-
CHANGES IN TRAWLING ŸESSELS.
63
‘
and bolted ”to the engine—room on one hand and the bul—
wark_s on the other.
A larger boat in the newer vessels is
—
.
placed on
in the centre — of the ship over the engine—
while in the most recent it occupies the centre of the
stern, and the front ‘stock ’
or support has a swive1.
Moreover,
in the ‘Belcher,’ the hook of the chain—lashing is jointed and
fastened with a ring, so that the boat can be made ready in a
.
minute.
The modern boat is comsiderably larger, and is covered
with canvas.
.
.
.
_
In connection with the ttings on deck, the useof raised or
projecting gures or letters of sheet—ironon the funnel is one of
_
'
'
the modern changes; they are very easily seen at a distance.
The initial letter of the owner is sometimes added.
Each,
vessel is, of course, marked likewise on quarter and how.
'
‘
The ice—house, which had just been introduced in 1884, is
now
an
important part of the vessel, usually in front of the
sh-hold.
Five t0ns of broken ice are taken in the larger
.
vessels to the distant grounds. It is sent from the stores in
'
_
barrels, and passed from the cart to the hold by a funnel. So
.…
important has this feature become both for liners and trawlers,
v
in Aberdeen for instance, that special factories have been
erected for the manufacture of ice by the ammonia—system,
Ÿ
-
about 90 tons being made daily in one1 near the harb0ur,and
-
55 in another%
On the distant grounds, where most of the
_
work _‘Qf the larger vessels occurs, the ice is placed over the
‘
-
-shes_«afterwthey are ‘ gutted
’
and consigned to the hold, as was
,
done bythe English trawlers from the distant grounds in 18844.
Therceoflœ(atpiesent _17s. (id… per ton crushed and
deliveieda‘lQngside the-Ships); is thus an item of moment in the
trawhngexpend1tü1e 011 diSChäl‘ging the shes from Iceland,
"
Great, Fisher” Bank, the old ice is thrown over—
Ï
board, and, though it_ might seem economical to keep it for: use
«
in
6.9,, for
preservation of the Offal,
for Which_103. per ton is got from the manure:companieS, yet
;
it is
certainly the safer
_N0_ wind—sails; ._are‘-Ïn0w îÏÇÏ
.
,
—
1
North Brit. Ice
? f *
“jffïÏ
’
'
.
2 Aberdeen;ICe Co.
».
,
’
x…
CHANGES IN TRAWLING ŸESSELS.
63
‘
and bolted ”to the engine—room on one hand and the bul—
wark_s on the other.
A larger boat in the newer vessels is
—
.
placed on
in the centre — of the ship over the engine—
while in the most recent it occupies the centre of the
stern, and the front ‘stock ’
or support has a swive1.
Moreover,
in the ‘Belcher,’ the hook of the chain—lashing is jointed and
fastened with a ring, so that the boat can be made ready in a
.
minute.
The modern boat is comsiderably larger, and is covered
with canvas.
.
.
.
_
In connection with the ttings on deck, the useof raised or
projecting gures or letters of sheet—ironon the funnel is one of
_
'
'
the modern changes; they are very easily seen at a distance.
The initial letter of the owner is sometimes added.
Each,
vessel is, of course, marked likewise on quarter and how.
'
‘
The ice—house, which had just been introduced in 1884, is
now
an
important part of the vessel, usually in front of the
sh-hold.
Five t0ns of broken ice are taken in the larger
.
vessels to the distant grounds. It is sent from the stores in
'
_
barrels, and passed from the cart to the hold by a funnel. So
.…
important has this feature become both for liners and trawlers,
v
in Aberdeen for instance, that special factories have been
erected for the manufacture of ice by the ammonia—system,
Ÿ
-
about 90 tons being made daily in one1 near the harb0ur,and
-
55 in another%
On the distant grounds, where most of the
_
work _‘Qf the larger vessels occurs, the ice is placed over the
‘
-
-shes_«afterwthey are ‘ gutted
’
and consigned to the hold, as was
,
done bythe English trawlers from the distant grounds in 18844.
Therceoflœ(atpiesent _17s. (id… per ton crushed and
deliveieda‘lQngside the-Ships); is thus an item of moment in the
trawhngexpend1tü1e 011 diSChäl‘ging the shes from Iceland,
"
Great, Fisher” Bank, the old ice is thrown over—
Ï
board, and, though it_ might seem economical to keep it for: use
«
in
6.9,, for
preservation of the Offal,
for Which_103. per ton is got from the manure:companieS, yet
;
it is
certainly the safer
_N0_ wind—sails; ._are‘-Ïn0w îÏÇÏ
.
,
—
1
North Brit. Ice
? f *
“jffïÏ
’
'
.
2 Aberdeen;ICe Co.
».
,
’
x…