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Date recorded as the time of writing.
03/08/1909
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1909
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.
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
117
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).
LBFG
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
284
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
New York
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
09/12/1908
The individual and/or organisation listed
A H Bull Steam Ship Co
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Henry McDonald
Location where the document is written.
Newport News
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Newport News
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
03/09/1909
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Baltimore
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
The official record pronounced by the Committee
To be broken up
Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Dunston
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Margarita Calafati
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
19/06/1909
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
W A Post for Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Newport News, Va
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
N.Ns
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Steel Steamer
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
03/08/1909
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
A H Bull & Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
David Nicholas; John H W Marsden
Name of surveyor.
David Nicholas
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1; Spar Dk; A&C P; +LMC 8,09
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Newport News; Baltimore
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Sr - Schooner
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
3126
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sold for Breaking Up
Physical extent of a record.
2
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