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Empire Rest ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Empire Test ( Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952 )

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

Launch Date

19/06/1944 ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Yard no

371 ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Greenock ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944 )

Wokingham ( Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Glasgow ( Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949 )

Port Glasgow; Greenock ( Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944 )

Southampton ( Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951 )

Port Glasgow; Glasgow ( Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944 )

Port Glasgow ( Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944 )

London ( Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952 )

Falmouth ( Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952 )

Suez; Port Said ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948 )

Port Said ( Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948 )

London; Falmouth ( Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951 )

London; Southampton ( Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952 )

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Steel ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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 R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Broken up ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Place of ship loss

Briton Ferry ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

__/06/1952 ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Year of ship completion

1944 ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Ferguson Bros Ltd ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Place of build

Greenock ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

undefined ( Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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 ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Demolition Commenced ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Country of loss or disposal

United Kingdom ( Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, informing of the capacity of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 5th December 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting the capacity, in tons, of the after peak tank on the Empire Rest, 1st December 1944 1944, Memo for the Chief Ship Surveyor with their annotations regarding First Entry for Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Letter from R A Welch, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, enclosing requested plans for the Empire Rest, 23rd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans of the Empire Rest, 22nd November 1944 1944, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Surveyors, Greenock, requesting approved plans, necessary for checking the First Entry Report on the Empire Rest, 14th November 1944 1944, Memo for Empire Rest, 13th November 1944 1944, Letter from Charles N Hunter, Surveyor of Lloyd's Register, Greenock, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees relating to the supervision of the requirements of the Specification of the Empire Rest, 8th November 1944 1944, Letter from C R Willis, Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, regarding fees in connection with the Empire Rest, 7th November 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary, to The Surveyors, Southampton, regarding Empire Rest, 31st March 1944 1944, Extract from Freeboard Verification of marking form for Empire Rest, 10th November 1944 1944, Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944, Form for Vessels of 100 Tons & Upwards for Empire Rest, 13th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey of Hull & Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th October 1944 1944, Particulars of Official Trials for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Certificate of Survey for Empire Rest, 22nd March 1944 1944, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Empire Rest, 28th November 1944 1944, Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944, Report on Water Tube Boilers for Empire Rest, 7th March 1944 1944, Report on Electrical Equipment for Empire Rest, 28th October 1944 1944, Plan of Profile & Decks for Empire Rest, 9th September 1944 1944, Plan of Structural Sections for Empire Rest, 27th September 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding instalment of payments relating to the Hull & Machinery of the Empire Rest, 31st August 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding the conversion of the Empire Rest, 20th July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, renclosing Hull Specifications & General Arrangement plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Deputy Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, London, acknowledging recipt of letter enclosing Hull Specification & General Arrangements plans for Empire Rest, 3rd July 1944 1944, Reference Sheet from D D M B (H), Admiralty, to Lloyd's Register, regarding Empire Rest, 29th June 1944 1944, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Greenock, regarding fees for the supervision of the requirements of the Specification during construction of Engines for the Empire Rest, 28th March 1945 1945, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, acknowledging receipt of telegram requesting First Entry Greenock Report on the Empire Rest, 24th January 1945 1945, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report, for the Empire Rest, 23rd January 1945 1945, Letter from Secretary to the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, to J M Murray Esq, Bath Surveyor, enclosing two letters regarding Empire Rest, with reference to the enclosing plan of Watertight Sliding Door, 17th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for D M B, Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposed arrangement of water gauges to be fitted on the Empire Rest, 15th January 1945 1945, Letter from E M Smith, for Director of Admiralty Merchant Shipbuilding & Repair Department, Glasgow, to J H Morgan Esq, Principle Officer, Glasgow, enclosing plan showing proposals for fitting Watertight door in the bulkhead between the stokeholds of the 1945, Letter from Acting Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, informing that they have no objection to the fitting of the Watertight door on the Empire Rest, 22nd January 1945 1945, Memo for Empire Rest, 16th September 1947 1947, Letter from The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Falmouth, acknowledging receipt of letter regarding arrangements for the Annual Loadline Survey of the Empire Rest, 17th December 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Repairs for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Certificate of Survey of Boilers & Part Machinery for Empire Rest, 26th January 1948 1948, Remarks of the Chief Engineer Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding Special Survey of Boilers of Empire Rest, 25th March 1948 1948, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, informing that instructions have been given in view of the overdue surveys, for the class of the Empire Rest to be qualified by a notation 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, regarding the qualification of class respecting the Empire Rest, 10th October 1949 1949, Letter from Marine Superintendent, for The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is no longer manged by them & is currently still Laid Up, 6th October 1949 1949, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, to The City Line Ltd, Glasgow, informing of the Committee's instructions for a record of 'Laid Up pending survey, to be assigned to the Empire Rest, 5th October 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th April 1949 1949, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest being laid up, 24th October 1950 1950, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 21st April 1950 1950, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, acknowledging receipt of letter & returning Deferred Reports on the Empire Rest, referencing the Classification, 2nd November 1951 1951, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Southampton, enclosing deferred reports on the Empire Rest, 1st November 1951 1951, Letter from E M Hart, pro The Surveyors of Lloyd's Register, Southampton, to The Secretary of Lloyd's Register, London, regarding the purchase of the Empire Rest, enquiring what outstanding defects require attention & what surveys are due, 31st October 19 1951, Question & Answer Memo between London & Falmouth Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 23rd May 1951 1951, Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952, Letter from C Moffatt, per The Surveyors of Loyd\'s Register, Falmouth, to The Secretary of Loyd\'s Register, London, reporting that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & confirming that the bottom appeared to be in a good condition of maintenance, 26th Marc 1952, Letter from Clerk to the Classification Committee of Lloyd's Register, London, to The Surveyors, Falmouth, stating that the Empire Rest is still Laid Up & requesting to know the condition of maintenance, 18th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Test, 17th March 1952 1952, Question & Answer Memo between London & Southampton Office regarding Empire Rest still being laid up, 11th March 1952 1952, Form of Postponed Surveys for Empire Rest, Undated no date, Telegram from Lloyd's Register, Wokingham, to Lloyd's Register, Glasgow, requesting First Entry Greenock Report for the Empire Rest, Undated no date, Note regarding Emergency Merchant Ship Building Programme for Empire Rest, Undated no date )

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

Classification

+A1 10,44; With Freeboard; For Government Service; Lloyds A & CP LMC +10,44 10 2B; Fitted For Oil Fuel 10,44 FB Above 150 F ( Steel Steamer Report for Empire Rest, 4th November 1944 1944 )

+LMC +10,44; 10 2B; Fitted For Oil Fuel 10,44; FP Above 150 F ( Report on Steam Reciprocating Engine Machinery for Empire Rest, 3rd November 1944 1944 )

Laid up Pending Survey ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948 )

BS 1,48; S 1,48 ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Empire Rest, 11th February 1948 1948 )

+A1; With Freeboard for Government 1,48 (Service); LMC 10,44; BS 1,48; TS 1,48; CL ( Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Empire Rest, 18th July 1952 1952 )

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).

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