Letter

Form No. 219., December 17, 1863

Form No. 219.

Copy register for transmission to chief registrar of shipping.

Official No. of ship 48554. Name of ship, Scylla.
Port No 448. Port of registry, London. British or foreign built—British.
Whether a sailing or steamship; } steam.
if steam, how propelled. screw.
Where built—in the river Thames, for H. M. Government. When built, 1857.

No., date, and port of previous registry, (if any.)

No. of decks one. Build carvel.
No. of masts three. Gallery none
Rigged bark. Head woman figure.
Stern square. Framework wood.

Tonnage.

No. of tons.
Tonnage under tonnage deck 529.11
Closed-in spaces above the tonnage deck, if any, viz: space or spaces between decks.
Poop.
Round house.
Other enclosed spaces, (if any,) naming them.
529.11
Deduct allowance for propelling power 296.56
Register tonnage 232.55

Measurements.

Length from the fore part of the stem, under the bowsprit, to the aft side of the head of the stern-post, 192 feet 7-10ths.

Main breadth to outside of plank, 29 feet 6-10ths.

Depth in hold from tonnage deck to ceiling, at midships, 14 feet 1-10th.

Additional particulars for steamers.

Tons.
Deduction for space required for propelling power 296.56

Length of engine-room, (if measured,) 73 feet 4-10ths.

No. of engines, 2.

Combined power, estimated horse-power, 350.

Names, residence, and description of the owners, and number of sixty-fourth shares held by each owner.

Robert Gordon Coleman, of 28 Clement’s lane, in the city of London, merchant, 64 shares.

Dated November 6, 1863.

EDWARD SHEPPARD, Registrar.

N. B.—To be addressed in an envelope to the chief registrar of shipping, custom-house, London.

1 Rm. 3 | 63—H. & S. 592.

No. 219.—Copy of register for transmission to chief registrar of shipping.

References to transactions. Changes of masters.

(Issued December 17, 1863.)

hereby certify the foregoing copy of certificate of registry to be a true copy.

H. MAYO, Registrar General.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.