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[Doc Vernon]

Not to do with actual Question but thought of some interest to you?
Cheers

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DATE OF DOCUMENT21/02/1890
YEAR OF SHIP COMPLETION1886
SHIPBUILDERWhitehaven Shipbuilding Co
PORT OF SURVEY ABBREVIATIONS
DOCUMENT IDENTITY Report of Survey for Repairs, &c.
PORT BELONGING TO Liverpool
DATE OF FIRST SURVEY 13/02/1890
SHIP OWNER North Western Shipping Co Ltd
AUTHOR Charles H Jordan
SURVEYOR Charles H Jordan
CLASSIFICATION+100A1
VOYAGE INFORMATION London; Valparaiso
PROPULSION Sail
SAIL ASSISTED STEAMERNo
REFRIGERATION MACHINERY FITTED FOR CARGO PURPOSES?No
AUXILLARY No
ELECTRIC LIGHT FITTED? No

[SHIP NAME Gilcruix
LAUNCH DATE__/08/1886
PLACE OF BUILD Whitehaven
SURVEY NUMBER 50314
ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS Liverpool 32934
FIRST ENTRY?N
DATE OF LATEST SURVEY 13/02/1890
MASTERG M Dixon
LOCATION OF DOCUMENT CREATION London
LOCATION OF SURVEY London
DATE OF CLASSING COMMITTEE 25/02/1890
DESTINED VOYAGE Valparaiso
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION Iron
GROSS REGISTER TONNAGE 2304
MACHINERY AFT? No
IS A DONKEY BOILER FITTED? No
LLOYD'S PROVING HOUSE? No

[j.sabourn]

#10... as this answer says , is a good answer, proof of the many mistakes made in documentary work is there in my own family birth certificate records , where the surname had even been spelt wrong . Spell checkers and better education of the three Rs is not too far in the past. JS
PS even modern mistakes if you look at your Keyboard the I is just above the K , I quite often hit the wrong button, a harassed clerk may be more inclined to not read what he had wrote and let it go. JS

[j.sabourn]

We live in a world of abbreviations. It’s even worse today with the advent of text messages on mobile phones I beleive, I wouldn’t have a clue on what most meant. Not having a mobile phone. I wasn’t brought up with having to stay in contact with someone all the time and have no intention of breaking the habits of a lifetime. At sea everything that could possibly be abbreviated was, this probably had its route cause as cheapness when sending radio messages. Even the Chief Engineer had to change his nationality and became Cheng. JS

[Doc Vernon]

Was like the bleedin Dots and Dashes in the RAF JS it all went to the head mate! After a while all one saw in the Brian was Dots and Dashes! LOL ABBREVIATIONS OF WHATEVER !

[j.sabourn]

Reference to abbreviations your 3 most important radio telephone messages at sea are abbreviations taken from French sayings being in the order of importance Mayday, pan pan, securitay Securitay..,coming down in the scale of things the old SOS commonly thought of as short for Save Our Souls , I prefer to think of as Senior Ordinary Seaman who knows he may of been the cause of the distress call. JS

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#14... they used to say all R/Os went round the bend eventually. Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

One of the major problems with any written item of that era is the way spelling was used.
Some words were spelled differently to that of today.
Also the pens used were in some instances still quills and some writers liked to write with some flourish.
If you want to see some similar problems which could drive you mad, try doing the family tree and go back to some census details of the era.

[Doc Vernon]

Yep done that a long time ago John and boy there were some real crazy writings on Family Trees. But must say that in those days the Hand writing was very good at times especially with the Noblemen of the Years!
Cheers

Reminds me of the old School days with Pen and Ink Wells on the small Desks we had! But it was fun using the Pen ad nibs!

[j.sabourn]

Know that John , had hopes that the Norwegian passenger line ,the Seabourn Line was my long lost great grandad. However as of yet have received no.notification of any legacy’s. Cheers JS.

[happy daze john in oz]

Hang in there mate, takes time for the people to find you so far away. LOL

[j.sabourn]

As long as they get here before the police, as may go back all those years when they thought I was one of the Great Train Robbers. JS