英国劳氏船级社(Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 缩写LR)，也译作英国劳埃德船级社，是世界上成立最早的一个船级社，其机构庞大，历史较长，在世界船舶界享有盛名，是国际公认的船舶界权威认证机构，在军工、工程等方面也颇有名气。它主要从事有关船舶标准的制定与出版，进行船舶检验，检定船能，公布造船规则等。在许多国家的港口设有办事机构或验船师。它曾参与ISO9000族标准的修改和认可条例的修改。还在世界各地设有30多家代表处，在当地招聘审核员，从事认证工作。

该社由一个委员会控制，委员会由来自船东，船舶和机器制造商，钢铁制造商，保险商，伦敦保险协会和船东协会，以及皇家船舶设计和建造协会的技术委员会的代表组成。

Lloyd's Register

Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Lloyd's Register of Shipping condenses LR), also the translated work Britain Lloyd's register of shipping, is in the world establishes an earliest classification society, its organization is huge, the history is long, enjoys the great reputation in the world ships, is the internationally recognized ships authority authenticates the organization, in the war industry, the engineering aspect also has the fame. It is mainly engaged in the related ships standard the formulation and the publication, carries on the ships examination, examines the ship energy, announcement shipbuilding rule and so on. Are equipped with the administrative body or the surveyor in many country's harbors. It once participated in the ISO9000 standard the revision and the approval rule revision. Is equipped with more than 30 representative offices in the world, in the local employment advertise staff auditor, is engaged in the authentication work.

This society controls by a committee, the committee by comes from the shipowner, the ships and the machine manufacturer, the steel and iron manufacturer, the underwriter, the Institute of London underwriters and the shipowner association, as well as the imperial family hull design and construction association's Technical committee's representative composes.