Linking official numbers across jurisdictions

 

(revised 14 March 2004)

 

Even though it is rare for a ship to have more than one official number within the same jurisdiction, any ship re-registered under another jurisdiction operating an official number system at the time would be issued a new number under the new jurisdiction and required by law to use it. The American restrictions on the registration of vessels not built in the United States served to limit the number allocated both American and British official numbers but indications are that there were a significant number of vessels in the period to WWI issued an official number in two or more jurisdictions.

 

In order to combine information from multiple national sources concerning the vessel it is necessary to provide some means of linking the references. This may eventually be achieved through a system of global unique ship identifiers but it could also be achieved through some form of translation procedure which may be sufficient in itself or else a stepping stone to compiling unique identifiers – either way, the work needs to be done.

 

To explore the practicality of developing an official numbers translation file I set myself the task of seeing what I could generate in a day with my own personal collection of resources and a library set of Lloyd’s Register. It didn’t work quite like that of course as it raised so many questions and tantalising tangents but - some time later - I think I have a good idea of the practicality.

 

At least up to WWI, it looks to be mostly a case of translation between American and British official numbers as the great majority of ships up to that time that had official numbers were American or British. Significant numbers of Swedish ships with official numbers specific to that nation, are in the 1912 and earlier Lloyd’s Registers along with lesser numbers of Hawaiian and Japanese ships. (Lloyd’s Register includes very few Japanese sailing ships. It lists a few in the 1890’s, then in the early 1900’s raised the criterion for including them to 300 tons and then around 1912, as a matter of policy, ceased to include any at all. Linking Japanese with British, and American official numbers may be an issue for Steam however.)

 

A significant number of Italian ships, some Chilean ships, and ships belonging to some of the dominions of the Czar of Russia have registration numbers shown as official numbers in Lloyd's Register in the period to WWI but it appears that these are specific to the port rather than the nation and a ship may have had several under that national flag. These port numbers doubtless have some value as identifiers but limited value, as far as I can see, as identifiers for the purposes of global research and analysis.

 

I therefore limited myself to following up the Swedish and Hawaiian official numbers for sailing ships in addition to the two leading maritime nations but without seeking original material from primary sources. I have not investigated Japanese and Swedish official numbers for steam ships.

 

Lloyd’s Register readily enough indicated ships currently registered under the other flags that had been built in Britain. The original British official numbers of most were readily identified from earlier issues of Lloyd’s or from the Mercantile Navy List. Some however, proved elusive as Lloyd's sometimes simply does not include an official number which must have been available and I have to visit Auckland to access a long time series of the MNL. I also investigated a sample from the List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (LMVUS).

 

The LMVUS from 1891 to 1923 and probably also for more years either side, indicates previously foreign-registered ships in a form that is very easily spotted and that distinguishes which were of which nationality. It did not prove particularly difficult to identify the British official numbers of most of these from the MNL or Lloyd's Register, with some help from other sources given my limited immediate access to the MNL.

 

In a small minority of cases it is uncertain, using these sources, whether particular ships ever had British official numbers, even though built in Britain, as a number were built in Britain for foreign owners and may have been registered overseas from the outset. Some may have been registered under the British flag for their maiden voyage to their country of ownership but the original official number does not appear in Lloyd's or the MNL because the ship was no longer under British registration by the time the next issue was being prepared for publication. In these cases only recourse to the primary record sources would provide the British number. While it may not matter much for many purposes it may still be an indication of important records relating to the ship in British Public Record Office archives or of crew and voyage information held at the Memorial University of Newfoundland or elsewhere.

 

 

A demonstration translation table

 

In the following table, “?” indicates a number that could have been expected to be indicated in the secondary sources presently available to me but which was not there and would have to be sought from primary sources or other records.

 

Tonnage and rig are the earliest I could find using Lloyd's Register within a few years of construction, or the MNL where a suitable year was immediately available (basically 1857-1864 and five yearly intervals from 1873 to 1893) - these tonnages and rigs may well differ significantly from those quoted later in their careers.

 

Additional detail of place built and builder would also be useful identifying information in a working data file for regular general use. Information on the ship's eventual fate would neatly round off the basic record of its existence but would be better provided and sought from an independent file of fates linked by official number.

 

Some Hawaiian official numbers have also been included as they often form a bridge between British construction (and possible British registration) and later US registration. Hawaiian official numbers are documented in Mifflin Thomas’ Hawaiian Interisland Vessels and Hawaiian Registered Vessels, Seacoast Press, Santa Barbara, 1982, probably about as comprehensively as they ever will be although there are some omissions and anomalies in his list. There were two series of Hawaiian numbers of which there were 346 in what he calls the "new series" which are those that appear in Lloyd's Register in the 1890-1900 period. The ships in the table appear with their Hawaiian numbers in the 1900/01 volume of Lloyd's and with their new American numbers in the 1901/02 volume following the taking effect of the Act of Congress bringing them under the American flag. All ships on the Hawaiian registry between 14 June and 12 August 1900 gained full US registration and rights to participate in US coastal trade (Jim Gibbs, Pacific Square-Riggers, Schiffer Publishing, 1987, p 165). Gibbs says that several additional ships were registered in Hawaii in the “two months’ leeway” so that there may have been additional Hawaiian numbers allocated that are not covered in Thomas, whose list terminates in 1898, the year of annexation. Until 1912 it was difficult for vessels not built in the United States to gain US documentation and ninety years later they were still restricted

from documentation to engage in coastwise trade (www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/research_topics/vessel_documents.html ).

 

An item in Log Chips (Vol. III, January 1955, pp 137-38) about how the Balclutha came under U.S. registry clarifies Hawaiian registration during and after 1898, indicating that it was more complicated than Gibbs’ reference suggests. Congress annexed Hawaii on 7 July 1898. An attempt to register her there on 2 July was refused on the grounds that the islands would soon become American and foreign-built vessels were not entitled to U.S. registry. The Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled that the Congress resolution provided for the local laws of the islands to remain in effect until a territorial government was organised and that the owner as a Hawaiian citizen was entitled to register his property. Accordingly, Balclutha was granted provisional Hawaiian registration on 8 August 1899 [sic]. Further registrations of foreign-built vessels under the Hawaiian flag were forbidden on 18 September 1899. An Act of Congress approved 30 April 1900 provided that all vessels owned by Hawaiian or American citizens under the Hawaiian flag on 12 August 1898 should be granted U.S. registry with the addition of the Star of Italy, Willscott, Falls of Clyde, Euterpe, Star of France and Star of Russia. Subsequent legislation approved by the President on 3 March 1901 provided for the Balclutha to be registered (she was enrolled on 19 June 1901 and finally registered on 2 July). It is unclear whether the legislation to which Gibbs refers was the Act of 1900 or some subsequent special legislation to cover other ships.

 

The record of pre-1867 American signal codes was also investigated. A number of larger ships with distinctive names built in the 1850's were identified from the 1893 LMVUS and easily identified in the 1860-64 signal codes lists, indicating that the sequential numbers in that could be linked to the later official numbers series if useful to do so. However, doing so would only be useful for global referencing purposes if they provided reference numbers for a significant number of ships that did not survive to 1867 which is a matter for investigation.

 

A table of this type could have a further column or columns added for GSN and/or some other numerical identifier specific to a particular database. However, it need not necessarily be essential to compile a complete file in this format for users to take advantage of official number linking given the potential of computers to search multiple files about as quickly as one can think of directing them to do so. While there are obvious advantages in a "one-stop-shop", you can still do a lot with partially complete databases, you are better off than if you do not use them at all and people using them in such a way would be an effective means of promoting awareness of the practice and its advantages pending the progressive amalgamation of data files.

 

The principal starting points for developing a substantial official number-linking resource would be for one or more people to work through the LMVUS identifying the formerly British-registered ships and a parallel exercise with the Mercantile Navy List identifying formerly American-registered ships. The outcomes then need to be matched against relevant volumes of the other series to identify the original official number under the other jurisdiction. Access to long runs of either publication is the main requirement. I invite anyone with the necessary access and interest in working on either aspect to consult with me regarding common data protocols and avoiding duplication.

 

The original official numbers can often be identified from earlier volumes of Lloyd's Register back to 1872 particularly for larger ships but smaller ships and the Lloyd's omissions will generally have to be sought from the Mercantile Navy List or primary sources. The computerisation of the LMVUS by the International Maritime Library project may obviate the need to work through the printed copies of the LMVUS, depending on how the information is transcribed.

 

The Mercantile Navy List from c.1872 to at least 1893 identifies former foreign-registered ships under current British registration and so can be used in a similar way to the LMVUS to identify candidates for earlier registration under US jurisdiction. However, it identifies them only as “Foreign” (whereas the LMVUS specifies the nation) although the place of build and the language of the name should be a fairly reliable clue to the former nationality.

 

Pending the eventual development of a complete official numbers translation table, separate tables of either US vessels formerly under British registration and vice versa, would be useful intermediate steps. It would be worth working on either, whether or not one anticipates being able to work on the other.

 

Whether it is worthwhile for American and British researchers to actively pursue linking to Swedish and Japanese official numbers depends on whether there are any substantial historical databases of Swedish and Japanese ships to be linked to, or likely to be. I am not aware of any that are generally available to the international research community. I would be grateful to have any drawn to my attention.

 

 

Key to the table

 

ON(Br)                  British official number

 

ON(US)                  United States official number

 

U.S. 1860-64        sequential number in the 1860-64 list of US signal codes

 

Swe.                        Swedish official number in the 1890-1912 period

 

Haw.                       Hawaiian official number in “new” series to 1900

 

BYR                       Year built

 

BPL                        Place built. CAN = Canada including Newfoundland; Fr. = France; Swe. = Sweden; UK and USA self-explanatory.

 

HULL                     as recorded. Some small Canadian vessels have been assumed to be wooden in the absence of any indication

to the contrary.

 

RIG                         as far as possible the original rig. bk = bark/barque, bn = brigantine, sch. = schooner, (3) (4) = 3 or 4 masted.

                                4m = 4-masted ship or 4-masted barque as the vexed question of their true original rig is unimportant for the

 present purpose.

 

NET                        as far as possible the earliest recorded. Tonnages are net following the British practice but in a working model

it would be desirable to also recognise the American usage of gross.

 

NAME                    Original name given first in bold followed by later names, not necessarily all names; generally in chronological order

 

 

Caution:  The table has been compiled for demonstration purposes and no claim of completeness or finality is made although

considerable checking has been done and it contains some corrections to material on other maritime web sites. In any case of doubt

refer to primary sources.

 

 

 

 

ON(Br)      ON(US)      U.S.  Swe.  Haw.  BYR   BPL   HULL  RIG   NET   NAMES

                      1860-64

 

70976       ..          ..    ?     ..    1875  UK    iron  ship    702 Abbey Town 

                                                                        Ida

..          228431      ..    ?     ..    1912  Swe.  steel ship    193 Abraham Rydberg

                                                                        Seven Seas

65953       105916      ..    ..    ..    1872  UK    iron  ship    997 Ada Iredale

                                                                        Annie Johnson

war prize       25      ..    ..    ..    ?     Brit. wood  sch       ? Alma 

                                                                        Australia

?           107545      ..    ..    307   1892  UK    steel sch(4) 901  Americana  

?           107546      ..    ..    283   1888  UK    iron  bk      863 Andrew Welch

85112       ..          ..    ?     ..    1882  UK    iron  bk      459 Annie McDonald

                                                                        Canna, Belleisle

62078       ..          ..    1340  ..    1869  UK    iron  bk      469 Antilles   

                                                                        Hedvig

47442       ..          ..    ?     ..    1863  UK    iron  bk    1,030 Appelles

                                                                        Barunga

62880       ..          ..    3824  ..    1876  UK    iron  bk      665 Arabella         

                                                                        Haminga

74535       107139      ..    ..    ..    1876  UK    iron  bk      765 Archer

..             833      593   ..    ..    1855  USA   wood  ship  1,244 Arkwright

62506       ..          ..    3339  ..    1869  UK    iron  bk      509 Asterion

                                                                        Herrang 7, Sten

93319       214473      ..    ..    ..    1886  UK    steel 4m    2,175 Australia

                                                                        Elisa Lihn, Phyllis

99423       215219      ..    ..    ..    1892  UK    steel 4m    2,724 Balasore   

Dalbek, Red Jacket, Monongahela

93340         3882      ..    ..    ..    1886  UK    steel ship  1,689 Balclutha  

                                                                        Star of Alaska

91935         3748      ..    ..    ..    1886  UK    iron  ship  1,746 Bangalore

52853       ..          ..    3886  ..    1868  UK    iron  ship    536 Ben More

                                                                        Emma Bauer, Anders

102629      107429      ..    ..    ..    1893  UK    iron  ship  1,917 Blairmore  

                                                                        Star of England

58974       ..          ..    354  ..    1866  UK    iron  ship  1,265 British Envoy    

                                                                        Arabia

93809       215372      ..    ..    ..    1888  UK    steel 4m    2,668 Buckingham 

                                                                        Bertha, Ottawa,

                                                                        Flying Cloud,

Muscoota

91179       214312      ..    ..    ..    1885  UK    steel bk      978 Callao

                                                                        Electa [sic]

76168       ..          ..      55  ..    1877  UK    iron  ship  1,421 Cape St Vincent  

Lady Lina

87979       215063      ..    ..    ..    1884  UK    iron  ship  2,073 Celtic Monarch

                                                                        James Rolph

90505       201886      ..    ..    ..    1885  CAN   wood  ship  1,754 Charles S. Whitney

                                                                        Lewis H. St John

58548       ..          ..    5388  ..    1868  UK    iron  bk      378 Charlotte  

                                                                        Tomaso Drago, Janes,

Diego

55066       ..          ..    3304  ..    1867  UK    iron  ship  1,066 Cholula    

                                                                        Dunnerdale, Cimbria

84317       ..          ..    4065  ..    1881  UK    iron  ship  1,484 Clan Macfarlane

44467       ..          ..    292  ..    1862  UK    iron  ship    501 Claudine   

                                                                        Anna Sofia,

Emil Justus

56780       ..          ..    1086  ..    1866  UK    comp. bk      520 Cleta

                                                                        Nelly & Matilda

84857       127214      ..    ..    ..    1881  UK    iron  steam 1,287 Clintonia  

78439       ..          ..    2960  ..    1869  UK    iron  bk     498 Cosmopolita, Serita

93380       213896      ..    ..    ..    1887  UK    iron  4m    2,207 County of Linlithgow

Katherine

78821       201638      ..    ..    ..    1878  UK    iron  ship  1,834 Cypromene  

                                                                        Monterey

138399      238111      ..    ..    ..    1917  CAN   wood  sch     292 Daniel Getson

                                                                        Wanderthirst

?           157043      ..    ..    ..    1864  UK    iron  steam    ?  Dessoug

30632       ..          ..    3282  ..    1864  UK    iron  ship  1,293 Dharwar    

82301       ..          ..    3141  ..    1880  UK    iron  bk      715 Diana

85648       157121      ..    ..    ..    1883  CAN   wood  sch      85 Druid

98965       213023      ..    ..    ..    1891  UK    steel ship  2,149 Dunsyre

77778       135898      ..    ..    ..    1874  CAN   wood  bk      290 Elgin

78726       697285      ..    5348  ..    1877  UK    iron  bk      409 Elissa

                                                                        Fjeld, Gustaf

..            7563      4749  ..    ..    1855  USA   wood  steam 1,050 Elm City

47617       136801      ..    ..    ..    1863  UK    iron  ship  1,197 Euterpe

                                                                        Star of India

75730         3707      ..    ..    ..    1878  CAN   wood  ship  1,680 Everest, Brooklyn

74521       ..          ..    5667  ..    1876  UK    iron  ship  1,613 Evesham Abbey

                                                                        Antilope, Argo

80436       121138      ..    ..    ..    1878  UK    iron  4m    1,741 Falls of Clyde

?           215218      ..    ..    ..    1892  UK    steel ship  1,860 Flotow, Chillicothe

?           121139      ..    ..    285   1888  UK    steel bk    1,036 Foohng Suey

121397      121149      ..    ..    ..    1900  USA   wood  sch(4)  763 Forest Home,Holmwood

87748       121140      ..    ..    x337  1884  UK    iron  4m    1,686 Fort George

27932       ..          ..    323  ..    1855  Fr.   iron  steam 1,932 Francois Arago (steam)

                                                                        Accrington (3m ship)

130321      120710      ..    ..    ..    1888  USA   wood  sch     878 Frank D. Ewen

?           ..          ..    5194  ..    1876  UK    iron  bk      939 Fulda,  Maorilands

54765       157574      ..    ..    325   1866  UK    iron  bk      974 Gainsborough

                                                                        Diamond Head

42843       105074      ..    ..    ..    1862  CAN   wood  sch      77 George Parker,

Amirald

50084       ..          ..    3305  ..    1864  UK    iron  ship    764 Glenlora

60786       200647      ..    ..    ..    1868  UK    iron  bk      665 Glenlyon, Marion

?           218024      ..    ..    ..    1891  UK    steel bk    1,604 Gratia

?           ..          ..    330  ..    1891  UK    steel bk      910 Halvar

58240       ..          ..    215  ..    1868  UK    iron  bk      472 Havilah

?           96496      ..    ..    306   1892  UK    steel 4m    2,027 Hawaiian Isles

                                                                        Star of Greenland

?           96499      ..    ..    309   1891  UK    steel ship  1,518 Helen Brewer

86724       130863      ..    ..    336   1882  UK    iron  bk      982 Highland Glen

                                                                        Nuaanu

48594       96501      ..    ..    x339  1863  UK    iron  ship  1,008 Himalaya

                                                                        Star of Peru

98689       212573      ..    ..    ..    1892  UK    steel 4m    2,165 Howard D. Troop

                                                                        Annie M. Reid

..          13118       9640  ..    ..    1856  USA   wood  ship  1,101 Jacob A. Stamler

57726       ..          ..    505  ..    1869  CAN   wood  bk      472 James Ives

                                                                        Jacob Rauers

28835       ..          ..    4094  ..    1860  UK    iron  ship    953 Jane Porter

                                                                        Nanny, Trichera

60373       136621      ..    ..    ..    1868  UK    iron  bk      996 Janet Court

                                                                        E. C. Mowatt

45076       ..          ..    612  ..    1862  UK    iron  ship    613 John C. Munro

                                                                        Nornan

?           77417      ..    ..    305   1892  UK    steel 4m    2,568 John Ena

93719       14494      ..    ..    ..    1887  UK    steel 4m    2,308 Kenilworth

                                                                        Star of Scotland

86717       92827      ..    ..    ..    1882  UK    iron  ship  1,572 Kilbrannan

                                                                        Marion Chilcott

58939       127343      ..    ..    ..    1868  UK    iron  ship    946 La Escocesa

                                                                        Star of Chili/Chile

77951       34140       ..    ..    ..    1878  CAN   ?     ship  1,655 Lawrence Delap   

                                                                        Coal King

60702       ..          ..    3985  ..    1870  UK    iron  ship    896 Leucadia

                                                                        Edwardina

77848       136070      ..    ..    ..    1880  CAN   wood  sch      61 Libbie T.

                                                                        Egg Rock

85595       107124      ..    ..    ..    1883  CAN   wood  sch      79 Lilloet, Amanda E.

60030       ..          ..    3005  ..    1867  UK    iron  bk      599 Limari

?59118      136289      ..    ..    ..    1866  CAN   wood  sch      28 Linnet, Echo

76358       ..          ..    1531  ..    1876  UK    iron  bk      718 Lochinvar

                                                                        P. Wikstrom Junior

70495       ..          ..    4034  ..    1875  UK    iron  bk      560 Lord Clyde 

                                                                        Trifolium

93830       213770      ..    ..    ..    1888  UK    steel 4m    2,341 Lord Shaftesbury

                                                                        Golden Gate

86540       212603      ..    ..    ..    1883  UK    iron  4m    2,518 Lord Wolseley

                                                                        Columbia,

                                                                        Everett G. Griggs,

                                                                        E. R. Sterling

58942       ..          ..    3279  ..    1868  UK    iron  bk      310 Luke Bruce

28044       111176      ..    ..    ..    1860  UK    iron  bk      383 Madeline

                                                                        Sharpshooter, Ruth

152386      232862      ..    ..    ..    1927  CAN   wood  sch      35 Maritzburg 

                                                                        Carlsark

 

70447       ..          ..    1614  ..    1876  UK    iron  bk      442 Maritzburg 

                                                                        Hildur

72201         3351      ..    ..    ..    1874  CAN   wood  sch      96 Mary Theall, Bat

55466       ..          ..    2907  ..    1868  UK    iron  ship  1,066 Medea

26194       ..          ..    402  ..    1859  UK    wood  bk      335 Merry Monarch

                                                                        Celine

100831      107252      ..    ..    ..    1893  CAN   wood  sch      74 Nantasket  

                                                                        Arthur R. Smith

92497       130822      ..    ..    ..    1888  CAN   wood  sch(3)  504 Newburgh

47369       93039      ..    ..    290   1863  UK    comp. bk      818 Pak Wan, Mauna Ala

63200       ..          ..    3315  ..    1869  UK    iron  bk      955 Palawan

                                                                        Elsa, Virgen del Mar

48833       ..          ..    3746  ..    1864  UK    iron  bk      588 Pampero

                                                                        Venner, Trientalis

96755       107335      ..    ..    ..    1889  CAN   wood  sch      54 Pearl, Allen M.

68138       157419      ..    ..    ..    1873  UK    iron  steam 1,524 Pembroke

                                                                        Murciano, Delaware

82815       92621      ..    ..    ..    1880  UK    iron  steam 2,569 Persian Monarch

                                                                        May Flint

55538       ..          ..    3254  ..    1868  CAN   wood  bk      628 Peter Crerar

                                                                        Theodor

104594      ..          ..    3096  ..    1894  UK    steel ship  1,935 Port Errol

Svea, Oregon,

Friz Smith, Ekelund

98670       201689      ..    ..    ..    1891  UK    steel 4m    2,243 Pyrenees   

                                                                        Manga Reva

?           111287      ..    ..    304   1892  UK    steel bk    1,080 R. P. Rithet

55054       ..          ..    2857  ..    1867  UK    iron  bk      499 River Boyne, Sirius

48930       ..          ..    194  ..    1864  UK    iron  ship    741 River Clyde

                                                                        Valentine

98300       215868      ..    ..    ..    1891  UK    steel 4m    2,166 Robert Duncan

                                                                        William T. Lewis

29139       ..          ..    235  ..    1860  UK    iron  ship    843 Robert Mackenzie

                                                                        Emilie

73738       ..          ..    4100  ..    1876  UK    iron  ship  1,400 Rockhurst  

                                                                        Alfhild

69330       111289      ..    ..    327   1873  UK    iron  bk    1,642 Roderick Dhu

81812       ..          ..    4514  ..    1881  UK    iron  4m    1,997 Routenburn 

                                                                        Svithoid, Beatrice

60940       ..          ..    3756  ..    1869  UK    iron  bk      700 Runnymede  

                                                                        Norrkoping

61466       157577      ..    ..    ..    1869  CAN   wood  ship    940 S. Vaughan 

                                                                        Davidson

28288       ..          ..    4394  ..    1861  UK    iron  ship  1,034 Sam Mendel 

                                                                        Charlonus, Hanna

91189       116973      ..    ..    318   1885  UK    steel bk      978 Santiago

72334         3494      ..    ..    ..    1878  CAN   wood  sch     117 Sarah

                                                                        Bessie H. Gross

?           125416      ..    ..    ..    1873  CAN   wood  sch   ?     Sea Lion

                                                                        Charles W. Morse

74469       ..          ..    3104  ..    1875  UK    iron  ship  1,385 Sierra Morena

                                                                        Mary Augusta

97766       214319      ..    ..    ..    1890  UK    steel 4m    2,214 Simla

63957       116974      ..    ..    ..    1874  UK    iron  ship  1,797 Star of Bengal

78105       116975      ..    ..    ..    1877  UK    iron  ship  1,569 Star of France

78103       116976      ..    ..    x342  1877  UK    iron  ship  1,571 Star of Italy

63958       116977      ..    ..    ..    1874  UK    iron  ship  1,892 Star of Russia

?           ..          ..    3910  ..    1892  UK    steel bk    1,579 Stjorn

                                                                        Tropic

55027       81350      ..    ..    ..    1866  UK    iron  ship  1,146 The Bruce  

                                                                        West Point

67941       ..          ..    3224  ..    1874  UK    iron  ship  1,782 Thessalus  

56962       ?           ..    ..    323   1876  UK    iron  bk    1,244 Thurland Castle

                                                                        Iolani

..          26463       20464 ..    ..    1852  USA   wood  ship  1,525 William Tapscott

 3214       81699      ..    ..    ?     1896  UK    steel bk    1,981 Willscott  

                                                                        Star of Iceland

60969       ..          ..    4079  ..    1869  UK    iron  ship  1,116 Zealandia  

                                                                        Kaleva

91235       96621       ..    ..    ..    1885  UK    steel ship  2,119 Zemindar

                                                                        Homeward Bound,

                                                                        Star of Holland

 

 

NB: Only American ships should have official numbers in the 200,000-299,999 range but all jurisdictions issued numbers below that range.

 

LR/IMO numbers: As far as I know, only the Elissa survived to carry a LR/IMO number. It is 5072060. I couldn’t find one for Star of India ex Euterpe.

 

Acknowledgment: The Hawaiian official numbers preceded by a x were sourced from Thomas (1982) as referenced in the text. Other Hawaiian numbers are from Lloyd’s Register (but checked against Thomas).

 

 

 

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