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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

27/05/1921

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

Year of ship completion

1921

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

New South Wales Government Dockyard

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

Yard no

43

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

130161

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

Port of survey abbreviations

N.S.W.

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

25/04/1921

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

Document author

F A Spence

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Newcastle N S W

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

19/07/1921

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Foreign

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

Foundered

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

Area of ship loss

South Coast of Japan

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

26/01/1940

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Eromanga

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

Launch Date

12/03/1921

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

A C Waters

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

Place of build

Newcastle, New South Wales

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

RLGW

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

Survey number

1327

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Brisbane

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

15/07/1919

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Commonwealth Govt Line of Shipping

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Newcastle N S W

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

Classification

+100A1; Shelter Dk with Fbd; A & CP; +LMC 4,21 Subject; FD CL

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Newcastle; New South Wales; Foreign

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

3359

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

Foundered in Heavy Weather

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

Country of loss or disposal

Japan

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

3

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