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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
b.c.
c.
c.s.
i.
l.c
l.g.c.
obo
p.s.
pass.
s.
s.s.
s.w.
tkr.
w.
Hull and Ship Types
bulk carrier
composite (wooden hull on iron frame)
container ship
iron
log carrier
liquified gas carrier
ore / bulk / oil carrier
paddle steamer
passenger ship
steel
screw steamer
stern wheeler
tanker
wooden
#
*
A//S
bhp
C2cy
c.
Ca.
Cie
Cia
Co.
coll.
comm.
conv.
CTL
cy
D. & E.
D. Y.
del.
dwt
Eng
grt
H. I.
HK
ihp
inv.
k
K. K.
LCI
LR
LRS
Ltd.
LPT
Symbols and Abbreviations
yard number
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Anonymous Society
brake horse power
compound engine
circa
circa (at start of sentence)
Compagnie
Compania
Company
sourced from the collection of
commissioned
converted
Constructive Total Loss
cylinders
Dock & Engineering
Dockyard
delivered
deadweight (tons)
Engineering
gross registered tons
Heavy Industries
Hong Kong
indicated horse power
inverted
knots
Kabushiki Kaisha (Shareholding Company)
Lloyd's Confidential Index
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Lloyd's Register Supplement
Limited
low pressure turbine
M
mgr.
mgt.
MNL
n.
NFI
NVSM
o/v
Pty.
Per. Pel.
PRC
Pte.
Q4cy
r.
reg.
rep.
req.
RLR
r/f
S.A.
S.B.
S.N.
S.S.
S.Y.
Sdn Bhd
SEA
shp
ST
T3cy
t/f
TE
Tls
Tptn.
yuan
motorship (diesel engine)
manager
management
Mercantile Navy List
net (tons)
No Further Information
N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Steamship Company)
on voyage
Proprietary
Perusahaan (Company) Pelayaran (Shipping)
People's Republic of China
Private
quadruple expansion engine
renamed
registry (registered)
reported
requisitioned
Removed from Lloyd's Register
refloated
Society Anonymous
Shipbuilding
Steam Navigation
Steamship
Ship Yard
Sendirian Berhad (private company)
Southeast Asia
shaft horse power
steam turbine
triple expansion engine
transferred
turbo-electric
taels (currency unit)
Transportation
(currency unit)
B & W
BT
CNC
CVA
GM
IJN
MAN
MoT
MoWT
NHHC
OCM
RN
RAN
UoB
USMC
USN
USSB
USWA
Companies and Organisation
Burmeister & Wain
Board of Trade (U.K.)
China Navigation Co.
City of Vancouver Archives
General Motors
Imperial Japanese Navy
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg
Ministry of Transport (U.K.)
Ministry of War Transport (U.K.)
Naval History and Heritage Commmand (U.S.A.)
Otaru City Museum
Royal Navy (U.K.)
Royal Australian Navy
University of Bristol
United States Maritime Commission
United States Navy
United States Shipping Board
United States War Shipping Administration
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