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Date recorded as the time of writing.
15/11/1940
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1920
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.
Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co of Hong Kong Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Hong Kong
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
115215
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
01/11/1940
The individual and/or organisation listed
King Line Ltd
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
S Archer
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Birkenhead
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
03/12/1940
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Hong Kong
Taikoo Dockyard Engineering Co of Hong Kong 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
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Atlantic
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
King Idwal
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
07/02/1920
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
181
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Liv
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.
01/11/1940
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Dodd Thomson & Co Ltd
Location where the document is written.
Liverpool
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 5,40; SS Sld No 3-1,33; SS Sld No 1-38; +LMC; MS 2,38; BS 5,40; TS (CL) 4,39; Fitted for Oil Fuel 5,20 FP above 150 F
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
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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).
5115
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1920
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
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sunk by Submarine
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
23/11/1940
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