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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.
__/__/1838 ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848, Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
06/10/1838 ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Lon ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848, Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Scott & Co ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
J Harrison ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
Isaac Scott & Others ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
Name of surveyor.
Nathaniel Middleton ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
James Martin; Nathaniel Middleton ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
12A1; Record YM ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
Cont A1 for 4 Years; Record Repairs ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
A1 for 12 Years ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Sydney ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
Columbo River ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
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.
No ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848, Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852, Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
279 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
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.
Jonathan Fell ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Workington ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848, Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Smith ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
J Harrison ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
Isaac Scott ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
London ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848, Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
Workington; Whitehaven ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
London; Sydney ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
London; Columbo River ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
279 ( Annual Surveys Report for Josephine, 27th December 1848 1848 )
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.
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.
310 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Josephine, 30th June 1852 1852 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
undefined ( Survey Report for Josephine, Undated no date )
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