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Description of series: Documents relating to the certificates and survey reports for all equipment and functioning of a vessel. History Prior/Subsequent to Transfer: "Prior to transfer-" The "Prinz Sigismund" a merchant vessel of 3302 tons gross and 1844 tons net register, arrived in Brisbane from Japan on 4/8/1914. The vessel was detained as an enemy (German) vessel on 5/8/1914 and seized 'in prize 'on 6/8/1914. After, she was brought before the Prize Court for adjudication; she was taken over from the Commonwealth Government by the Western Australian Government for trading on the coast of that state. She was renamed the 'BAMBRA'. In 1927 the "BAMBRA" was handed over to the United Kingdom Government and was subsequently sold to a Dutch firm of shipbreakers. Ordinarily the ship's papers would have been passed on to the Western Australian Government with the ship, but at the particular time this was overlooked and they remained in the custody of the Collector of Customs, Qld, until transfer to Archives. Subsequent to transfer - The documents are written in German, however it was ascertained that, in the main, the documents relate to: - Certificate of Seaworthiness, Docking Freeboard Certificate, Machine Certificate, Lloyds Test Certificate (Anchors), Government Surveyors Certificate of Measurements and Seaworthiness, General Licence for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants, Survey Certificate.