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Date recorded as the time of writing.
14/12/1943
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1943
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.
Short Brothers Ltd
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
478
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Sld
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
1 Steel Steamer or Motorship
The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
Sunderland
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
27/02/1943
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ministry of War Transport
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
R M Wilson
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Sunderland
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
04/01/1944
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
Physical extent of a record.
2
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Empire Duchess
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
14/08/1943
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
Short Bros Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Sunderland
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
33847
Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.
Sunderland 33287; Sunderland 33351; Sunderland 33398; Sunderland 33439; Sunderland 33504; Sunderland 33572; Sunderland 33637; Sunderland 33695; Sunderland 33745; Sunderland 33812; Cardiff 56318
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.
13/12/1943
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
H Hogarth & Sons
Location where the document is written.
Sunderland
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 With Freeboard; Lloyd\'s A & CP; +LMC 12,43; 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).
7067
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
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Title of the Document has been Altered; Also refers to vessels Empire Newton; Empire Story; Empire Keats; Empire Southey; Empire Webster; Empire Envoy; Empire Bardolph; Empire Friendship; Empire Manor; Braemar Castle & Empire Camp
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