Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Built with Pride at the Penarth Shipbuilding Company - s.s. 'Aira Force' - 1890 . . .

The Appopriation Book states that she was first registered on the 6th February 1891. Then the Mercantile Navy List for 1900 lists 'Aira Force' with the identification letters 'M.K.L.G.' and her port of registry is Whitehaven. It confirms that she was built in 1891 at Penarth, has an iron hull, is 145ft. - 3in. long x 23ft. - 2in. breath x 9ft. - 2in. depth of hold. She was of 95 net tons, 349 tons gross, was propelled by a 55 horsepower steam engine and was screw driven. She was owned by The Aira Force Steam Ship Co., Lim., Queen's Dock, Whitehaven. Her registration number was 94036. [630]

	Queens Dock, Whitehaven and environs - Whitehaven was the home port of the owners of the s.s. 'Aira Force' being Messrs. W. S. Kennaugh and Company who later relocated to the Port of Liverpool.
	1891 - Lloyd's Register at Penarth Dock : A series of drawings and documents required by the Lloyd's Surveyor from the Penarth Shibuilding and Ship Repairing Company, Limited. (9 pages)

The Merchant shipping Act of 1867 specified deductions from the Gross Register Tonnage of a vessel to calculate the Net Register Tonnage. The Act also required that :
The following Rules shall be observed with respect to Medicines, Medical Stores, and Anti-scorbutics (Antiscorbutics are efficacious against scurvy) ; The Master of every such Ship as last aforesaid shall serve or cause to be served out the Lime or Lemon Juice with Sugar (such Sugar to be in addition to any Sugar required by the Articles) or other such Antiscorbutics as aforesaid to the Crew so soon as they have been at Sea for Ten Days, and during the Remainder of the Voyage, except during such Time as they are in Harbour and are there supplied with fresh Provisions ;