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Name of ship as recorded on the record
Ship name
Ensign ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Launch Date
21/04/1864 ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Place of build
Dundee ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Dundee ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
Arbroath ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
J Black ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
Black ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866 )
Duncan ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868 )
J Duncan ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
H Haslett ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
Phillip Phillips ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Dundee ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
North Shields ( Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864 )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
Dundee; India ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
London; Wellington ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866 )
London; Cardiff ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
London; Jamaica ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
London; Swansea ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Rig
Bk - Barque ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
Gross Register Tonnage (OM)
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 ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Auxillary
No ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Electric light fitted?
No ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
Proving House
North Shields Iron Works ( Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864 )
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
431 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
449 ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
Draft
1866 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Year of ship completion
1864 ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, 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
Tay Shipbuilding Co ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Dun ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
A Low ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
Low & Co ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868 )
Andrew Low ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
C C Dawson ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
Evan Phillips ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Thomas Alexander ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
Samuel Pretious ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
William C Davey ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879 )
James Turpin ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
Christopher Besant ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 10 years ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
10A1; Record YM ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866 )
10A1 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868 )
10A1; HT 69; record YM ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
Raised to 12A1; Cont 8A1 from Apr 1876 ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879 )
Contd 9A1 ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
India ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864 )
Wellington ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866 )
Cardiff ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869 )
Jamaica ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
Swansea ( Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Propulsion
Sail ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881 )
undefined ( Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Sail assisted steamer
No ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
System of measurement that replaced ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’, taking a vessel’s internal capacity as the standard. Vessels built between 1836 and 1854 were legally required to display both tonnages.
Gross Register Tonnage (NM)
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Machinery aft?
No ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Is a donkey boiler fitted?
No ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, 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 ( Survey Report for Ensign, 18th May 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate for Ensign, 19th March 1864 1864, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 6th June 1868 1868, Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 31st March 1869 1869, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882, Midship Section Plan for Ensign, Undated no date )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Ship type
undefined ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, September 1879 1879, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c for Ensign, 13th January 1881 1881, Report of Survey for Repairs, &c; Change of Owners for Ensign, 22nd February 1882 1882 )
A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.
Speed (knots)
l 1866 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Ensign, 4th April 1866 1866 )
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