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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

15/11/1927

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

Year of ship completion

1885

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

Murdoch & Murray

The name of the yard where the vessel was built.

Yard name

The Dublin Dockyard

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

Document identity

Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c./ Wreck reports

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Viglienzoni & Siccardi

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Augusta; Benghazi

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

501

Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.

Net Register Tonnage

249

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Captain McCluze

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

Launch Date

10/09/1885

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

Yard no

92

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

Place of build

Port Glasgow

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

N

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

Classification

Lost by fire 9.27

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

Ship type

Cargo

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

A ship’s total internal capacity of a ship measured in register tons from the top of the floors to the tonnage deck.

Under Deck Tonnage

405

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

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

petrol, 12000 tins

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

While in Augusta about to sail for Benghazi, the Amicizia caught fire with 12,000 tins of petrol on board. Her cargo was completely destroyed but no lives were lost.

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