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Date recorded as the time of writing.
04/05/1922
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1904
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.
John Fullerton & Co
The name of the yard where the vessel was built.
Merksworth Works
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).
118144
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
S S Cheshire Co Ld
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+100A1 2.21
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Port Talbot; the Lizard; 16 miles ESE from Start point
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Coaster
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
A ship’s total internal capacity of a ship measured in register tons from the top of the floors to the tonnage deck.
434
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
1-Screw. Machinery aft. Compound 2 cylinders
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
Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.
85
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sank in a violent storm, extremely heavy NW gale.
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Atlantic Ocean
Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.
coal
Also referred to as extreme breadth. The distance from the extreme starboard side to the extreme port side.
29.1
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Cheshire
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
27/09/1904
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
178
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Paisley
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
6855
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.
J J Mack & Sons
The name of the port/place from which a vessel’s voyage originated.
Port Talbot
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Fecamp
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
System of measurement that replaced ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’, taking a vessel’s internal capacity as the standard. Vessels built between 1836 and 1854 were legally required to display both tonnages.
633
Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.
255
Ross & Duncan
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
The official record pronounced by the Committee
Missing
Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
16 miles ESE from start point
The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.
United Kingdom
Prescribed by flag/registration authorities, and usually excludes a small part of the stern. It is measured from the foreside of the stern at the extreme top to the afterside of the stern post.
178
Measurement from the underside of the upper deck on the centre line to the upper side of the bottom plating.
10.7
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Seen sinking with British steamer Echo from about a mile and a half way. When they arrived 7 or 8 minutes later there were no trace of survivors or wreckage.
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