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Name of ship as recorded on the record
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
Launch Date
20/11/1838 ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Place of build
Port Glasgow ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
Glasgow ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
Stewart Edington ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
William Woolley ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 12 years ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
12A1 ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
Clyde ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
London; Algoa Bay ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Ship type
Cargo ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
System of admeasurement referred to as ‘Builder’s Old Measurement’ (BM or BOM) in place between 1786 and 1836.
Gross Register Tonnage (OM)
248 ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
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 Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838, Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Lon ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Nathaniel Middleton ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
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
Kenneth Mathieson ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
Duncan Weir & others ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
Pybus & Co ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Greenock; Clyde Ports ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
The name of the port/place from which a vessel’s voyage originated.
Voyage from
Clyde ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Montevideo ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 1838 1838 )
Algoa Bay ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.
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)
261 ( Report of survey for Frances Burn, 15 December 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).
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
London ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Report of Survey for Repairs & Change of Owners for Frances Burn, 25th October 1848 1848 )
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