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SHIPPING

NEW FORE END

FITTED TO BRITISH MOTOR ·

SHIP

The M.V. "Lochmonar" is a vessel of about 8,000 tons, built in Belfast in

1924.

necessary:

the stress

SECTION.

RACE AGAINST TIME

CARGO STEAMER'S FINE RECORD

A certain fast cargo steamer' be- longing to one of the principal com- panies engaged in the United King- dom-Far Eastern trade was gazetted

“THE GREAT FLOAT" recently to leave Singapore homeward

NEW DOCK ENTRANCE AT BIRKENHEAD

With the

bound on a date which just allowed of her reaching Colmbo-after calling at the usual Straits Settlements and Sumatran ports-two days before the end of the month, says M.B.G. In the "Nautical Magazine."

current

to

2

The Birkenhead Docks, which form

This schedule had been arranged to part of the Mersey Dock Estate, are enable the steamer to load Colombo somewhat unusually situated, in that

ment,

and considerable quantities of November 30, 1927, she was sailing frontage, practically the whole of the London, North Continental cargo had In the early hours of the morning of they lie at an obtuse angin to the river cargo as this particular month's ship up the Merary Channel on the high shipping, using the docks being thus been booked. for her accordingly. Ad- incinding heavy tide

from constrained to enter and leave at one verse circumstances completing voyage

A

The most im-

rain and the delayed arrival of California, and was deeply laden with end of the system. fresh and dried fruits for the Christ-portant dock, The Great Float," with through" cargo put her two days be an area of 140 acres, was formed by hind her datos leaving Singapore. On mas market when, without any ap parent reason, she suddenly sheared off deepening the Wallasey Pool, a natural arrival at her last Sumatran port- her course and struck the revstment basin, and this accounts for the con- Balawan, Doll-she was held up

Originally, farther twenty-four hours waiting for which is a sort of wall built along each figuration referred to.

built in a berth; and when eventually she did side of the fairway to prevent sand there were three entrances, from the extensive sand flats on either 1865, having widths of 100 ft, 30 flexve she was three days behind her

as schedule. As far and 50 ft and these remained side ailting up the channel.

when the

Meanwhile frantic cables and radio as I know, no satisfactory reason has constructed until 1902,

entrance was deepened and telegrame had boon directed

to the been put forward why the yamel 100-ft.

growth

of master from the various agenta urg- should suddenly change her course, as lengthened. the weather was fine and clear, the traffic, the necessity of passing all ing upon him the absolute necessity steerlag gear was in perfect working the larger. Vessels tillring the port of arriving in Colombo in time for The ship order and no other shipping was so through the wider entrance gave rise the month's shipments, near that a change of course was to serious delays, and the decision was must arrive in Colombo before mid- When she We do know, of course, reached to replace the two narrower night on the thirty-first. that very strong currents run in the locks by a single entrance with a width left Belawan she had approximately three and A half days to make the Mersey Channel, carrying with them of 80 ft.

The now layout involved the con passage in..Give a favourable cur great quantities of sand which might possibly settle in unexpected places struction of a short new sea wall at rent it was just the end of the N.E. It is, there-the river end of the Island, and the monsoon there was a bare chance of forming a sand bank.

to the old her making it opened full out. But fore, quite possible that the "Loch-filling of the entrance

favourable Due to a hard rock the

did not manar" was caught in a particularly middle lock.

was unsuitable materialise, although the weather was strong set of the tide, or she may bottom, the frontage

aand bank, either for the employment of a pile dam to excellent; in fact, there was a drain have grounded on

during the of easterly set right across the Bay of which would have the effect of hold back the water swinging her round the revetment.execution of the work, and the diff of Bengal.

Two days out the steamer was These are, of course, only conjectures culty was overcome by the employ

thirty miles astern on the average on my part as to how the accidentment of concrete monoliths.

The length of the new lock is 600 necessary to get her to Colombo. In could have occurred, and, as it is not

in the use of time. However, there was nothing the cause, but rather the effect, or ft.. and for economy after effects, with which we are deal-water when docking small graft, this for it but to carry on, and they gave ing, I will leave it at that.

length may be divided into two com her the laat possible inch of link and

Chinese firemen Every effort was made during the partments, having lengths of 400 ft. exhorted the day to refloat the vessel, but without and 200 ft., respectively. The sill or final supreme effort. And right hers

doff my hat to those firemen success, and as the tide left her sup-floor of the lock has been constructed

They had nothing to gain-what ported amidships on the wall with the at depth of 12 it below datum level, after end suspended over the channel, affording a depth of 40 ft. 4 in. at mattered it to them if the ship miss and at the same time laden with cargo, average high-water level of springed the month's shipments--but they The maximum depth previous-certainly achieved wonders in that on the upper structures tides. became too great, until at 10 o'clock ly avaliable for vessels entering the steamer's stakehold. Incidentally it on the same night (November 30) she docks was 86 ft. 7 in, so that, apart was exceptionally hot in the Bay. It from the advantages resulting from They tackled the job with an energy broke her back across the wall.

that it the increase in depth in respect of the and enthusiasm splendid to see. very soon became apparent was impossible to save the fore part time available for entering or leaving Shouts and yells and, clanging of of the vessel, and therefore all efforts the docks, east-bound vessels can now shovels issued forth from the fiddley the after porbe loaded to the maximum draught as they worked the steam up after tion which contained the propsiling that can be taken through the Suez cleaning fires, and when they blew her were concentrated machinery and valuable cargo, and it Canal, after making due allowance for off a blood-curdling shrick reminiscent was realised that only if fine weather the lightening ansuing en routs from of an Indian war-ery came up through

The river bod

the fiddley bars. Suffice it to continued would this be possible, as a coal consumption, &c. rough sea would certainly cause the in the fairway to the lock has been that through their exceptional efforts! after part to pound on the wall, and deepened in accordance with these re-and too, the example and fortitude of the engineers the steamer was re- more than Bkely damage. the engine- quirements over an adequate ares.

The equipment includes three pairs gistered at the Colombo Custom room bulkhead. If this were damag ed, the engine room would be flooded of steel gates, each leaf weighing House at five minutes to midnight on and the after portion of the ship sink about 210 tons. The gates are operat- the thirty-first of the month, in time

modern machinery of

load ed by

the technically-to the month's in the channel.

fot shipments. The cargo in No. 2 hold and 'tween same type as that employed

completed Gladstone

During the last six hours from deck, that is in way of the fracture, the recently was hastily discharged and divers set Dock entrance on the other side of the Doura Head the ship broke all her

Special, sills and quoins have to work to out through the decks and river.

speed. The firemen's reward-they girder, a task which could only be been provided, so that, in the event of on records in revolutions, steam and carried out at low water, as with the the lock requiring to be emptied for named it themselves-was twelve live rise of the tide the ends of the vea repairs, the working gates can be ducks; which same, I would like to Hydraul-record, were daly handed over to sel rose, bringing the jagged edges of reversed and used as dama.

provided

in Colombe and were received them the torn plating together, when it was lically-operated, aluices are too dangerous for the divers to work. for controlling the discharge of water and carried away with delighted ap- the Into the lock for levelling purposes, probation ("Ai-yab; belong good The work of cutting away' material which still held the two parts the influx being distributed over the chow). But there was absolutely no together was continued day and night whole length of the lock to avoid dis mention of reward made prior to the The effort made was until Wednesday, December 7, when turbing the position ships waiting ship's arrival.

The lighting entirely spontaneous. And one several charges of gelignite were Ar to be locked through. ed in an attempt to sever the after electric, the equipment including forced to wonder, in these days when end. Next beacon lights, 90. in height, to there is so much talk on the ques- end from the forward morning, six tugs started towing at facilitate the locking of vessels at tion of coloured labour in ships, whe- The new lock was for-ther or not that steamer, had she right angles to the hull to break night-time. through, the last remaining threads, mally opened by The Right Hon., the been fired by the usual "white" fire- and when after some time the stern Earl of Derby in July last. "En-men, would have reached Colombo Ave

mkduight minates before began to move, the "Lochmonar's engineering,"

thirty-first of the month. ginos were started and the stern float- That, ed away clear of the wreck. briefly, is the story of the salvage. The after portion was towed to dock at Liverpool and made watertight and seaworthy in preparation for towing to Belfast.

In the meantime, the owners had placed an order with Messrs. Harland

*

FIRES IN BUNKERS

FUEL RESEARCH BOARD'S

ENQUIRY

NEW K.P.M. VESSELS

aay

on

the

The first of the seven 400-ton coast- ers which the De Maas Shipbuilding

and' Wolff for the construction of a new fore end, about 177 ft 1 in. long,

A vary thorough examination of the Co. are constructing for the Royal to be built on to the after portion.

causes of Ares in coal bunkers and Packet Go, for service in the Dutch Although the feat of joining a new holds has been conducted for some East Indies has been completed. She fore and to an existing after end is months by the Fuel Research Board at is the "Majang," and the "Makasser,' not without precedent, a similar oc- the request of the Board of Trade. The a sister ship, will go on trials almost casion being the "Suevie" in 1907, when evidence of experts who have made a immediately. "Majang" is 105 ft. long a new fere end was built at Belfast, special study of the subject has been with a beam of 28 ft. 8 ins, and a and a report on the subject depth of 10 ft, and the 260 b,h.p.

Sulzer installation gives

towed to Southampton and joined to ob probably be lasued in the cou 334 knots fully laden,

the after end of the ship at that port. will

The remarkable feature of the "Loch-of a few weeks.

monar case was the almost entire ab- It is surprising to learn that the sence of elaborate appliances for get number of res of this kind officially ting the two portions into correct posi- reported in 1927 was 107; while in 1928 rere 78 and in 1925, during the tion and retaining them there while there the joining up material was being it last five months for which the figures It is ted; in fact there was nothing above were taken, there were 52. what is required for the dry-docking gathered that the outbreaks can be at- of any ship. The whole success of tributed in the majority of cases to such the operation depended on the fine causes as local heating by steam pipes adjustment, we were enabled to make radiation from boilers or incorrect ven- in the draught and trim of the two illation. sections of the hull, and the accuracy Investigations have shown that only of the calculations in deciding the a comparatively small number of the amount and position of ballast-Mr. fires have been due to spontaneous com- James Harney in "Engineering,"

NEW CPR. LINER

SCOTTISH SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT

on

bustion.

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Vancouver

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These ressole will be 385 ft. in used to form a new patent raft of length, 52 It, in breadth, and 19 ft.rubber which is being placed on the in depth, and will have accommoda-market by a German manufacturing Some specik! tion for 1,500 passengers by day, and company of Berlin. sleeping accommodation for 485 by solution is used as a covering which night. The machinery will consist of makes it rat-proof, and weather-proof. four-cylinder, quardsple-arpansion, ra- It is formed more like a dory than a ciprocation engines, en the Yarrow raft; as Schlick-Tweedy ayatam, obtaining The air, compartments, are fashion eteam from four oil-fired Scotched like separate hives thor tending marine-type bollers. Each of these to make it unsinkable. It can be vessels la to cost about £25,000.-

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