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Flying Foam

A current reference number/code used to uniquely identify each record.

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-LON639-0291-R

Shipbuilder

John Reed

Date in which construction of the vessel was completed.

Year of build

1855

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

701

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Type of ship

undefined

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

London

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Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Flying Foam ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Launch Date

__/03/1855 ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

__/__/1855 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Place of build

Sunderland ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Sunderland ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856 )

London ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Master

Hutton ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856 )

Liddle ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Sunderland ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

London ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Sunderland; Calcutta ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

London; China ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

undefined ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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 Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Draft

1855 ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.

Gross Register Tonnage (OM)

701 ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Year of ship completion

1855 ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

John Reed ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.

Port of survey abbreviations

Sld ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

T Thompson ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856 )

Potter & Others ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Thomas Boyes Simey ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

Joseph Horatio Ritchie; Bernard Waymouth ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856 )

Joseph Horatio Ritchie; William T Mumford ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Classification

11A1 ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

11A1; Record damage repair ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856 )

11A1; Record YM ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Calcutta ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

China ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

S - Ship ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Material of construction

Wood ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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)

701 ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855 )

632 ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No ( Survey Report for Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

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 Flying Foam, 2nd April 1855 1855, Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Flying Foam, 18th March 1858 1858 )

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

701 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Flying Foam, 13th June 1856 1856 )

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