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Date recorded as the time of writing.
03/03/1892
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.
Mackie & Thomson
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Glasgow
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
SS Alcestis Co (Lim.) (Aitken & Walker)
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Wrecked 3,92
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Mauritius
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
1850
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
Alcestis
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
16/05/1890
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
9
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).
97661
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
W B Duff
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
London; Aguilhas
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Cargo
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.
1204
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.
Struck a sunken wreck and foundered 8 miles off Aguilhas, about 1 March 1892 All on board were saved and landed in Guernsey. (Shipping news extract fixed to report.)
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