70 ‘
CHANGES IN TRAWLING VESSELS.
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string.
of speed when trawling is, as formerly, ab0ut
2% knots an hour, though on 1nuddy ground a higher” rate is
sometimes maintained.
In sailing, the best ships go about
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_
11 knots.
At night the captain and mate take Watch alter—
nately—with one of the crew.
_
The crews on board the trawling ships remain very much as
_
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in 1884, the usual number being eight, though there are only
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seven in the Montrose paddle—ships, one of whom is cook. The
_
latter may be either an old man or an adolescent.
Each is
furnished in the newest ships with a life—jacket of cork, and
there are besides two life—buoys on deck.
Only two at Aber—
deen, the captain and mate, now have a percentage on the
amount of shes captured. The rest of the crew have ordinary
wages.
At Montrose
and two shermen’have a
share in the ‘catch’; the rest have wages.
There are seven
_
men
on
bOard the ships- of the General Steam Fishing
Company at Granton, instead of eight as formerly. The per—
,
'
centages given to each remain almost as .in 1884, a graduated
series running from the ‘ deck—hands ’
to the captain. The rst
engineer gets 58.,_ and the second 38. 4d. per
ton of shes.
,
In
the Granton General Fishing Compaùy’s ships used
‘
cringles’ in transferring, during stormy weather, the shà
_
boxes to the ‘ carrier
’
for the day.
This practice has now been”
'
abandoned, and the ships either run to quiet water, and placé
'
the boxes on the deck of the ‘carrier,’ or they are at once trans—
_
ferred by boarding.
It is during the latter_operation that con—
'
siderable injuries occur to the bulwarks and rail of the ships,
the former having the stays bent, and the latter being frequently
driven in.
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Ï
.
,
_
'
One of the newest ships1 at Aberdeen is a steel vessel—E—
,
with a well—for shing at Iceland and Faroe. It is 103 feet
_
between the
and 1145 feet on deck, 21 feet
and 12% deep. - The well is one of Houston and MaCkie’s patent
_
sh—wells, and occupies the entire centre of the ship, the roof '
_
of the well sloping inward about half—way up the side of the
'
ship, and leading to the hatches—the opening thus being much ’
_
:
smaller than the bottom.
The water acéordingly Will be some—
.
1
‘Ocean
Drummoi1d’s.
'
'-
CHANGES IN TRAWLING VESSELS.
'
-
__
string.
of speed when trawling is, as formerly, ab0ut
2% knots an hour, though on 1nuddy ground a higher” rate is
sometimes maintained.
In sailing, the best ships go about
__
_
11 knots.
At night the captain and mate take Watch alter—
nately—with one of the crew.
_
The crews on board the trawling ships remain very much as
_
-
in 1884, the usual number being eight, though there are only
-
seven in the Montrose paddle—ships, one of whom is cook. The
_
latter may be either an old man or an adolescent.
Each is
furnished in the newest ships with a life—jacket of cork, and
there are besides two life—buoys on deck.
Only two at Aber—
deen, the captain and mate, now have a percentage on the
amount of shes captured. The rest of the crew have ordinary
wages.
At Montrose
and two shermen’have a
share in the ‘catch’; the rest have wages.
There are seven
_
men
on
bOard the ships- of the General Steam Fishing
Company at Granton, instead of eight as formerly. The per—
,
'
centages given to each remain almost as .in 1884, a graduated
series running from the ‘ deck—hands ’
to the captain. The rst
engineer gets 58.,_ and the second 38. 4d. per
ton of shes.
,
In
the Granton General Fishing Compaùy’s ships used
‘
cringles’ in transferring, during stormy weather, the shà
_
boxes to the ‘ carrier
’
for the day.
This practice has now been”
'
abandoned, and the ships either run to quiet water, and placé
'
the boxes on the deck of the ‘carrier,’ or they are at once trans—
_
ferred by boarding.
It is during the latter_operation that con—
'
siderable injuries occur to the bulwarks and rail of the ships,
the former having the stays bent, and the latter being frequently
driven in.
'
Ï
.
,
_
'
One of the newest ships1 at Aberdeen is a steel vessel—E—
,
with a well—for shing at Iceland and Faroe. It is 103 feet
_
between the
and 1145 feet on deck, 21 feet
and 12% deep. - The well is one of Houston and MaCkie’s patent
_
sh—wells, and occupies the entire centre of the ship, the roof '
_
of the well sloping inward about half—way up the side of the
'
ship, and leading to the hatches—the opening thus being much ’
_
:
smaller than the bottom.
The water acéordingly Will be some—
.
1
‘Ocean
Drummoi1d’s.
'
'-