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Name of ship as recorded on the record
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Gns ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
Lon ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
Christopher Bolt ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
General Steam Navigation Co ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Guernsey ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
London ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
Guernsey; London ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
London; Calais ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Rig
Sr - Schooner ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
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)
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Is a donkey boiler fitted?
No ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837, Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
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?
No ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837, Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
232 ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Place of build
Weymouth ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837, Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Weymouth ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
London ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
John Beal ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
Murphy ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
London ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
Calais ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Propulsion
Sail ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837 )
Steam ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Sail assisted steamer
No ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837, Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
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 ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837, Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Electric light fitted?
No ( Survey Report for Venus, 16th August 1837 1837, Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Nathaniel G Clark ( Steam Vessels Report for Venus, 25th February 1841 1841 )
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