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is arranged near the after end of the deck, just forward of the skyHghts to the galley. 

 Leadsman's sounding platforms are fitted on either side. 



The Bridge is arranged on the top of the midship house and is of teak throughout, 

 with rails, stanchions and weather boarding. The deck is kept very slightly wider than 

 the width of the midship deck house, excepting for about 4 ft. fore and aft at the forward 

 end, where it is extended on each side to about the maximum beam of the ship at the 

 rail, to give good facility for conning the ship by the officer on watch. The standard 

 compass is placed near the forward end of this bridge and telegraphs stand on 

 each side for communication with the engine room. A steam and hand steering gear 

 is fitted at the after end of the bridge, with a steering compass for the helmsman. The 

 emergency batteries for the wireless installation are arranged in a special box im- 

 mediately above the wireless house and on the port side. A laryngaphone telephone 

 is fitted on the starboard side of the bridge for direct communication with the engine 

 room. 



The boats conform to Board of Trade requirements and consist of two 24 ft. 

 whalers, two 18 ft. lifeboats, a dinghy and a pram. The whalers are carried on either 

 side of the bridge, the dinghy and pram on top of the winch house, and the lifeboats 

 on skids farther aft. 



Upper Deck. Below the forecastle head a specially made steam and hand windlass 

 is fitted for dealing with the vessel's cables : it is provided with a vertical spindle 

 extending to the capstan head. The sheltered space abaft the windlass is used as a 

 carpenter's shop, and on either side there is stowage for oilskins, and rooms and lockers 

 for the storage of scientific and other gear. In the original arrangement an auxiliary 

 steam boiler with a small coal bunker was fitted under the forecastle head; but this 

 was removed, as it was not likely to be required and the room it was occupying could 

 more usefully be devoted to other purposes. 



Immediately abaft the forecastle and in the middle of the fore deck a wood house is 

 built, about 8 ft. square. This house is divided into two compartments, the forward 

 compartment being the entrance to the galley and the aft compartment the entrance 

 to the crew's quarters. These two entrances being on opposite sides of the ship give 

 the advantage of a lee door, since the galley and crew spaces are in communication 

 below deck. Two large skylights are fitted, one forward and the other abaft the entrance 

 to the deck house, supplying light and air to the galley and crew spaces. The upper 

 parts of both skylights are portable to facilitate handling stores. 



A large teak deck house, 27 ft. fore and aft and about 16 ft. wide, is constructed just 

 forward of midships, between the fore and main masts. At the forward end of this 

 deck house is a large chart room and at the after end a deck laboratory, both extending 

 the full width of the house. Between the chart house and the deck laboratory are, on 

 the starboard side, a spare cabin, with the lobby and entrance to the wardroom abaft 

 it, and on the port side, a large deck locker for survey instruments, and the wireless 

 cabin between it and the laboratory. 



