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Date recorded as the time of writing.
18/05/1949
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1948
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.
Harland & Wolff Ltd
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Belfast
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 With Fbd 1,49; Fitted for Oil Fuel 2,49; FP Ablve 150F; +LMC 2,49; +Lloyds RMC 2,49 CL WTB
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
The official record pronounced by the Committee
Wrecked
Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Tijuca Rocks
The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.
Brazil
Physical extent of a record.
3
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Magdalena
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
11/05/1948
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
1354
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c./ Wreck reports
The individual and/or organisation listed
Royal Mail Lines Ltd
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
20/05/1949
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).
17547
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
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Grounded on rocks, refloated & broken in two
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Rio de Janeiro
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
25/04/1949
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
The largest loss the marine market ever suffered at the time
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