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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

07/06/1919

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

Year of ship completion

1919

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

Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd

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

Yard no

567

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

Port of survey abbreviations

H.Kg

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

02/06/1919

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

Master

Frank Adcock

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Hong Kong

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

Classification

+100A1; Lloyds A & CP; +LMC 5,19

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Hong Kong; Java

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

3102

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

Draft

1919

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

War Drummer

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

Launch Date

10/08/1918

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

R M Dyer

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

Place of build

Hong Kong

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

Survey number

4802

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Hong Kong

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

23/01/1918

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Shipping Controller

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

Document author

John S Gardiner; John Lambert

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Hong Kong

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

12/08/1919

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Java

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1919

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

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