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Previously referred to as signal letters (c.19th C), radio call signs enable a ship to communicate and are assigned by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

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

Classification

BS Asterisk; Great Lakes & River St Lawrence ( British Corporation for the Survey & Registry of Shipping Report of Hull & Equipment for Elgin, 11th June 1923 1923 )

MBS Asterisk ( British Corporation for the Survey & Registry of Shipping Report of Machinery for Elgin, 26th April 1923 1923 )

BS Asterisk; (Great Lakes Services & Gulf of St Lawrence) ( British Corporation Register of Shipping & Aircraft Survey for Freeboard Elgin, 26th May 1937 1937 )

BS Asterisk (Coasting Services) ( British Corporation Register of Shipping & Aircraft Survey for Freeboard Elgin, August 1941 1941 )

4,51 Kin; AS 4,51; Lake SS 1,51; MBS Asterisk 4,51; Blr S 4,51; MSP 4,51; NB Asterisk 2,41; NDB Asterisk 4,51; Refitted 4, 50 JC ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Elgin, 4th May 1951 1951 )

MBS Asterisk 4,51; Blr S 4,51; MSP 4,51; NB Asterisk 2,41; NDB Asterisk 4,51; Refitted 4, 50 JC ( Report of Survey for Repairs of Engines & Boilers for Elgin, 4th May 1951 1951 )

See Mtl 8565 ( Report on Boilers for Elgin, 24th April 1951 1951, Report on Boilers for Elgin, 24th April 1951 1951 )

BS Asterisk; Great Lakes & Gulf of St Lawrence Service 4,59; SS Lake 4,59; AS 4,62; MBS Asterisk 4,59; BS M 2,62; D 2,61; SP 2,57; TS 4,59 CL ( Report of Total Loss, Casualty & Breaking Up for Elgin, 30th March, 1964 1964 )

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.

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

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

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.

Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.

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

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