LLOYD'S REGISTER OF SHIPPING
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contains, in addition to the names, class, and other particulars relating to vessels classed by the society, the names, dimensions, etc., of all vessels of one hundred tons and upwards registered in the United Kingdom, and of ships of large tonnage owned abroad. Vessels are classed by the society under the following letters :- A, A in red, AE., E, 1 F, and 2 F- The figure 1 following the class letter shows that the equipment is complete and efficient, while a - instead of I shows that it is deficient in quantity or defective in quality. Vessels classed A are new, or continued, or restored to the class. Iron vessels are classed A so long as they are found by survey to be in an efficient condition to carry dry and perishable goods to all parts of the world. Composite vessels are under certain conditions classed A for a term of years; but for all A vessels satisfactory evidence must be first produced of date, build, and place of building. Iron vessels constructed for special purposes may be classed A for such purposes. Numerals prefixed to the letter A, thus: 100 A, 90 A, etc., down to 75 A ; and also the letter A or B within A thus: A, B,-relate to iron vessels, and show the rules under or equal to which they were built; as does also A, while C shows an iron vessel of A class, but not built under the rules. A in red denotes wooden vessels, not eligible to be classed A, but fit to carry dry and perishable goods to any part of the world. AE denotes wooden vessels fit to carry dry and perishable goods on short voyages, and other goods to any part of the world, and also iron vessels classed A prior to the 1st of July, 1879, and at the expiration of the term of years for which A has been granted. Those classed E are wooden vessels fit to carry cargoes not subject to sea damage on any voyage. Those classed 1 F and 2 F are foreign built vessels classed by the society before the 1st of July, 1876: 1 F, fit to convey dry and perishable cargoes to all parts of the world; 2 F, to do so on shorter voyages. The character S is no longer used.
By Henry Percy Smith
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