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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

13/06/1923

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

Year of ship completion

1885

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

Laird Bros

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

Place of build

Birkenhead

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

89690

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

Document identity

9 Report of Survey for Repairs, &c., of Engines & Boilers

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

03/04/1923

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Cape Town

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

Classification

BS 5.23

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

Ship type

Cable Ship

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

1525

Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.

Net Register Tonnage

825

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Birkenhead

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

Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.

Horsepower nominal

181

Also referred to as extreme breadth. The distance from the extreme starboard side to the extreme port side.

Registered Beam

34.3

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Britannia

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

Launch Date

__/05/1885

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

Yard no

532

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

Country of build

United Kingdom

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

Survey number

1212

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

First entry?

N

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

25/05/1923

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

Document author

W R McArthur

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Cape Town

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Cable service

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

Sr - Schooner

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

A ship’s total internal capacity of a ship measured in register tons from the top of the floors to the tonnage deck.

Under Deck Tonnage

1027

Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.

Engine type

Compound engine, 4 cylinders

Engine builder as written

Laird Bros

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

Prescribed by flag/registration authorities, and usually excludes a small part of the stern. It is measured from the foreside of the stern at the extreme top to the afterside of the stern post.

Registered Length

247.2

Measurement from the underside of the upper deck on the centre line to the upper side of the bottom plating.

Registered Depth

17.4

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