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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.

Year of ship completion

Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.

Yard no

The country in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Country of build

Previously referred to as signal letters (c.19th C), radio call signs enable a ship to communicate and are assigned by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Signal letter/Call sign

The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.

Country of registration

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Master

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.

Net Register Tonnage

The country, at the time of writing, where a vessel’s engines were constructed.

Country of engine build

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?

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

Prescribed by flag/registration authorities, and usually excludes a small part of the stern. It is measured from the foreside of the stern at the extreme top to the afterside of the stern post.

Registered Length

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.

Launch Date

The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Place of build

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.

Document identity

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Fuel

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

A ship’s total internal capacity of a ship measured in register tons from the top of the floors to the tonnage deck.

Under Deck Tonnage

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build
Engine builder as written

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

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?

Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.

Horsepower nominal

Also referred to as extreme breadth. The distance from the extreme starboard side to the extreme port side.

Registered Beam

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

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