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Name of ship as recorded on the record
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850, Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
Brandies ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
Elkin & Sons ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Joseph Horatio Ritchie ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
James Martin ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
10A1; record repair ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
10A1 ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
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)
367 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Is a donkey boiler fitted?
No ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850, Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Australia ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Year of ship completion
1849 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850, Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Liverpool ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
London ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
McGrath ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
A Overbury ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
Gross Register Tonnage (OM)
425 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850 )
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 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Benjamin Elkin, 29th June 1850 1850, Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
London; Australia ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
425 ( Annual Surveys Report for Benjamin Elkin, 22nd June 1853 1853 )
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