Research guide H: common abbreviations in Lloyd's List and Lloyd's Register

Aar = Aarhus

Abad = Abadan

Abbs = St Abb's Head signal station

Adl = Adelaide

Ald = Alborough

Alg = Algiers

Algec = Algeciras

Ali = Alicante

Alx = Alexandria

Amst = Amsterdam

Anc = Ancona

Anj = Anjer

Antof = Antofagasta

Arc = Archangel

Ard = Ardrossan

Arend = Arendal

Ast = Astoria

Auck = Auckland

B = Bay

B A = Buenos Aires

Bah B = Bahia Blanca

Bahr = Bahrain

Balb = Balboa

Balik P = Balik Papan

Balt = Baltimore

Bandar A = Bandar Abbas

Barb = Barbados

Barc = Barcelona

Barranq = Barranquilla

Bat = Batavia

Bchy = Beachy Head ss

Beaum = Beaumont

Belaw = Belawan-Deli

Belf L = Belfast Loch

Berg = Bergen

Belling = Bellingham

Bft = Beaufort

Bly = Blythe

Bms = Beaumaris

Bnk = Bankok

Bom = Bombay

Bor = Bordeaux

Bos = Boston

Bre = Bremen/Bremerhaven

Brehvn = Bremerhaven

Brin = Brindisi

Bris = Brisbane

Brla = Braila (Ibrail)

Brs = Bristol

Bsbtl = Brunsbuttel

Busr = Busrah

Byp = Burryport

Bzta = Bizerta

C = Cape

C Cod Can = Cape Cod Canal

C Pal = Cape Palmas

C Truj = Ciudad Trujillo

C Vds = Cape Verdes

Cagl = Cagliari

Cal = Calcutta

Casa = Casablanca

Cdz = Cadiz

Cey = Ceylon

Cff = Cardiff

Chbg = Cherbourg

Chesa = Chesapeake

Chtn = Charlestown

Ciu Truj = Ciudad Trujillo

Cls = Calais

Coch = Cochin

Con = Constantinople

Coos = Coosaw

Cor = Corunna

Cpn = Copenhagen

Crf = Corfu

Crist = San Cristobal

Crk = Cork

Crnl = Coronel

Cstza = Constanza

Ctga = Cartagena

Curac = Curacao

Cux = Cuxhaven

Cvecchia = Civitavecchia

Dak = Dakar

Dar es S = Dar es Salaam

Dem = Demerara

Dnk = Dunkirk

Dns = Downs (Deal)

Dov = Dover

Dppe = Dieppe

Drt = Dartmouth

Dss = Downs (Deal)

Dthm = Drontheim

Dub = Dublin

Dun = Dunkirk

Duned = Dunedin

Dunnet = Dunnet Head ss

Durb - Durban

Dvpt = Devonport

Dzg = Danzig

E Lo = East London

Elles P = Ellesmere Port

Els = Elsinore

Esbj = Esbjerg

Esquim = Esquimalt

Est = Estuary

Esthm = Eastham

F de F = Fort de France

Fal = Falmouth

Ferr = Ferrol

Finis = Finisterre

Flam = Flamborough Head signal station

Flsh = Flushing

Foo = Foo-chow

Fow = Fowey

Fran = San Francisco

Fre = Freemantle

Garst = Garston

Gat = Gaeta

Gbg = Gothenburg

Gdy = Gdynia

Gee = Geelong

Gen = Genoa

Gib = Gibraltar

Gij = Gijon

Glas = Glasgow

Glg = Glasgow

Gmo = Grangemouth

Grays H = Grays Harbour

Green = Greenock

Grms = Grimsby

Guant = Guantanamero

Guayan = Guayanillo

Hal = Halifax NS

Hald = Halden

Ham = Hamburg

Hbr = Harbour

Harw = Harwich

Hav = Havana

Hbg = Hamburg

Hd = Head

Hhd = Holyhead signal station

H J = Half-Jack

Hkg = Hong Kong

Hlva = Huelva

Hlvt = Helvoet

Hono = Honolulu

Houst = Houston

Hpl = Hartlepool

Hurst = Hurst Castle signal station

Hvr = Le Havre

I W = Isle of Wight

Imming = Immingham

Iqui = Iquique

Istan = Estanbul

Ja = Jamaica

K G S = King George Sound

Kar = Karachi

Key W = Key West

Khorr S = Khorram Shahr

Koper = Kopervik

Ktn (Ja) = Kingstown, Jamaica

Kurra = Kurrachee (Karachi)

L Ewe = Lock Ewe

L M = Lourenco Marques

Las P = Las Palmas

Lderry = Londonderry

Leg = Leghorn

Lgrad = Leningrad

Lis = Lisbon

Liv = Liverpool

Liz = Lizard signal station

Lndy = Londonderry

Lo = London

Longv = Longview

Los A = Los Angeles

Lth = Leith

Lynas = Point Lynas signal station

Lytt = Lyttelton

M V = Montevideo

Mac = Macao

Mad = Madagascar

Mag = Magallanes

Man = Manchester/Manila

Mars = Marseilles

Mau = Mauritius

Mayag = Mayaguez

Mbls = Mumbles signal station

Mbro = Middlesborough

Mchr = Manchester

Mda = Madeira

Melb = Melbourne

Mess = Messina

Meth Rds = Methil Roads

Milf H = Milford Haven

Mlt = Malta

Mob = Mobile

Momb = Mombasa

Mon = Monrovia

Mque = Martinique

Mtrl = Montreal

Murm = Murmansk

Mypt = Maryport

N B = New Brunswick

N Fore = North Foreland

N O = New Orleans

N S = Nova Scotia

N S W = New South Wales

N West = New Westminster

Nff = Nieuw Waterweb

N Y = New York

Nap = Naples

Naz = St Nazaire

Need = Needles signal station

Newc = Newcastle

Nfld = Newfoundland

Nflk = Norfolk, Va

Npt = Newport

Nts = Nantes

O Cal = Old Calabar

Ods = Odessa

Op = Oporto

Ost = Ostend

P = Port

P Alb = Port Albert

P Ang = Port Angeles

P au P = Port au Prince

P Cab = Puerto Cabello

P Cost = Port Costa

P Eliz = Port Elizabeth

P Nat = Port Natal

P Said = Port Said

P Stan = Port Stanley

P Talb = Port Talbot

P Town = Port Townsend

Pauill = Pauillac

Pen = Penang

Pensa = Pensacola

Pern = Pernambuco

Phihl = Philadelphia

Pir = Piraeus

Plm = Palermo

Ply = Plymouth

Pmbo = Paramaribo

Pnz = Penzance

Pmoar = Pomarao

Pors = Porsgrunn

Prov = Providence RI

Pres = Preston

Pt = Point

Ptld = Portland signal station

Pts = Portsmouth

Pwle = Prawle Point signal station

Qbro = Queenborough

Que = Quebec

Qtn = Queenstown

R G = Rio Grande

R J = Rio de Janeiro

R Mers = River Mersey

Rds = Roads

Reu = Reunion

Reyk = Reykjavik

Rn = Rouen

Ros = Rosario

Rott = Rotterdam

Runc = Runcorn

S Diego = San Diego

S Geo = South Georgia

S Ork = South Orkney

Sag = Sagres

Saig = Saigon

Sandh = Sandheads

Sarps = Sarpsborg

Sav = Savannah

Seat = Seattle

Sfd = Seaford

Shls = Shields

Shng = Shanghai

Sill = Silloth

Sing = Singapore

S L = Sierra Leone

Snd = Sunderland

Sou = Southampton

Soura = Sourabaya

Spit = Spithead signal station

Spurn = Spurn Head signal station

ss = signal station

St H = St Helena

Sta F = Santa Fe

Stav = Stavanger

Stet = Stettin

Stkm = Stockholm

Sul = Sulina

Sws = Swansea

Syd = Sydney NSW

Table = Table Bay

Tac = Tacoma

Tail = Tail of the Bank

Takor = Takoradi

Tamp = Tampico

Tarra = Tarragona

Tex = Texel

Tffe = Teneriffe

Tgmo = Teignmouth

Tocop = Tocopilla

Trin = Trincomalee

Trn = Troon

Trnto = Taranto

Trond = Trondheim

Trst = Trieste

Ush = Ushant

Val = Valparaiso

Vanc = Vancouver

Vcruz = Vera Cruz

Vict = Victoria

Villa R = Villa Real

Wab = Wabana

Well = Wellington

Weymo = Weymouth

Wind = Windau

Woo = Woosung

Work = Workington

Xsand = Christiansand

Yar = Yarmouth

Ymui = Ymuiden

Yoko = Yokohama

Zanz = Zanzibar

Zeeb = Zeebrugge