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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.
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
AE1 ( Report of Survey for Glasgow Packet, 8 May 1834 1834, Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
Continued class ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Glasow Packet, 11 August 1835 1835 )
Continue Class AE1 ( Annual Survey for Glasgow Packet, 17 August 1836 1836 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
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
London ( Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
London; Coasting ( Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
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)
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.
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
Leith Shipping Company ( Report of Survey for Glasgow Packet, 8 May 1834 1834 )
Leith Clyde Shipping Co ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Glasow Packet, 11 August 1835 1835 )
Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde S Company ( Annual Survey for Glasgow Packet, 17 August 1836 1836 )
D Langton ( Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
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 ( Report of Survey for Glasgow Packet, 8 May 1834 1834, Report of Survey for Repairs for Glasow Packet, 11 August 1835 1835, Annual Survey for Glasgow Packet, 17 August 1836 1836, Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
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
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
James Martin ( Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Survey Report for Glasgow Packet, 7th May 1851 1851 )
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