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Name of ship as recorded on the record
Ship name
Dalston ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Launch Date
30/06/1838 ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
The name of the yard where the vessel was built.
Yard name
Deptford ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
The country in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Country of build
United Kingdom ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 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 Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
A Nottingham ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 7 years ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Ship type
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Propulsion
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
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)
Type of timbering specifically utilised for the vessel’s exterior.
Outside planking
AE - American Elm; AO - African Oak; EO - English Oak; BO - Baltic Oak; PP - Pitch Pine; YP - Yellow Pine ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 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?
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Auxillary
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Electric light fitted?
Measurement from the extreme outboard point of starboard to the extreme outboard point of port.
Extreme Breadth
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
Year of ship completion
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
William Wilkinson ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 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 Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Sunderland ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Sunderland ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
St Petersburg ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
Rig
Sw - Snow ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.
Fuel
Sail - Rigs ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
Sail assisted steamer
Types of timber used throughout a vessel’s construction
Timbering
AO - African Oak; EO - English Oak; AmO - American Oak ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Type of timbering specifically utilised for the vessel’s interior.
Inside planking
AmO - American Oak; EO - English Oak; FO - Foreigner Oak/Foreign Oak ( Report of survey for Dalston, July 1838 1838 )
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
Machinery aft?
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
Is a donkey boiler fitted?
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?
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