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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.
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
Charlesworth ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
John Roberts ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Roberts ( Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848, Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
Sunderland ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
London; Sydney ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
Sunderland; Algoa Bay ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
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 Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848, Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856, Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Launch Date
__/03/1856 ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Ship type
undefined ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
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)
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Ship manager
Rickenson ( Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848, Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
R Towns ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
John Rickinson & Co ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
James Martin; Nathaniel Middleton ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
Thomas Boyes Simey ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
Restored A1 for 8 Years ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
A1 for 8 Years ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
8A1 ( Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Sydney ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
Algoa Bay ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
510 ( Report of Survey for Repairs for Royal Saxon, 10th March 1848 1848 )
257 ( Annual Surveys Report for Royal Saxon, 20th May 1857 1857 )
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.
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.
Shipbuilder
William Taylor ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
Draft
1856 ( Survey Report for Royal Saxon, 24th April 1856 1856 )
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