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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.
The name of the yard where the vessel was built.
The country in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.
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.
Refrigeration machinery fitted for cargo purposes?
No ( Letter from Thomas Jackson, surveyor at Whitby, to Lloyd's Register London Office updating a change of ownership to the vessel Doris for the Register Book, and correcting errors in her survey report, 10 June 1846 1846, Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Whitby ( Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
Gross Register Tonnage (OM)
Types of timber used throughout a vessel’s construction
Timbering
EO - English Oak; AmO - American Oak ( Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
Type of timbering specifically utilised for the vessel’s interior.
Inside planking
AmO - American Oak; DO - Dantzic Oak/Danzic Oak ( Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
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.
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
The individual and/or organisation listed
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
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.
The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.
Country of registration
United Kingdom ( Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 9 years ( Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
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)
Type of timbering specifically utilised for the vessel’s exterior.
Outside planking
AE - American Elm; DO - Dantzic Oak/Danzic Oak; EO - English Oak; YP - Yellow Pine ( Report of survey for Doris, 27 May 1846 1846 )
Measurement from the extreme outboard point of starboard to the extreme outboard point of port.
Extreme Breadth
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