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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.
The individual and/or organisation listed
Waddell & Others ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836 )
Waddell & Co ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837 )
J Somes ( Annual Survey Report for Change of Property for Portsea, 2nd June 1838 1838, Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 14th March 1840 1840 )
Name of surveyor.
Peter Courtenay ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836, Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837, Annual Survey Report for Change of Property for Portsea, 2nd June 1838 1838 )
Nathaniel Middleton ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 14th March 1840 1840 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
A1 ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836 )
Cont AE1; Record Repairs Reparis ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837 )
AE1 Asterisk ( Annual Survey Report for Change of Property for Portsea, 2nd June 1838 1838 )
AE1 Asterisk; Record Sheath Copped ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 14th March 1840 1840 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Quebec ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836 )
Cape of Good Hope; Bombay ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837 )
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 ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836, Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837, Annual Survey Report for Change of Property for Portsea, 2nd June 1838 1838, Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 14th March 1840 1840 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
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.
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
R Woodward ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836 )
James Smith ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
London; Quebec ( Survey Report for Portsea, 27th May 1836 1836 )
London; Cape of Good Hope; Bombay ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Portsea, 28th February 1837 1837 )
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).
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.
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