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Date recorded as the time of writing.
11/02/1891
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1890
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.
Richardson, Duck & Co
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Stockton
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).
98890
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
333
The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.
United Kingdom
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.
05/02/1891
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
Carlisle & Co
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
Robert Haig; Jesse Williams
Name of surveyor.
Robert Haig; Jesse Williams
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
100A1 steel pt awng dk subject freeboard; 1 dk (pt stl & pt iron) & web frames; pt awng dk (iron); +LMC 1/91; a & cp
The name of the port/place of destination given.
River Plate
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
A ship’s total internal capacity of a ship measured in register tons from the top of the floors to the tonnage deck.
1876
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
Prescribed by flag/registration authorities, and usually excludes a small part of the stern. It is measured from the foreside of the stern at the extreme top to the afterside of the stern post.
297
Measurement from the underside of the upper deck on the centre line to the upper side of the bottom plating.
25.9
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Vala - 1890
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
09/12/1890
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
383
The country in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
United Kingdom
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Mdb
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Iron or Steel Ship
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
London
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
27/08/1890
The individual and/or organisation listed
Vala Steamship Co Ltd
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Thomas Ball
Location where the document is written.
Middlesbrough
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Stockton-on-Tees
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
17/02/1891
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).
2536
Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.
1623
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
Also referred to as extreme breadth. The distance from the extreme starboard side to the extreme port side.
40.1
Physical extent of a record.
2
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