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Steel Motorship Report for Matafele, 10th November 1938

Matafele

A current reference number/code used to uniquely identify each record.

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-W252-0050-R

Letters/Correspondence/Certificate/Report/Form/Other/Wreck Report/Photograph/Plan.

Document type

Report

Name of the survey office responsible for inspecting a vessel, and linked to the port of survey abbreviation used.

Survey office

Hong Kong

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

Place of build

Hong Kong

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

10/11/1938

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

Year of ship completion

1938

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

Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd

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

Yard no

800

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

VRBY

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

Survey number

8211

The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.

Port of registry

Hong Kong

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

04/04/1938

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Burns Philp (South Sea) Ltd

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Hong Kong

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

Classification

+100A1; +LMC 11,38; Lloyds A & CP; OG Oil Engine

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

undefined

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

335

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

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Left; Missing

The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.

Country of loss or disposal

Australia

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Matafele

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

Launch Date

29/08/1938

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

E L Hosie

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

Place of build

Hong Kong

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

Port of survey abbreviations

H.Kg

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

Document identity

Steel Motorship

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

04/11/1938

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

Document author

T S Morrison

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Hong Kong

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

20/12/1938

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

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

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Missing

Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.

Place of ship loss

Townsville; Queensland

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

18/06/1944

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