FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929.
P.&O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
DAMAGE TO SHIPS
(Continued from Page 4)
THE CHINA MAIL,
When the precautions taken by civil Engineers to carry such a load on solid Kround are considered, it cannot be said that the usqul arrangements adopted in a ship are execssive. any case, it is imperative thrt liberties should be taken with those arrangements and a thoroughly sound bearing job should be provided.
Tank Ends
In
INDO CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD
Sailing 29th Sept, at 10 a.m. Wed., 2nd Oct. at 10 a.m
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Destination
Steamer T'au vin Stow & Shal.. CHAKSANG...Sun., 010
Tau via Stow & S'hai.. FATSHING Ttau via Stow & S'hai.. KWAISANG .SUTE.. T'tau via Stow & S'hai WAISHING Osaka via Amoy, Moji
Kobe
Tank ends or watertight divisions in the double-bottom alten require repair even when clear of the engine and holler-room tanks. Except in very old ships, the damage is nearly all con- fined to the top of the boundary bar, and generally to tint of the top bar. The trouble takes the form of a deep grove or line of corrosion to which it is ascribed, probably rightly, and this ultimately develops into a crack. Nor- inally such tank ends are stiffened by means of inch or 3-inch angles spaced aft. apart. It is not an unusual thing to find a defection of Min. or
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF,re on these stiffeners under test
WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,
AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND FORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPÈ, &c.
depending on the head used and the depth of the tank.
It is perhaps not generally realised that if these divisions were regarded us deep tank bulkheads, the stiffeners would he of 5iu, bulb angles in the case! of a ship with a buble-bottom 42in. deep and a draft of 26ft. Having re gard to the conditions of restraint, it is probable that such stiffeners are not altogether necessary, but as even
a
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY, defection either way is quite a
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
8. 8.
Tone
From Hong Kong About
*MANTUA
+HARMALA
**MIRZAPORE *KALYAN
*NAGPORE
10,946 28th Sept.
Noon 9,128 12th Oct.
6,715 17th Oct. 9,144, 26th Oct.
6,289 2nd. Nov.
MACEDONIA 31,320 Dth Nov. *KIDDERPORE 5,384 74th Nov. KASHGAR
9,005 23rd Nov.
Destination
considerable movement in K short length, it will be realised that some- thing better than a 8in. or 31. bar is called for.
is a
The structure at the ends of erec tions, such as bridges and long poops, especially in vessels of 100ft, and above, part that is liable to damage, and in some vessels is a constant subject for repair. Generally speaking, carrying out repairs those responsible Bombay, Marseilles & London.
are content with patching-that is, fitting double plates in way of the Marseilles, London, Hull, Rosterdam cracked topside strake and renewing
& Antwerp.
rivets, ete. It is recommended that Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
efficient and sufficient staying be pro- Marseilles, London, Hall, Rotterdamvided in way of the end plates of the
& Antwerp.
bulwark, and where the rail bar is Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg, net carried up to the bridge deck or
Rotterdam & Antwerp.
is not of sufficient arta it should be su Bombay, Marseilles & London.
carried up in the first instance and Straits, Colombe & Bombay.
sufficient face area provided in any. Marseilles, London, Hall, Rotterdam case, with an adequate connection to
Antwerp.
the bridge stringer plate. Blanca. Calls Karachi.
*Cargo only. †Calls Casa Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo Constantinople, Tireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TILAWA TALAMBA
TAKADA SHIRALA TALMA
10,006 12th Oct. 3.013 24th Oct. 6,940 Gth Nov. 1- 7:841 8th Nov. 10,000 18th Nov.
8th
Dec.
| 10,006 17th Dec.
TILAWA
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcatta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcuta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
❤
to
the
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.
All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
It is sometimes found that the rivets
in the bridge deck stringer angle are slack, particularly in vessels of 450ft., makeshift mertly to renew these rivets. in length and over, and it is only a
If there is not sufficient height of bridge sheerstrake above the stringer plate to allow of a larger bar being fitted with an extra row of rivets, chocks should be fitted under the stringer plate for four or five spaces from the bridge front or poop front bulkheal.
Deck Supports
Deck supports, such as bears and girders, especially at corners of cas
is
YUENSANG
Osaka via Amoy, Moi &
Kobe
*
6th Oct at 10-la.m. Wed., 9th Oct. at 10a.m. Thurs., 3rd Oct, at 10 a.m. SUISANG ...Thurs., 17th Oct. at 10 am, Osuka via Amoy, Moji &
Kobe
KUMSANG ...Fri, 25th Oct. at 7 a.m. S'pore. Paaung & C'eutta HOSANG Wed., 6th Oct. at 7 a.m. S'pore, Penang & Calcutta S'pore, Penang & Calcuta NAMSANG KUTSANG
..Fri, 4th Oct. at 3 p.m. Sandakan
...Thurs., 10th Oct. at 8 p.m. Sandakan
HINSANG ...Wed., 2nd Oct. at 3 p.m. Tientsin vin Wei-hai-wei & MAUSANG Thurs., 10th Oct. at 10 am.
Newchwang
CHEONGSHING.Fri., 4th Oct. at Noon Tientsin via Wei-hai-wei & CHIPSHING...Sun., 20th Oct. at 10 am,
Newchwang
For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Telephone Central 215.
General Managers.
AUSTRAL CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD..
Service to Australia & South Sea Ports. NEXT SAILING
S.S. "CALULU"
on SEPTEMBER 30th,
For MANILA, ILOILO, RABAUL, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE.
Accommodation for 1st and 2nd Class and Steerage
Passengers is available.
For Freight and Passenger Information, please apply
DODWELL & CO., LTD. Queen's Bldgs,
Tel. 1030.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO, LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS. BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can accommodate any eraft of 200 feet long.
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel. Central No. 458, Shipyard: Sham-Sui-Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Tel. Kowloon No. 1. Estimates furnished on spplication.
Hong Kong. April 1, 1924.
ings and hatchway ends, sometimes support with the single-row size of sustain more or less serious damage, bears. Lack of continuity is the cause but always of a particularly annoying of most of the damage found in decks, nature to the owner on account of the and the damage may not be confined no doubt that, in such places, the best the corners of the openings, but may re cargo which may be spoilt. There
to leaky rivets and sprung, caulking at of workmanship is essential, but on sult in backled decks extending a con the other hand, careful attention to desiderable distance from the side of the tail in design will greatly help to
to mini. mise danger. In some cases, such as
opening. EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).an account of head room the depth of opinion as to the proper method of re- hatch end beams in 'tween decks, where there is frequently great diversity of It has already been suggested that
the beam must be kept as small as pos-pairing a damage, and there is prob Bible, it has to be remembered that ably just as great a diversity of opin small depth means large deflections on as to the cause of the damage and and consequent movement at the corn- the best preventive measures to adopt ers of hatchways, where there is a con- It is my hope that in the course of the centrated load.
discussion these opinions will be freely In the hold the hatch end beam may expressed and additional information be, say, 21 inches deep, but tween decks, for the same span, 15 will help towards a solution of some in the and more data be forthcoming, which probably all the depth that of the difficulties referred to in the can be spared. It is not difficult to paper. bring up the strength of the beam by adding face areas, but it is not so easy
*ST. ALBANS. NELLORE
TANDA
ST. ALBANS
4,500
4th Oct. 6,858 1st Nov. 6,858 29th Nov."
1980 4,500 3rd Jan. 6,853 31st Jan.
NELLORE
"Port Holland & Zamboanga,
Manile, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Regular monthly callings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.
inches
The Discussion
to keep deflection within reasonable
Dr. E. V. Teker said the author and The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, count that the twin-channel hatch-end tulated on quel a paper. It was all too
limits, and it is perhaps on this ac.the two institutions were to be congra Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timer. Darwin, or other ports en route as in-beam arrangement is such a success in rarely that ducement offers.
such paper appeared in practice. Properly tied together and It was all the more valuable, following the transactions of their institutions. with effective gusset strangements at and around the hatch corners they give as it did the recent paper by Sir
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & 0. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal, The P. & 0. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panoraa Canal
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,
TALAMBA
•
DELTA
ARAFURA TAKADA
8,018 2nd Oct.
6 am. 8,097 72h Oct. 6,000 8th Oct. 6.949 12th
Oct. MACEDONIA 11.120 12th Oct. **KIDDERPORE 5,334 16th SHIRALA
*BELTANA
KASHGAR TAMA TANDA
Oct.
7,841 19th Oct.
23rd Oct Uct. 9,005 26th
Dat 10,000 29th Oct. 6,956 5th Nov. RAWALPINDI' } 16,619 9th Nov. LAHORE 15.804 11th Nov. ALIPORE 5,273 12th Nov.
* Cargo only.
HONG KONG TIDE
has
The tide-table given below been obtained by aid of the Tide-pre- dicting Machine, which includes 40 of tidea from the result of the components for the better prediction analysis of the tidal observations, tory taken at the Kowloon tidal observa- under the direction of Dr. Doberck during the years 1887, 1888 and 1889.
The times and heights are given for Kowlen; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very small.
The times of high and low-water with the times of glack-water and must not be considered to coincide change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct.
DATE
Sopt
September 27 to October 3, 1929.
HIGH WATER LOWER WATER. Standard 8tandard,
Timea
Times
Ht
Ht.
8
an excellent impression of stability. Joseph Isherwood He thought the
It is suggested that in fitting such author had got to the root of the trou- Fri. 27.5 7 7.0 m 1 47
1.9 gussets in continuation of the hatch ble in emphasising the existence of
Soinferior d. nor Low W. Sate side-cammings, great attention should hard points.
39m 4 26 7.1 0 ba 1.6 be paid to the deck lugs, and especially
Dr. Telfer instanced cases of rapid
6 47 48 11 Ba LA that they be made a proper fit between
corrosion he had dealt with Sun. 29 m 5 54
1 38 a 1.4 the beam flanges. This also applies to faced
recently,
and said they were
3351 35 # | 5.1 brackets at pillar heads, as there
with
the alternatives of Mon. 3.
67.4 m 082 44 seems a tendency for the hatch end eliminating the hard point or
Ba 5.3 2 16 a 1.5 beams to cant, and cases have been finding & material capable of with. Toes. 1m857.6136 88 found of cracked deck plates at the end standing the chemical action. It was of the lng; for the same, reason it is largely a question for the metallurgist, Wed, advisable to
extension and one should be called in by the brackets long enough to allow of a conclassification society. Most of the Thure 3 nection being fitted to the next beam.
theories at present were based on the
make all
Provided the pillars are properly ar-elast
elasticity of a ship, but, H anything, ranged, and the girders effectively was more plastic than elastic; it was a scarped into casings, there is seldom ship, though the elastic theory could trouble of the kind under discussion in
still be utilised. On tank side kacer
Amoy, Shai, Maji, Kobe & Osaka.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe, 'hama & Osaka, Shanghal, Maji, Kobe de Yokohama: ShanghaKobe & Osaka.
Moji & Kobe.
a two-row ship, and there is much to he suggested that where one had a stiff Amoy,
be said for fitting girders all fore-and-member conrected to a very light Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, aft in line with the hatch side-cam-member, though, no shearing forces Shanghai, Mofi, Kobe & Yokohamings in a single-row ship having were present, the difference in section centre line of pillars or centre-line gave a shearing stress, And that ex- bulkhead, Such. an arrangement la plained much of the trouble in the lighter than the ordinary centre-line vicinity of tank side krees.
Mojl
Amoy,
Kobe & Osaka, Mojl, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Moji, Kebe & Yokohama. Moji & Kobe.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration withext notice, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Bingapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer."
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2 ft x 2ft x 1ft will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:--
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
Agents.
HONG KONG AND MACAO LINE
in Good Speed
S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Daily Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.00 gm
Sailing from Macan at 7.50 2.JL.
Sundays excepted.
Freight and Passage apply:-
CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD.
4. Connaught Road W.
Ta C. 6061,
CONSIGNEES.
The paper showed the necessity for a great adoption of the T bar. Classi fication societies had been a little too Theral to the shipowner in allowing them to have the single,
Mr. T. A. Hayward, Glasgo
said that he was not a shipbuilder but an
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD. | engineer. From his observations he
From MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND
MANILA.
wondered whether ships were really cold building and less heat. If a ship built scientifically. He suggested more
could be foggled from end to end. great advantage would acerne. Within certain limits they could not distress The Steamship.
steel. He was at present bending "BENREOCH ”
pipes cold and testing them to destruc CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby intion, and the burst always occurred on formed that all Goods are being land- the straight and not on the bend. He ed at their risk into the hazardous suggested that ships should be built on and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the same linea as machinery-acients The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf &fically, with every part independent of Godown Ca, Ltd., whence and/or the rest. from the wharves delivery may be o
He had recently erected a machine bob with 100 parts and 30 pipes in one day tained.
No claims will be
and put it under pressure, preving that after the Goods have left the and all all the detail parts were accurately Goods remaining undelivered after the tap. He had a design for hending.
made and scientifically finished in de 30th 115
will be subject to rent Frames; cold, no matter what All claims against the steamer wust depth, and he was now dealing with 15. be presented to the Undersigned en or inch frames very satisfactorily. before the 14th October, 1929, or they Those were the bipes upon which will not be recognised thought shipbuilders should go.
All broker, chafed, and damaged
ged 1 Goods are to be left is the Godess said that the position of the shell seam Mr. H; A. M. Napier, in his remarks, where they will bo exemained on the did not get suficient consideration. 28th inst. at 10 am by Messrs. If the seam was too close to the margin Goddard and Douglas,
har they might have trouble develop
admitten
he
No Fire Insurance has been effecting there. Regarding attachments, he
Bill of Lading will be countersign led by, b
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO. LTD., Agents Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1829,
the Helfer and more effective the works considered the more simple they were manship and anywhere where one could simplify the attachments the better the workmanship they would get
"Journal of Commerce,"
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DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS. FORGE MASTERS,
The Con- pany род seases Bix Granite Docks and Two Pxt- int Slip- ways. The dimensions
No.
1
Dock
are
700
ft.x
86 ft 30
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Fith Edi-
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Single screw steel passenger and cargo motor ship. Dimensions: - 154 0' B.P. 28 07 Mid. x 11 6 MC; D.W. 470 tons; RIP.-360;Speed 10%1⁄2 knots. Built nd machinery installed by The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co, Ltd., to the order of La Naviera Filipina Inc., Cebu for Philippine coasting service.
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Dock, Hong Kong