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Date recorded as the time of writing.
22/07/1939
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
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.
Lithgows Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Port Glasgow
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
97668
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
05/06/1939
The individual and/or organisation listed
Union Cold Storage Co Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
George T B Scullard
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Hebburn on Tyne
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
18/08/1939
The name of the port/place of destination given.
London; Australia
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).
10086
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1921
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.
South Atlantic
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Doric Star
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
24/02/1921
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
731
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Nwc
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
9 Report of Survey for Repairs, &c., of Engines & Boilers
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
21/07/1939
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Blue Star Line Ltd
Location where the document is written.
Newcastle
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
S 7,39
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Hebburn on Tyne; London; Australia
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Manchester
Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
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 the Admiral Graf Spee
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
02/12/1939
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