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Name of ship as recorded on the record
Ship name
Imperial ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Launch Date
__/__/1852 ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Place of build
St Johns ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Propulsion
undefined ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852 )
Sail ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Sail assisted steamer
No ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Machinery aft?
No ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Is a donkey boiler fitted?
No ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
Proving House
Bloomer & Co ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852 )
Name recorded as the superintendent of the proving house.
Superintendent of Proving House
John Dangerfield ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852 )
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
St. John, N.B. ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
Liverpool ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862 )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866 )
Grangemouth ( Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
Donald Bannerman ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
J B Wescott ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862 )
William Law ( Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 7 years ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
Contd A1 for 2 Years from 1859; S, S no 5 Years ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860 )
A1 in Red; Record Repair ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862 )
AE; SS 66=5 Years; Record YM ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866 )
AE1 ( Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
Gross Register Tonnage (OM)
1097 ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
London; Boston ( Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Year of ship completion
1852 ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
Yard no
6 ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Golds Hill ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852 )
Liverpool ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
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 ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Auxillary
No ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Electric light fitted?
No ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
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 ( Chain Cable Certificate for Imperial, 28th September 1852 1852, Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852, Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Liv ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862, Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
J R Reed ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
W W Bruce ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860 )
W Bruce ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862 )
Thompson ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 30th January 1866 1866, Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
William Perkins ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
William T Mumford; Thomas W Wawn ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Damage for Imperial, 9th July 1860 1860 )
Samuel Pretious; Bernard Waymouth ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Imperial, 12th November 1862 1862 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
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)
1279 ( Survey Report for Imperial, 29th September 1852 1852 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Boston ( Annual Surveys Report for Imperial, 20th February 1866 1866 )
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