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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1395.
THE GIANT LINER NORMANDIE
Many British Parts In The Vessel
MR. SMITH'S INTERESTING TALK
AT ROTARY CLUB
Some interesting and enlightening facts on the giant French liner, Norman- die, were imparted to a large gathering of Rotarians and their friends by Rotarian D. Smith Hill at the weekly tifin of the Rotary Club held at the Hong Kong Hotel yes- terday and presided over by Rotarian L. Forster..
Welcome was extended to the following guests: Messrs. F. J. Ludowia (Sydney) Eugene Gluis (Ad laide) Rotarian S. K. Lim (Amoy), Messrs. T. G. S. Alexander, R. Obl, A. Nissim, de Roux, Pirene (Hong Kong).
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Rotarian Forster stated that it gave him great pleasure in welcoming the new members of the Rotary Club and started by welcoming Rotarian L. W. Amps who in reply to the president said that it was a great honour to be a member of the Club, as the Club consisted of men of various professions and to the profession of Civil Engi neer he was a member.
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The speaker stated that the defination of a civil engineer is that he is who harnesses the forces of nature for the use and service of mankind." He was carry- ing on the work of that Institution and to which he would devote all his time during "life.
As to the new. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Building being half a day late in the schedule he assured the gathering that" lk-was more than that but at the same time they can rest assured that that Building would be opened by
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THE NORMANDIE
Let us now consider the "Nor-
mandle," After all, I am supposed to say something about the sub- ject of my talk to-day.
Bull at Saint Nazaire by the Soctete Anonyme des Chantiers et Ateliers de Saint Nazaire, the new The other new members are:
liner has a gross tonnage of 79.000 Rotarian W. J. Carrie, head of the She is 1,209 feet in length, 119 Sanitary Department and Chair-reet wide, and 91 feet deep from man of the Hong Kong Travel the promenade deck." She draws Association, Rotarian V. Sorby, over 37 feet of water. and has a manager of Hong Kong Electric displacement tonnage of 67,500, So Co., Rotarian Yamanaka, manager much for the dimensions. of Messrs. M.B.K, and Rotarians
. Eager and David W. K. Aumodation provides for
who were absent.
The president-then briedy` in- troduced Rotarian D. Smith Hill the speaker of the day who said: In this year of Jubilee celebra- tions it is not inappropriate that 25 years' work in marine electrical engineering should have its cul- mination in the equipment of the glant French liner. "Normandie."
Nearly a quarter of ✡ century.
The passenger carrying accom- 900 arst class, 855 tourist-class, and 488 third-class passengers. The crew of the vessel numbers 1.300. In short, a total of over three thou- sand human beings, or the equi- valent of a reasonably, populated small town, at any rate, half as much again as the population of of Welwyn Garden City, in Hert fordshire.
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super stations, (Barking and the two Deptfords), and is more than three times, in fact nearly four times, the size of the Hong Kong Electric Company's North Point station with its close to 40,000 kw. of installed plant. More than ten Hong Kongs could comfortably be catered for electrically by the new liner's power station.
ACTUAL PLANT:
the boiler room and turbine room Dealing with the actual plant,
are laid out and arranged la ex- cellent fashion, Plenty of space has been provided for galleries and ladders, thus enabling the engineers to move about swiftly and easily.
THE CRUISERS LEAVE
Tension Relieved
BIG BAD BULL
Liberty, And Then
Death
It resented the attentions that it received at the hands of the at- tendants at the Slaughter House, Kennedy Town, on Sunday, night, so it broke away. "A very vicious beast was the description given to it by the Police who sent out 'ä Posse to track it but without any success.
With Admiral Chan Chák on board the 'Hai Chi, the two rebel cruisers, Hal Chi and Hat Shen, left at about 230 am. yesterday morning for Shangha, having caused much concern during their stay of almost three weeks in the Colony, and at one time bringing the situation to a serious state.
Arriving in Hong Kong on June
Fur two days it roamed about at 19, serious developments took place will, though liberty did not in any two days later when the adventur-improve its temper for it was stat ous mutineers left the harbour and
ed that a Chinese coolle was very, thet with opposition when just on nearly gored by the "big bad bull” Waglan Island, having encounter-
as it was rounding a corner. ed the Northern cruiser Ning Hai which called upon them to stop, but as this order was unheeded. the Ning Hal proceeded to drive the two ships back into the hat bour by gunfire.
SETTLEMENT EFFECTED
It was evidently's ballöck which liked roaming about for it went as far as to the Peak and then, yesterday morning, it deserted the "highlands and was seen close to the junction of Conduit Road and May Road. It was, for a change, behaving itself, grazing quietly in The Ning Hal, with Vite-Admiral a grass plot, but the people who Chen (Vice-Minister of the Navy) had heard about its antica left and Capt J. V. Morse, British naval nothing to chance and communi- adviser, aboard, later came into cafed, with the Central" Police "Sta"- port, and subsequently several tion. As a result Sergt. Scott, arm- other warships from the North ar
ed with a Greener gun and ball rived here. Efforts were made by ammunition, was sent to the spot" Vice-Admiral Chen to reach a set-where it was last seen and together tlement with the runaway cruisers, with other police officers he fol but when these failed the Ning lowed the animal for a short dis- tance and then approaching 1, Hai and the other Northern cru- Isers departed.
fired po'nt a shot which hit the bull in the heart. It sank to the ground without a struggle but to make doubly sure the second shot was fired and that was the end of the naughty bull that broke away.
A few days ago, Admiral Chan Chak, of, the Naval department of the Nanking Military Council, az rived here from Shanghai for the purpose of settling the dispute. He immediately conferred with the and later announced that a settle- officers of the runaway cruisers
ment had been reached, under the terms of which the Hai Chi and Hai Sheri would return to Nanking.
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There are twenty-nine main SHARK IN TYTAM
bollers, supplying steam to the turbines at a pressure of 400 lbs. fred; that is they burn crude oil per square inch. They are. oil-
in the furmances by mears of specially designed burners, four to
each boller. The air for
fans, supplying a total of 1,155,000 cubic metres of air each hour.
In addition there are four small bollers supplying steam for sen- cral purposes at a pressure of 142 Ibs, per sq. inch. These are for such things as water heaters, steam for laundries and lavator- les, and so forth.
Very often in the past when ago the "Tynemount was built some new liner has been complet-bustion is supplied by twenty-ons with two 300-horsepower Diesel-ed, it has been suggested that the engine driven generators to sup- extreme limits of ship ply the power for propülston. Elec- been reached. This opinion trictity has been in use in the been proved to be wrong-hopeless British Navy for various purposes ly wrong by the decision of the since 1874, but although it has directors of the Compagnie Gen- been used for lighting in the mer-
erale Transatlantique to build the chant service for many years. it 1,029 foot "Normandie," and the 1s only since the advent of the directors of the Cunard Like the Diesel engine and the consequent 1,018 foot "Queen Mary." elimination of steam from a large number of vessels that electricity has been used extensively for other purposes.
BASIC ARGUMENT
Four steam turbine driven gen- erators supply the power for pro- pulsion. They are of 33,400 KW. capacity each, and work at a speed of 2,430 revolutions per minute, that is, normal full speed. The terminal pressure is 6,000 volts.
BAY
For some time now reports had been current to the effect that sharks had been seen
in Hong Kong waters. Yesterday the rumours were bone out when a Chinese fisherman caught one of the fish in Tytam Bay-about six feet long-and secured it means of a harpoon.
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The shark, which was six feet long and about 200 pounds in weight, with a girth of feet 2 inches, was sighted by the fisher- man, who managed to harpoon it and bring it safely ashore.
The carcass was removed to
Sanitary Department. and the Kennedy Town by coolles of the
greatest pity about the whole at- fair was, according to a Chinese who saw the healthy animal, that it might have made such a good meal!
EXPLOSION ON STEAMER
Coolies Badly Injured
A terrific explosion in the cOBL bunker of the 6.5. Nagisan Maru (MBK) at about 7.45 am. yester day, less than two hours after her arrival Irom Otaro (Japan) with about 6,000 tons of coal on board, necessitated the removal of two Chinese coolies and a Japanese sailor to the Kowloon Hospitar suffering from severe burns to the
The catch caused great excite ment amongst the fishermen and the shark was later taken to Shau-face and body." kiwan to be sold as food.
Each machine, is independant, and cannot be run in parallel with sine, and the Compagnie Gener- another machine in order to share ale Transatlantique has taken the load as is done in most
full advantage of the unrivalled facilities offered by electricity in stations.
this direction.
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Apparently the basic argument Justifying the construction of ships To-day almost all auxiliary ma-
of this size is that by attaining' a chinery from the windlass in the speed of about 30 knots, it will bows, through the engine-room be possible to maintala a weekly and hul to the steering gear in service on the North Atlantic with the stern is, in most important two ships instead of the three re- ships, electrically operated. Great quired at present progress has been made in many To attain this speed and in or- countries, and in 1931, the power der to maintain economical sche-
THE PROPELLORS
PRECAUTIONS or the electrically-propelled ships dule working, the ships muat Four 40,000 h.p. synchronous of all nationalties exceeded 1,000,- be of great size and large passen-motors, each normally supplied by Special precautions have been 000 shaft horse-power,
ger-carrying capacity. Is con- one generator, drive the four pro taken against fire, and each cabin British yards alone were respon-structional details, in fact in alpeller shafts at a normal full is fitted with an electrically sible for the turning out of first most every particular, the "Nor-speed of 243 rpm. The propell-operated fire-alarm.
knots or more.
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The boat: left. Otaro on July 1 End arrived at 6 am, yesterday and anchored at midstream when shortly after 7.45 am a terrine explosion occurred on board. The master and Chief Officer 'on' ascer- taining the cause quickly got in touch with the Water Police who on their arrival found in the coal bunker various opium smoking paraphernalis.
On examination it was found that the explosion was due to the coolies, striking a' match ́ in the
class passenger-carrying tonnage mardie" and the "Queen Mary" ers themselves are sixteen feet in All wood" panelling is asbestos i bunker..... and when it was lighted totalling 70,000 s.h.p. Such ships differs in general characteristics, diameter, and weigh over 23 tons lined throughout and every wire immediately came into contact as the "Strathairn," the "Strath- however, in colossal size and high each. A total of 100,000 horse-entering a cabin is seperately en- with the coal gas, resulting in the "naver," the "Monarch of Bermu speed, they might well be consider-power is transmitted by these pro-cased in a metal tube which has explosion. A Japanese sailor who da" and the "Queen of Bermuda" ed es sister ships.
pellers, and this is roughly equal been coated with insulating en was standing near the derrick at all over 22,000 tors require
With less horse-power than that to the effort of one hundred of amel, Particular attention has the time was burnt about the face about 30,000 s.h.p. each, but even of the "Queen Mary." the "Nor- the most powerful type of locomo- been paid to the panelling, more by the names which emanated. these notable examples pálé into mandle" has obtained the requir- tives in Great Britain,
than thirty different kinds of or through a hole from the broken- insignificance beside", the 180,000 ed speed by reason of the depar- The entire propulsion machin- namental woods being used A plates Immediately after the ex- horse-power required to send the ture which has been made in the ery is accommodated in six water-supposely new feature
plosion. on ships new French liner through the form of construction of hull and tight compartments and is entire of this type is the provision of
The two Chinese coolles came water" at the required' speed or 30 superstructure. The modernity of ly' separated, and distinct from two, suites of cabins each with 2 injuries to their faces and bodies out of the hold with terrible burnt the proble, embodying features that supplying power for general complete open private deck. Forty never before introduced in a pas-service about the vessel. This is cabins have private terraces, and immediately collapsed. EFFICIENCY AND COST senger ship, is in striking contrast taken care of by sx turbine dry-
It is gratifying to note that a the Kowloon Hospital where it is The three were later removed to When the type of propelling and
to the more orthodox profile of en direct-current generators or number of large British firms are stated that the injuries of the auxiliary machinery of a ship is the "Mary Queen" "The stern, for 2.200 KW each.
represented on the French giant two Chinese coolles are under review the following re- instance, is neither of
and having suppiled Bfair severe than those sustained by the quirements (In addition to those for an elliptical type, and it may
amount of important auxiliary Japatiese, sailor, of efficiency and first cost), must require the invention of a new
machinery and switchgear. I am Other than a few broken plates be closely considered.
Indebted to several technical pub there was very little damage done ications for most of my notes to the bost and particularly the Electrical jumta qu' Engineering and Bollerhouse horse power to three tons with Review the Electrician.” the
Review and last but not the Journal of the Institution of
the Washington Zectrical Engineers
(a) The available space must be
utilized to ful advantage. (b) The plant must withstand the arduous conditions of marine service with a mini-
mum cost for maintenance.
technical term.
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TWO FEATURES
cruiser
The designers decided against the use of alternating current for general purposes, and I do not propose going into the various téchnical reasons for this.
ELECTRIC USES
Two very pronounced features are the pronounced rake of the
A modern liner is really a float how and the curiously arranged ing unter, and when at sea the ten foot breakwater, which gives travelling public demand a stand- protection to the forward part of ard of comfort as high or even (c) The vessel must be capable the ship. A further step towards higher than that the best of being manoeuvred in and lessering wind resistance, is the hotels ashore. The shipowner out of its berth making a complete docarding of the usual therefore in his efforts to attract fast run from port to port type of ventilator. all ventilators, the said travelling pubile to his with sufficient reserve of fans, and deck gear are concen- ship, has concentrated upon e.ec. power on hand to enable it trated in special houses at the tricity as a means of providing to make up time: lost on ac-base of the funnels, giving the every known measure count of bad weather or à additional advantage of entirely and of safet Consequ iste start due to delays in clear decks for the use of passen- most up-to-date types of ligh connecting services. It must gers
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also be capable of a quick @In generating plants the "Nor- are -- ing MedTelep turn round at each end of mandle" has a total
150,000 ta are provided, and many other the voyager
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That electrical operation canough tor atisfactorily fulfil all of these de- | don's Und mande la by now! an established load › The fact
VOTE OF THANKS
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Many people had said that the buliding of such a big boat was s mere, waste of money in such time of depression but he assured the gathering that the construc--|
At the close of the speaker's talk Rotarian Montargis in proposing a vote of thanks said he did not lon of that giant liner had know
he should have been agorded work to thousands during asked to perform that service the three year and perhaps it was due to the subject | ef trades" of "othe being one concerning France and with her, cout that he being a Frenchinari then explaining how
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