1939

Torchbearer

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LRF-PUN-W433-0121-L

Letters/Correspondence/Certificate/Report/Form/Other/Wreck Report/Photograph/Plan.

Document type

Letters/Correspondence

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

23/10/1939

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

Year of ship completion

1929

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

John Crown & Sons Ltd

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

Place of build

Sunderland

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

Associated documents

Sunderland 32722

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

Document author

R J L Ward

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

Material of construction

Steel

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)

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

Place of ship loss

South East Coast

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Torchbearer

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

Launch Date

17/10/1929

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

Yard no

182

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

Document identity

Memo

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

First entry?

N

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

undefined

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

19/11/1939

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