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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

08/03/1921

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

Year of ship completion

1920

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

Tidewater Shipbuilders Ltd

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

Yard no

8

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

150347

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Qbc

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

Document identity

Steel Steamer

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Montreal

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

15/11/1919

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Canadian Government

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

Master

T R Coffin

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Quebec

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

Classification

+100A1; Lloyd\'s A & CP; +LMC 2,21; FD CL

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Three Rivers P Q; West Indies; Halifax N S Service

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

3550

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

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to Vessels Canadian Settler; Canadian Rancher; Canadian Trapper; Canadian Hunter & Canadian Fisher; Signal Letters also stated to be TQDP

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Canadian Forester

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

Launch Date

20/09/1920

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

Tidewater Shipbuilders Ltd

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

Place of build

Three Rivers Quebec

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

VGBT

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

Survey number

1887

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

Associated documents

Montreal 1769; Montreal 1780; Montreal 1807; Montreal 1835; Montreal 1886

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

24/11/1920

The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.

Ship manager

Canadian Government Merchant Marine Co

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

Document author

William R M Aspinall

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Three Rivers P Q

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

01/04/1921

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

West Indies; Halifax N S Service

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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