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Name of ship as recorded on the record
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 9 Years ( Survey Report for Flora, 29th October 1856 1856 )
Cont A1 for 6 Years from 1865; Record Repairs ( Report of Survey for Repairs; Continuation Second Survey Section 54 for Flora, 11th October 1866 1866 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Cadiz ( Survey Report for Flora, 29th October 1856 1856 )
Table Bay ( Report of Survey for Repairs; Continuation Second Survey Section 54 for Flora, 11th October 1866 1866 )
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
The individual and/or organisation listed as having been responsible for constructing the vessel. This can/may be the same as the owner and/or manager.
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
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 Simpson S Hodgson, to George B Seyfang Esq, regarding Flora, 27th November 1856 1856, Survey Report for Flora, 29th October 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs; Continuation Second Survey Section 54 for Flora, 11th October 1866 1866 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
J Watson & Co ( Survey Report for Flora, 29th October 1856 1856 )
Hall Brothers ( Report of Survey for Repairs; Continuation Second Survey Section 54 for Flora, 11th October 1866 1866 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Thomas Boyes Simey ( Survey Report for Flora, 29th October 1856 1856 )
Joseph Keen; Samuel Pretious ( Report of Survey for Repairs; Continuation Second Survey Section 54 for Flora, 11th October 1866 1866 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
Sunderland; Cadiz ( Survey Report for Flora, 29th October 1856 1856 )
London; Table Bay ( Report of Survey for Repairs; Continuation Second Survey Section 54 for Flora, 11th October 1866 1866 )
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)
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