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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

11/09/1924

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

Year of ship completion

1924

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

Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Blyth

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

Survey number

78442

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Newcastle

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

27/02/1924

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Sheaf Steam Shipping Co Ltd

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

Document author

R Lee Annear; Maurice Ritson

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Maurice Ritson

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

Classification

+LMC 10,24

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

Ship type

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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

2728

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Newcastle

Engine builder as written

North Eastern Marine Engineering Co 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 After Striking a Mine

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

30/11/1939

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Sheaf Crest

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

Launch Date

31/07/1924

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

Yard no

231

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Nwc

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

Document identity

4 Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery

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

07/10/1924

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

W A Souter & Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Newcastle on Tyne

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Newcastle on Tyne

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

28/10/1924

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

Inverted Triple Expansion

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

Year of engine build

1924

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 area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.

Area of ship loss

Southeast Coast

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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