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Name of ship as recorded on the record
Ship name
Guardian ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Launch Date
30/05/1896 ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
Yard no
23 ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Inverkeithing ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896 )
Leith ( Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Glasgow ( Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896 )
South Shields ( Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896 )
Inverkeithing; Leith ( Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896 )
Aberdeen ( Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896 )
South Shields; Newcastle ( Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Steel ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
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 ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Auxillary
No ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Electric light fitted?
No ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
undefined ( Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Penzance ( Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896 )
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).
Signal letter/Call sign
PLCS ( Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Engine type
Compound Direct Acting Inverted Cylinder ( Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896 )
Compound ( Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896 )
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
Inverkeithing; Penzance ( Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Year of ship completion
1896 ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
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
Cumming & Ellis ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Place of build
Inverkeithing ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Propulsion
Steam ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896 )
undefined ( Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Sail assisted steamer
No ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Machinery aft?
No ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Is a donkey boiler fitted?
No ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
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 ( Midship Section Plan for Guardian, 1896 1896, Plan of Profile & Deck for Guardian, 1896 1896, Form of Forwarding Midship Section Tracing from Surveyor William Paulsen to The Secretary, Lloyd's Register, London, forwarding Midship Section for Guardian, 15th August 1896 1896, Engine Forgings or Castings Form for Guardian, 24th March 1896 1896, Engine Forgings Form for Guardian, 21st May 1896 1896, Plan of Multitubular Boiler for Guardian, 1896 1896, Vessels of 100 Tons & upwards form for Guardian, 3rd September 1896 1896, Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896, Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896, Letter from P Robertson, to The Secretary, London, regarding the boiler for the Guardian, 7th December 1897 1897 )
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
The individual and/or organisation listed
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Charles H Jordan ( Remarks of the Chief Surveyor to the Classing Committee regarding class of Guardian, 27th August 1896 1896 )
Maurice Ritson; Thomas Field ( Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
+100A1; Steel; A & Cp; +LMC 8, 96 ( Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896 )
+LMC 8, 96 ( Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Penzance ( Steel Steamer Report for Guardian, 26th August 1896 1896 )
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
Year of engine build
1896 ( Report on Machinery for Guardian, 3rd August 1896 1896, Report on Machinery for Guardian, 11th June 1896 1896 )
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