I have discovered that when Queen of the Bay was being advertised for passengers heading for the goldfields in South Africa that it was described as 800 tons whereas its registered tonnage is 391. I have read a little about the derivation of registered tonnage but can't understand where the 800 tons comes from. Grateful for guidance. Best wishes Rosemary Rodliffe

I understood that the tonnage cited as the "weight" of a vessel is the cubic capacity of profit making space - i.e. the capacity of cargo it can carry in terms of goods and passengers. Is this correct? Ruth > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rosemary > & Stan Rodliffe > Sent: 16 August 2013 13:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MAR] Tonnage v Registered Tonnage > > I have discovered that when Queen of the Bay was being > advertised for passengers heading for the goldfields in South > Africa that it was described as 800 tons whereas its > registered tonnage is 391. I have read a little about the > derivation of registered tonnage but can't understand where > the 800 tons comes from. > > Grateful for guidance. > > Best wishes > > Rosemary Rodliffe > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >