Extracts from Lloyds Register

Lloyds
Register
volume
(Year)		 Remarks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
No. Ship's Names &c Masters. Reg'd Tonnage Reg'd Dimensions Engines Build Owner Port Port of Survey
Destined
voyage 		Years if
assigned		 Character for
Hull & stores
..Net.. Gross Under
Deck		 Length Breadth Depth   Where
Bldrs name 		When
1868-69   +784 Stella Bk
15435 F.&Y.M.68 		McKenzie
J.Torrance		 214     116.9 23.0 13.3 - Ayr 1856 Stewart&C Greenock
H.T.68		 Cly SAmerica
(cont.65) 		9
6		 A1 4,68
1874-75 Still registered     J.Perry                   J.Perry          
1877-78 Still registered                         S.Chapman Bermuda        
1878-79 Still registered                         S.Chapman
H.Sproston		 Bermuda        
1882-83 Still registered                         H.Sproston Bermuda        
1883-84 Not recorded                                    
1868-69   +446 Lord Palmerston S
16245 F.&Y.M.68c.f. 		T.Istiber
P.Ferguson		 649     150.0 31.0 19.0
Drp68		 - Sunderland 1856 Richardsn Glasgow Cly. Maurits 13 A1
A1		 2,68
8,68
1878-79 Still registered                                    
1883-84 Not recorded                                    
1872-73   +501 City of Halifax scw.stm
58954 d.68c.f. 		Jamieson
Jackman		 681
462		     204.3 29.9 17.5
w.d 68		   Sndrl'd
Watson 		1868
11mo.		 W.Inman
W.B.Grieve		 Liverpool
St.Johns		 Sld. Halifax
A.&C.P.		 13 A1
A1		 12,68
12,72
1874-75 Not recorded                                    
1872-73   +325 Dunloe S
63445 Iron Cem70 		J.Burns 674     180.9
Srprs 		30.4
68&71 		18.4 - Glasgow
Dobie 		1870
5mo.		 T.Hunter&C Greenock Liv India
A.&C.P.		 - *A1 7,74
1874-75   +470 RQD27t F21t   674 704 649                        
1877-78     1Dk 2tr.B                                
1883-84                                      
1876-77 First registered +1122 Ardvar Bk
72399 Iron 1BHd 		J. Burns
Duncan 		858 910 19.4
drp77 		197.1
P.30ft.		 32.5
F.33ft. 		19.4
1Dk2trB 		- P.Glasgow
Duncan 		1875
9mo.		 TOHuntr&C Greenock Cly
A.&C.P.		 - 100A1 9,75
4,77
1878-79 Still registered                                    
1883-84 Still registered                                    

Key to abbreviations

s ship; a vessel with three or more masts, all square rigged.
bk barque; a vessel with three or more masts, the fore and main masts square rigged, the mizzen mast fore-and-aft rigged.
scw.stm. screw steamer; a vessel powered by steam through a screw (propellor), rather than paddle wheels.
F.&Y.M.68 felt & yellow metal (hull cladding below the water line) fitted or renewed in 1868.
c.f. copper or yellow metal fixings
Dk deck
H.T.68 half-time or intermediate survey in 1868
Iron Cem 70 Iron hull, cemented in 1870.
1870 5 mo. 1870, 5th month (ie May 1870)
drp 77 damage repaired in 1877
A1, 100A1 Lloyds insurance rating A1 or 100A1