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Name of ship as recorded on the record

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.

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

Country of build

United Kingdom ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

The country (flag) that a vessel is registered to, at the time of writing.

Country of registration

United Kingdom ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Nicholson & Co ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Sunderland ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

The name of the port/place of destination given.

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

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

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.

Gross Register Tonnage (NM)

227 ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Type of timbering specifically utilised for the vessel’s exterior.

Outside planking

AE - American Elm; DO - Dantzic Oak/Danzic Oak; EO - English Oak; AO - African Oak; YP - Yellow Pine ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

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 ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Measurement from the extreme outboard point of starboard to the extreme outboard point of port.

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

Year of ship completion

1838 ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

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

Place of build

Sunderland ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Sld ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Sunderland ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

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

Classification

A1 for 8 years ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

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

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

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

Material of construction

Wood ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.

Gross Register Tonnage (OM)

246 ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Types of timber used throughout a vessel’s construction

Timbering

AO - African Oak; EO - English Oak; HamO - Hamburg Oak; AmO - American Oak ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Type of timbering specifically utilised for the vessel’s interior.

Inside planking

DO - Dantzic Oak/Danzic Oak ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

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 ( Report of survey for Beacon, May 1838 1838 )

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