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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.
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
D Davies ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
Daniel Davies ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
James Sibun ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864 )
James Williamson ( Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
7A1 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
A- for 7 years ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Prince Edward Island ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
London ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
281 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
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.
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
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)
281 50/100 ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864 )
A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.
Speed (knots)
1866 ( Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
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.
Place of build
Prince Edward Island ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864 )
Pisquid, Prince Edward Island ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate from George Wood & Co for Lotus, 28 March 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Prince Edward Island ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
Archibald McDonald ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864 )
McDonald ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
London; Prince Edward Island ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
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 Repairs for Lotus, 5th September 1864 1864, Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864, Chain Cable Certificate from George Wood & Co for Lotus, 28 March 1864 1864, Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
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.
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
Gross Register Tonnage (OM)
338 82/94 ( Report of survey for Lotus, July 1864 1864 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
Draft
1866 ( Annual Surveys Report for Lotus, 19th March 1866 1866 )
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