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Name of ship as recorded on the record
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.
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Lon ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Gls ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Grand Mining Association ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835 )
General Mining Association ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
Bell & Co ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844, Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Name of surveyor.
George Bayley ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
Nathaniel Middleton ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Richard Robertson ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
A1 for 11 Years ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835 )
Record Repairs & Continue Class 11A1 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
12A1; Record YM ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Cont 4A1; record YM ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Pictou ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
Ichiboe ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Valparaiso ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844, Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
124 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
242 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
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.
London ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
Glasgow ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844, Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Smith ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
Kerr ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Thomas Reid ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
London ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Glasgow ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
London; Picton ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835, Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 9th February 1836 1836 )
London; Ichiboe ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Cape Breton, 8th November 1844 1844 )
Glasgow; Valparaiso ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
124 ( Steam Vessels Report for Cape Breton, 12th October 1835 1835 )
264 ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
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.
242 ( Annual Surveys Report for Cape Breton, 23rd March 1849 1849 )
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