British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry

Appendix: Miscellaneous Particulars

vii. APPENDIX—continued.

MISCELLANEOUS PARTICULARS.

Date of the last external examination of the bottom, and remarks (if any) relating thereto.

Date of Loadline Certificate. Is it still around?

Date of inspection of Ship’s Register.

Number of persons composing the crew.

Date.

Remarks.

6/3/1912

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B. 7
23/2/12
Yes.

28/3/1912

944

COMPASSES.

No. on Board.

Date of Last Adjustment.

Date when ship was last swung for verification.

Name and address , or name and rating of persons giving accompanying certificate of adjustment, verification, or correctness.

4

Compass Certificate to be handed in when the Passengers Certificate is applied for.

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MACHINERY AND BOILERS.

ENGINES.

No.

Common, Compound, Triple Expansion, or Quadruple Expansion.

Surface, Common, or Non-Condensing.

Direct acting.

Beam or Side Lever.

Year when made.

Yes.

1912

Vertical.

Diagonal or oscillating.

By whom made.

2 sets

Triple Expansion.

Surface.

Yes.

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Harland & Wolff, Ltd. Belfast.

CYLINDERS.

No.

Diameter.

Length of Stroke.

Ins.

Ft.

Ins.

1
1
1
1

54
84
97
97

6

3

(One Rotary by John Brown, 1911. 144 in. Rotary as per declarations attached hereto).

BOILERS.

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No.

Whether of steel or iron; if partly of each, specify parts for which either metal is used.

By whom made.

Year when made.

Date when Surveyor last went inside these boilers.

Date when boilers were tested by hydraulic test, and pressure to which tested, and whether boilers were then in the ship or not.

Main

24
5

D. E.
S. E.

Cylindrical Multitubular Steel

Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast.

1912

During construction.

9/6/1911 to 430 lbs
In works.

EVAPORATORS.

No.

Of what material made.

By whom made.

Year when made.

Maximum pressure of inlet steam.

Diameter of reduced orifice in reducing nozzle, if fitted.

Hydraulic Test.

Date when applied.

Shell.

Coils.

3

Cast iron Shell, Copper Coils.

The Liverpool Engineering and Condenser Co., Ltd., Liverpool.

1910

215 lbs.

1in.

No. 764
10/10/10
11/11/10
No. 765
21/10/10
11/11/10
No. 766
1/11/10
11/11/10



50


50


50

430


430


430

COVERED IN AND LOCKED UP VALVES.

STEAM PIPES.

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Description: -
State whether Dead weight, Lever, Spring, or other Type.

By whom made.

Number on each boiler or evaporator.

Pressure: lbs. per square inch.

Date of Hydraulic Test.

Pressure Applied: lbs. per square inch.

Main Boilers

D. Springs

Cockburns

4. D. E.
2 S. E.

215 lbs.

30/3/1912

650 lbs.

Evaporators

Spring

The Liverpool Engineering and Condensor Co., Ltd., Liverpool

2

25

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SURVEYOR’S REMARKS.

This Declaration is dated to expire on the last day of Survey, viz., 2nd April, 1912, as per Board’s approval on M 645942
Compass Certificate to be handed in when the Passenger Certificate is applied for.

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