How to use the Mercantile Navy List
How Mercantile Navy List differs from Lloyd`s Register of Ships
The major difference between the two publications is that since
1886 Lloyd`s Register of Ships has listed every
seagoing ship in the world over 100 gross tons,
while Mercantile Navy List only covers British
vessels. However, Mercantile Navy List includes small
vessels not in Lloyd`s Register of Ships, down to a
quarter of a ton. From 1850 to 1874, Mercantile Navy List included a
number of quite large British ships which were not
in Lloyd`s Register of Ships . Whereas Lloyd`s Register of Ships has included
more detail over the years, the amount of data
in Mercantile Navy List did not change from 1871 to
1977. The most important information in Lloyd`s Register
of Ships and not in Mercantile Navy List is the
name of the builders of the hull, and details of engines and their
builders. The only data found in Mercantile Navy List and
not in Lloyd`s Register of Ships are the dates which
steam and motor vessels were registered in their home port. This
date is useful when looking up a ship in
Customs registers . There are sometimes differences between the names of a ship`s
owner and manager between Mercantile Navy List
and Lloyd`s Register of Ships. Mercantile
Navy List gives an individual who is responsible when things
go wrong, whereas Lloyd`s Register of Ships prefers
to direct its readers to a firm of shipowners or managers. See also
limitations of Mercantile Navy List .
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