Lloyd's Register

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Lloyd's

1891

Overview

4 Volumes Lloyd's Register.
1. 1891-91 Vol. 2 Appendix
2. 1894-95 - 1478 Dalgety & Company (Limited) Albany, W.A. Vol. 1. Register
3. 1911-1912 - 1727 Chief Harbour Master, Fremantle, W.A. Vol. 1. Register
4. 1924-25 - 2042 Bunbury Hsarbour Board Bunbury Vol. 1. Register

Historical information

Founded to inspect and examine the physical structure and equipment of merchant vessels, Lloyd's graded ship hulls on a lettered scale (A being the top), and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775–76 edition of the Register. Ship surveyors (usually master mariners or master shipwrights) conducted surveys of ships calling at British ports.
Not all ships were surveyed and included in the Register. From 1834–37, an attempt was made to include all British vessels of 50 tons or over, although very little information is given about those which had not been surveyed - in contrast the Mercantile Navy List records British registered vessels over one quarter of a ton.
From 1838–1875, only vessels which had been surveyed were included in the Register. After that date, the Register was extended to take in all British vessels over 100 tons, and from 1890 its scope was broadened to include all British and foreign sea-going vessels over 100 tons. It is always possible to determine whether or not a ship had been surveyed from the entry in Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, as the resultant Lloyd’s register classification will be given.
A vessel remains in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc.
From 1834 onwards Lloyd’s Register was published mid-year and covered the period 1 July–30 June the following year. To reflect this, volumes published after 1868 started to give both years, e.g., 1869–1870.
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cwa-org-124-2022.246

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Contextual Information

From Sir Stewart Bovell's house. Alexander Bovell, Stewart and Reg Bovell's father, started a shipping agency business in 1901. Stewart ran the family shipping agency in Busselton until 1947 until he ran for election for the State electoral seat of Vasse. Stewart's brother Reg then returned to Busselton to take over management of the family shipping agency. The agency operated until 1972 when the port was closed to shipping.

Keywords

Lloyd's Register

Shipping

Place made

London
United Kingdom

Year

1891

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Busselton Historical Society