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Date recorded as the time of writing.
02/06/1888
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1888
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.
R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
279
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.
Steel Ship
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Formosa
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
27/09/1887
The individual and/or organisation listed
Formosa Trading Corp
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
James Sibun
Name of surveyor.
James Sibun
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 Steel; Pt Shade Dk; Freeboard 6ft 10; 2Dks 1pt Stl; +LMC 5/88; LA & CP
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Newcastle; Formosa
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Screw Steamer
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.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Mei Shih
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
29/02/1888
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
F J Trewent
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Hebburn on Tyne
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
21546
Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.
Newcastle 21545
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.
02/06/1888
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
William Robert Jordan
Location where the document is written.
Newcastle
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Newcastle
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
18/06/1888
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Formosa
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Sr - Schooner
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).
1394
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.
Also refers to Vessel Chia Shih
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