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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

26/10/1893

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

Year of ship completion

1893

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

Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd

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

Place of build

Glasgow

Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.

Port of survey abbreviations

Gls

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

Document identity

Iron or Steel Sailing Ship

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Glasgow

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

14/04/1893

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Watson Bros

Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record

Document author

Joseph Thomson

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

Joseph Thomson

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Glasgow

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

Ship type

Cargo

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

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

Material of construction

Steel

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

Gross Register Tonnage

2340

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

2203

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No

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

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No

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

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

284.5

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Ben-Lee

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

Launch Date

27/09/1893

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

Yard no

386

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

Country of build

United Kingdom

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Survey number

12532

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

Country of registration

United Kingdom

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

First entry?

Y

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

24/10/1893

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

Master

Jas Donaldson

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Glasgow

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Glasgow

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

New York

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

S - Ship

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Fuel

Sail - Rigs

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

2181

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

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

Moulded dimensions breadth- Also referred to as moulded beam. The distance from the inside of the starboard side plating to the inside of the port side plating.

Moulded Dimensions Breadth

42

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

Registered Beam

42.2

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Previous classification 100A

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