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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

19/07/1920

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

Launch Date

30/06/1908

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

Yard no

807

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

Survey number

6598

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

First entry?

N

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

T & J Harrison

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Lorenzo Marques

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

System of measurement that replaced ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’, taking a vessel’s internal capacity as the standard. Vessels built between 1836 and 1854 were legally required to display both tonnages.

Gross Register Tonnage (NM)

5883

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

3797

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Burnt & Sunk

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

Place of ship loss

Lorenzo Marques

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

Country of loss or disposal

Mozambique

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

saltpetre; coal

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

Registered Beam

51

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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

Year of ship completion

1908

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

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson

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

Place of build

Wallsend on Tyne

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

Document identity

Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c./ Wreck reports

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Charente SS Co Ld

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

Classification

+100A1 shelter desk wolt hendond 12.19

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

Ship type

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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

5688

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

Engine type

Triple Expansion 3 Cylinders

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

491

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Fire broke out in No 2 lower hold at Lorenzo Marques caused by spontaneous combustion. Fire spread amidships accompanied by continous explosions. The vessel sank and is totally submerged.

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

Area of ship loss

Indian Ocean

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

18/06/1920

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

399

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

Registered Depth

26.7

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