OLOF Lloyds Registry of Record

The OLOF was first registered in1844 in Lloyds Registry of British and Foreign Shipping: From 1st July. 1844 to the 30th June, 1845, published in 1844.  The Lloyds Registry a system used to register and survey the condition of ships.

The first registry information on OLOF follows:

Attribute Title

Attribute Description

Attribute Detail

No.  No explanation so far for this number in Registry. Later surveys have a different number for OLOF. 7
Ships  Name of the Ship and classification. Bk is Bargue.  Type of hull covering.  S43pt.I.B. means the ship sheathed in 1843part Iron Bolts Olof Bk x. 43pt. I.B.
Master  The Master of the ship. Almgren
Tons When 2 tonnages are given the upper one is the measurement under the old act and the under one is under the new act. Timber of which ship was built.  F & O was fir and oak 555 (485 F. & O.)
Build – Where , When  Where and when the ship was built. Gelfe , 1843
Owners  The owner(s) of ship. Elfbrenk
Port Belonging to  The surveying port.  Npt is Newport, England Gelfe
Destined Voyage  N. York is New York Npt. NYork
Classification – No. Years First Assigned  Denotes either the year or month the current year, which the vessel was last surveyed. 5
Classification – Character for Hull and stores  Vessels hulls are graded. A means the ship is of the first class and of first description.

AE meaning first class second description, E second class, and I is third class. Stores are graded.  Figure

after class A means the stores of the ship are designated by Figures 1 or 2.

1 signifies that the vessel is well and sufficiently found, and 2 that she is deficient in either quantity or

quality.  

A 1 (8)
Lloyd Survey Year 1844

Source: Lloyds Registry. Lloyds Registry 1845-62 reviewed and copied by Michael Roanhouse at Library of Congress

(see summary Further table at Exhibit 2 on OLOF from 1844-1868).