Lloyds registration number in hull.


From 1975/76  a Lloyd’s Register of Shipping registration number is cast into the hull outside at the port side on the transom stern just below the rubbing strake. It consists of 11 digits e.g. "IPS 6 014 50/76". Below is an explanation of the digits in the number:

IPS 6 014 50/76 

IPS = Ipswich, the Lloyds section, that dealt with the matter and issued the numbers.

IPS 6 014 50/76 

       6 = 1976, the last digit in the year, normally the year  for entering the contract, where the individual build or a series of builds is assigned number.

IPS 6 014 50/76 

          014=  random digits used by Lloyds (means nothing in this context).

IPS 6 014 50/76

                  50 = the number, of a series of numbers from Lloyds, which is assigned by the yard to a specific build.

IPS 6 014 50/76                    

                         76 = 1976, the year the build is finished.    

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