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Date recorded as the time of writing.
16/02/1945
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1945
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.
John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
543
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).
GFFY
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
102675
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
South Shields
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
15/06/1944
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ministry of War Transport
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
John McCallum; T E Sowden; A A Moir
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
South Shields
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
23/03/1945
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.
Trieste
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Title of Document has been Altered
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Empire Rabaul
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
27/11/1944
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
P H P Cowen
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
South Shields
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Nwc
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
1 Steel Steamer or Motorship
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.
16/02/1945
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Moller Line UK Ltd
Location where the document is written.
Newcastle on Tyne
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 With Freeboard; Lloyds A & CP; +LMC 2,45 Spt FD CL
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Screw Steamer
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).
7307
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 to Shipbreakers for Breaking up at Trieste
Physical extent of a record.
2
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