Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 2 White Lion Court, Cornhill, London E.C. (1887), B. Waymouth, Secretary.[1]
Lloyd's Register of Shipping is a maritime classification society.
It owes its name and foundation to Edward Lloyd's 17th century coffee house in London frequented by merchants, marine underwriters etc, all associated with shipping. The owner helped them exchange information by printing a sheet of all the news he heard.
1760 the Register Society was formed by the customers of the coffee house
They assembled the annual Register of Shipping, the first known register of its type, begun in 1764. Subscriptions to the Register funded surveyors to list, rate and class the condition of vessels.
1764 The Society printed the first Register of Ships in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered. A vessel remains registered with Lloyd's until it is sunk, wrecked, hulked, or scrapped.
1834 The Society resolved a dispute with a rival shipping register by uniting to form Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping. As steam superseded, sail and timber gave way to iron and steel, ships of unprecedented size were built. Lloyd's Register met these challenges, drawing on practical experience to formulate guidelines for existing ships and those under construction.
From 1834 onwards Lloyd’s Register moved into No. 2 White Lion Court, Cornhill, where they would remain until 1901. In the late 19th century the society expressed its confidence through the development of a new head office at 71 Fenchurch Street, an impressive classical stone palazzo designed by Thomas Collcutt.
1844 Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, established 1834. Committee of Management Thomas Chapman Esq., FRS, FSA, Chairman. William Tindall Esq., Deputy Chairman. John Robinson Esq., Chairman of the Sub-Committee of Classification. George Allfrey, Esq...[2]
1874 Henry Hozier was appointed secretary; the Society was responsible for superintending agents and collecting marine intelligence globally.
1878 The visitation committee of Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping carried out their annual tour of inspection of the various vessels, marine engines and boilers being built under the supervision of their officers at the several ports on the Tyne, Wear, Tees, and Clyde, and the more northern ports. They were accompanied by their chairman, Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., F.S.A., together with the executive staff, Messrs. Martell, Parker, and Cornish.
1885 Amalgamated with the Underwriters' Registry for Iron Vessels
20th century: Lloyd's was one of the 3 classification societies which supervised the construction of ships.
1920 Sir Thomas Lane Devitt retires from office as Chairman.[3]
1922 A war memorial was erected in the office in Fenchurch-street, to the memory of the members of the Society's staff who fell in the Great War. It was unveiled on Thursday May 11th by Field-Marshall, the Right Honourable Lord Methuen. Mr J. Herbert Strutton, the chairman of Lloyd's Register, stated that 111 members of the Society's staff had joined the colours during the Great War, and that of them, fourteen did not return.[4]
1949 The British Corporation Register of Shipping amalgamated with Lloyd's Register
2013 It is still going and the main office is located at 71 Fenchurch Street, London.[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1887/06/17
- ↑ Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 01 July 1844
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/12/17
- ↑ The Engineer 1922/05/19
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_Register
- [1] Lloyds Register history.