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Date recorded as the time of writing.
28/02/1947
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1946
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.
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Haverton Hill on Tees
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
GR130 Vessels of 100 tons & upwards
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Robert Gillespie
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Cargo
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).
8745
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Sunderland
William Doxford & Sons Ltd
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
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
British Empress
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
24/10/1946
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
391
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).
GWFS
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
London
The individual and/or organisation listed
The British Tanker Co Ltd
Location where the document is written.
London
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Motor (internal combustion)
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Internal Combustion Opposed Piston Type Vertical
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1946
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
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