Researching the earliest Register of Ships
This guide contains abbreviations and advice for researching the early editions of the Lloyd’s Register of Ships.
The IMarEST collection at Lloyd’s Register
Information guide No.43
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The IMarEST collection at Lloyd’s Register brings together a significant body of marine engineering, science and technology literature from the world’s largest professional organisation for marine specialists.
Background to the collection
The IMarEST was established in 1889 and is the largest international membership body and learned society for marine professionals with over 15,000 members worldwide.
The IMarEST collection at Lloyd’s Register contains numerous conference proceedings, journal series, rules and registers, technical reports and reference titles.
At the end of June 2011, Lloyd’s Register provided a new home for the library collection of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). With the impending move of IMarEST’s London headquarters to new offices, the library would have otherwise been stored remotely or split up.
Subject areas include:
- offshore engineering
- ship design
- steam turbines
- gas turbines
- electrical systems
- engines, radio/radar
- renewable energy
- welding
- hydrodynamics
- hydrogeology
- pollution
- fishing boats and fisheries
- seamanship
- salvage
- vibration
- quality control
- ship management
- marine engineering
- material
- combustion
- lubrication
- heating/ventilation,
- pumps and pipes
- future ocean technology
- naval architecture
- fluid mechanics
- dredging and marine navigation
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The IMarEST collection at Lloyd’s Register (A-J)
| Journal title | Years available |
| British Corrosion Journal | 1974 - 1981 |
| British Engine Technical Reports | 1952 - 1957; 1962 - 1968; 1971 - 1972; 1976; 1978; 1981 |
| Bulletin of Japan Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | 1974 - 1978; 1980-1981 |
| Bulletin of the Marine Engineering Society of Japan | 1976; 1979 - 2000 |
| Bulletin Technique du Bureau Veritas | 1951 - 1956; 1960 - 1974; 1976 - 1984; 1986 - 1989 |
| Canadian Shipping | 1967 - 1980 |
| Cargo Systems International | 1977 - 2006 |
| Combustion | 1950 - 1978; 1979 - 1980 |
| Container News | 1971 - 1976 |
| Corrosion | 1948; 1951 - 1967 |
| Corrosion Technology | 1955 - 1962 |
| Diesel and Gas Turbine Progress International | 1973 - 1979 |
| Diesel and Gas Turbine Worldwide | 1967 - 1980 |
| Diesel Engine Users Association | 1923 - 1983 |
| Diesel Engineering | 1976 - 1980 |
| Dock and Harbour Authority | 1950 - 1957; 1958 - 1970; 1972 - 1998 |
| Dredging and Port Construction | 1976 - 1988; 1990 - 2007 |
| Drydock | 1979 - 1985; 1986 - 2005 |
| Engineer | 1857 - 1860; 1862 - 1863; 1870 - 1881; 1883 - 1974; 1976 - 1977; 1979 - 1993 |
| Engineering | 1872 - 1968; 1969 - 1993 |
| Euroil | 1990 - 1996; 1997-1998 |
| Fast Ferry International | 1989 - 2006 |
| General Electricity Company (GEC) Journal of Research | 1951 - 1957 |
| General Electricity Company (GEC) Journal of Science and Technology | 1967 - 1978 |
| Hansa | 1951 - 1971; 1972 - 2006 |
| Harts Exploration and Production (EP) (ex. Euroil) | 2000 - 2002 |
| Hazardous Cargo Bulletin | 1980 - 2002 |
| High Speed Surface Craf | 1985 - 1988 |
| Holland Shipbuilding | 1966 - 1984; 1986 - 2005 |
| Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil | 1963 - 1979 |
| Industrial Lubrication | 1967 - 1971 |
| Industrial Lubrication and Tribology | 1973 - 1974; 1975 - 1991 (1974 vol 26 missing) |
| Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland | 1974; 1975 - 1989; transactions |
| Institution of Engineers in Scotland (including Scottish shipbuilders association) | 1866 - 1875 |
| Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I.Mech.E) Journal of Engnieering for the Maritime Environment | 2002 - 2007 |
| Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I.Mech.E) Student Transactions | 1955 - 1969 |
| Institution of Mechnical Engineers (I.Mech.E) Automobile Division Proceedings | 1947 - 1970 |
| International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) journal of marine science | 2002-2007 |
| International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering | 1995 - 2002 |
| International Journal of Refrigeration | 1978 - 1984 |
| International Oceans Systems | 1998 - 2006 |
| International Shipbuilding Progress | 1954 - 1987; 1996 - 2003 |
| International Underwater Systems Design | 1986 - 1997 |
| Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. (IHI) engineering review | 1981 - 2002 |
| Japan Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | 1966 - 1969; 1971 -1977 |
| Journal of American Society of Naval Engineers | 1918 - 1931; 1939 - 1955; 1957 - 1961 |
| Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 1972 - 1982 |
| Japan Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | 1951 (July); 1957 (Jan/Dec); 1958 (Jan/Jun); 1960 (Mar/Dec); 1961 (Jun/Dec); 1962 (Jun/Dec); 1963 (Jun/Dec); 1964 (Jun/Dec); 1965 (Jun/Dec); 1966 (Jun); 1970 (Jun/Dec); 1971 (Dec); 1972 (Jun/Dec); 1973 (Jun); 1974 (Jun/Dec); 1975 (Jun/Dec); 1976 (Jun/Dec); 1977 (Dec); 1978 (Jun/Dec); 1979 (Jun/Dec); 1980 (Jun/Dec); 1981 (Jun/Dec); 1982 (Jun); 1983 (Dec); 2000 (Dec); 2007 (Dec); 2009 (Dec); 2010 (Jun/Dec) |
| Journal of Navigation | 1972 - 1982 |
| Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners | 1947 - 1981 |
| Journal of the Institute of Energy | 1979 - 1996 |
| Journal of the Institute of Fuel | 1930 - 1932; 1936 - 1940; 1941 - 1964; 1967 - 1972; 1975 - 1978 |
| Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia | 1949 - 1962 |
| Journal of the Institution of Navigation | 1948 - 1971 |
| Journal of the Society for Underwater Technology | 1950 - 1957; 1958 - 1970; 1972 - 1998 |
The IMarEST collection at Lloyd’s Register (L-Z)
| Lloyd’s Ship Manager | 1984 - 2002 |
| Lubrication Engineering | 1954 - 1971; 1973 - 1976; 1980 - 2002 |
| Marine Engineer | 1880 - 1906 |
| Marine Engineer and Naval Architect | 1907 - 1931; 1933 - 1972 |
| Marine Engineering and Shipping Review | 1948 - 1952 |
| Marine Engineering Digest | 1981 - 1989 |
| Marine Engineering Log | 1956 - 1988 |
| Marine Engineers Review (India) | 1980 - 1984 |
| Marine Log | 1989 - 2002 |
| Marine Observer | 1961 - 1966; 1970 - 1982 |
| Marine Pollution Bulletin | 1977 - 1994 |
| Marine Propulsion International | 1979 - 1998; 2000 - 2007 |
| Marine Structures | 1995 - 2006 |
| Marine Technology Society Journal | 1966 - 1984; 1986; 1989 - 1995 |
| Marine Week | 1974 - 1977; 1979 |
| Mariner’s Mirror | 1965 - 1976 |
| Mariner’s Weather Log | 1979 - 1982 |
| Maritime History | 1971 - 1975 |
| Maritime Policy and Management | 1978 - 1979; 1985 - 1992 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review | 1965 - 1999 |
| Motor Ship | 1920 - 1939; 1942 - 1995; 1997 - 2008 |
| Motorboat and Yachting | 1951 - 1972; 1974 - 1979 |
| Nautical Magazine | 1968 - 1983 |
| Naval Architect | 1974 - 2008 |
| Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering | 1978 - 1979; 1982 - 1984; 1987 - 1993 |
| Naval Engineer’s Journal | 1962 - 1977; 1980 - 2002 and Cumulative Index 1889 - 1979 |
| Naval Forces | 1981 - 1990; 1992 - 2006 |
| Noroil | 1980 - 1982; 1985 - 1990 |
| Naval Forces | 1981 - 1990; 1992 - 2006 |
| North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilding (NECIES transactions) | 1884 - 1992 |
| Northern Offshore | 1975 - 1977 |
| Norwegian Maritime Research | 1975 - 1982 |
| Norwegian Shipping News | 1980 - 1981 |
| Ocean Challenge | 2002 - 2005 |
| Ocean Industry | 1969 - 1973; 1975 - 1976; 1980 - 1992 |
| Offshore | 1993 - 2002 |
| Offshore Engineer | 1977 - 1999; 2001 |
| Power Engineer | 2001-2006 |
| Proceedings of the US naval institute | 1984 - 1998 |
| Rivers and Harbours | 1957 - 1962 |
| Safety at Sea | 1967 - 1975; 1978 - 1984; 1986 - 2008 |
| Scandinavian Shipping Gazette | 1971 - 1976 |
| Schiff und Hafen | 1951 - 2005 |
| Scientific Lubrication | 1955 - 1966 |
| Sea Technology | 1996 - 2003 |
| Seatrade (review) | 1979 - 2008 |
| Selected papers from the Journal for the Society of Naval Architects of Japan | 1968 - 1974 |
| Selected papers of the Chinese Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 1985 - 2000 |
| Ship and Boat Builder | 1950 - 1954; 1957 - 1967 |
| Ship and Boat International | 1968 - 1975; 1978 - 1982; 1985 - 1999; 2001 - 2007 |
| Ship Repair and Maintenance International | 1971 - 1975 |
| Shipbuilding and Shipping Record | 1924 - 1974 |
| Shipcare and Maritime Management | 1979 - 1996 |
| Shipcare International | 1977 - 1978 |
| Shipping Statistics | 1979 - 2007 |
| Shipping World | 1950 - 1967 |
| Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) Journal | 1950 - 1961 |
| Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineer Journal of Ship Production | 1985 - 2006 |
| Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Journal of Ship Research | 1979 - 2006 |
| Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Marine Technology | 1964 - 2001 |
| Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Transactions | 1893 - 2000 |
| Society of Naval Architects of Japan 60th Anniversary Series | |
| Sulzer Technical Review | 1960 - 1982 |
| Surveyor | 1974 - 1982 |
| Tanker and Bulk Carrier | 1964 - 1970; 1971 - 1975 |
| Tanker and Bulker International | 1975 - 1979 |
| Tanker Times | 1958 - 1959; 1960 - 1962 |
| The Hydrographic Journal | The Hydrographic Journal |
| The Innovative Engineer - 125 years of the Engineer | 1981 |
| The Oil Engine | 1939 - 1962 |
| Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects | 1980 - 1937; 1979 - 2006 |
| Tribology Transactions (ex. American Society of Lubrication Engineers [ASLE] until 1988) | 1980 - 1997 |
| Welding and Metal Fabrication | 1950 - 1973; 1975; 1980 - 1984 |
| Welding Journal | 1948 - 1963; 1966; 1968 - 1976 |
| Welding Review | 1983 - 1990 |
| World Dredging and Port Construction | 1966 - 1985 |
| World Fishing | 1952 - 1976; 1978 - 1994 |
| World Ports and Marine News | 1962 - 1965 |
| World Pumps | 1982 - 1990 |
| Zosen | 1971 - 1983 + yearbook 1976/1977 |
Other Sources available to researchers
The IMarEST continues to provide its members with Information & Knowledge Services and a virtual library online providing e-books. It also holds the Institute’s own publications and some current specialist books at its Maritime Heritage & Education Centre, empowering members with marine engineering, technical and scientific knowledge.
| IMarEST London Office | 1, Birdcage Walk London SW1H 9JJ | +44 (0)20 7382 2600 |
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