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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
Robert Steele & Co ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
Master
William Jump ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
Jump ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
Thomas Stanton ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Classification
A1 for 10 years ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
10A1 ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
AE1 Asterisk ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.
Voyage information
Clyde ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
London; Demerara ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
Glasgow; Melbourne ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Ship type
Cargo ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
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)
256 ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
281 ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
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 Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837, Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841, Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
Name of ship as recorded on the record
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Port belonging to
Greenock ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841, Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Material of construction
Wood ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841, Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
The name of the yard where the vessel was built.
Yard name
Rue End ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
The individual and/or organisation listed
Ship owner
Charles & George Murray & others ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
Murry ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
J G Macfarlane ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Location of Survey
Greenock; Clyde Ports ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
London ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
Glasgow ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
The name of the port/place from which a vessel’s voyage originated.
Voyage from
Clyde ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
The name of the port/place of destination given.
Destined voyage
Demerary [Guyana] ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
Demerara ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
Melbourne ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
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)
281 ( Report of survey for Mahaica, 4 December 1837 1837 )
256 ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
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.
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Port of survey abbreviations
Lon ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
Gls ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
Name of surveyor.
Surveyor
Peter Courtenay ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
Richard Robertson ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 6th September 1853 1853 )
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
Gross Register Tonnage
256 ( Annual Surveys Report for Mahaica, 20th April 1841 1841 )
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