Lloyd's building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its core is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the Lutine Bell within the Rostrum. Also on the first floor is loss book which for 300 years has had entries of significant losses entered by quill. The Underwriting Room (often simply called "the Room") is overlooked by galleries, forming a high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher
HMS Hazard (1749) 1798. "Joseph" returned on 4 June 1799. 6th whaling voyage (1799–1800): Captain Ellis, or John Humphrey, sailed from London in 1799. As "Joseph" was returning home, the French privateer "Minerve" captured her. On 3 August 1800, HMS "Fisgard" captured the French privateer "Gironde". Earlier, she had also recaptured some other French prizes, including "Joseph" and , another returning whaler. "Lloyd's List" reported on 19 August 1800 that "Joseph", Humphries, master, had come into Plymouth after her recapture by "Fisgard". "Joseph" arrived back at London on 26 September. 7th whaling voyage (1801–1802): Captain John Humphreys sailed from London on 31 March