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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

23/07/1921

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

Year of ship completion

1921

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

The Texas Steamship Co

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

Yard no

31

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

MCVW

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

Survey number

1499

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Port Arthur, Tx

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

02/11/1920

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Texas Co

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

Document author

William Stewart

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Bath

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

02/08/1921

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Port Arthur Tex

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

6702

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

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sold to British Iron & Steel Corp for Breaking up at Tyne

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

Petroleum in bulk

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to Vessel Reaper

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Illinois

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

Launch Date

11/06/1920

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

The Texas Steamship & Co

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

Place of build

Bath, Maine

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Bos

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

Document identity

Steel Steamer

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

02/07/1921

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

Master

E O Larsen

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Boston

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Classification

+100A1; Carrying Petroleum in Bulk; +LMC 7,21; Fitted for Oil Fuel 7,21; FP above 150 F

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Bath Me; Port Arthur Tex

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

To be broken up

Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.

Place of ship loss

Tyne

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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