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Letter from Thomas Jackson, surveyor at Whitby, to Lloyd's Register London Office, regarding the case of vessels owned by H & G Barrick, with particular enquiry as to the fees and classification of their vessel Matchless, 19 December 1843

Matchless

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

Unique reference code

LRF-PUN-WTB1032-0205-L

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

Document type

Correspondence

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

Place of build

Bridport

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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

19/12/1843

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

Year of ship completion

1810

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

Country of build

United Kingdom

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

First entry?

U

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

Document author

Thomas Jackson

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

Bg - Brig

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Fuel

Sail - Rigs

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Letter states that the brothers are unsure as to whether they can afford a special survey of restoration for their vessel Eden until they know what the charge and class will be; states that they could not make up their minds until they had also obtained the class of their ships Matchless and Ratcliff which has not yet been received; surveyor states that once they have paid the fee for Matchless they will have her class, and as for Ratcliff, she has probably not been reported yet

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Matchless

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

Place of build

Bridport

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

Document identity

Letter

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

George Barrick

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Whitby

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Sail

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Wood

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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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