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Name of ship as recorded on the record
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
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.
Liverpool Proved Chain Cable Manufactory ( Chain Cable Certificate for Mersey, 6th June 1853 1853, Chain Cable Certificate for Mersey, 6th June 1853 1853 )
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Liv ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853 )
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
E Oliver ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853 )
William Crowell ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
A1 for 4 Years ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853 )
AE1; S S 59 4 Years ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
607 ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853, Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
William Crowell ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No ( Chain Cable Certificate for Mersey, 6th June 1853 1853, Chain Cable Certificate for Mersey, 6th June 1853 1853, Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853, Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
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.
Liverpool ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853 )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
Name of surveyor.
William Perkins; George Winram ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853 )
Samuel Pretious ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
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.
600 ( Survey Report for Mersey, 8th June 1853 1853 )
601 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Mersey, 8th November 1859 1859 )
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