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Steering-gear room by a thwartships alley way: this alley way has doors on both sides 

 of the ship and affords sheltered access to the engine room as well as to the wardroom 

 lobby and galley. Abaft the after end of the boiler casing, which is wider than the 

 engine casing, small rooms are constructed on each side : the rooms on the starboard 

 side are arranged for deck stores and lamp room, and on the port side as the crew's 

 washhouse. 



Abreast of the starboard side of the engine casing and fitted on the upper deck is the 

 plankton reel, coupled to a compound surface condensing engine. This machine is 

 described on p. 179. 



On the after deck, abaft the galley, is a large teak skylight above the wardroom and 

 living rooms. Hand-screw steering gear is provided immediately above the rudder head 

 as a stand-by, and the usual gratings are fitted at the stern of the vessel above the 

 steering quadrant and chains. Advantage was taken of the room below the gratings 

 to fit small freshwater tanks for increasing the drinking-water supply. Four specimen 

 tanks are secured on the starboard side of the after deck and one on the port side. The 

 trawl gallows are on the port side of the vessel and are suitable for working a full-sized 

 commercial trawl. The usual pedestal fair-leads are fitted on the fore deck for working 

 the trawl in conjunction with the steam winch. 



The following ship's boats are provided : two teak lifeboats, each 20 ft. long, 7 ft. beam 

 and 3 ft. depth, carvel built, constructed to Board of Trade requirements and fitted 

 under special davits arranged to pivot outboard from the casing sides. The latter 

 arrangement is provided to keep the davits clear of the ship's rail for trawling and other 

 purposes. A small teak dinghy is fitted on skids abreast of and level with the top of the 

 galley and steering-gear houses. The davits for this dinghy are of the ordinary type, 

 fitted on the starboard side. 



Below the Upper Deck the vessel is subdivided transversely into six compartments 

 by means of three watertight and two oiltight bulkheads. Forward of the collision 

 bulkhead is a store room for ship's gear. Abaft the collision bulkhead is crew space, 

 with accommodation for twelve men, to which access is obtained by a companion leading 

 to a small lobby near the main-mast. Leading from this lobby is a small petty officers' 

 mess room on the starboard side and a large chart room at the after end. Opening 

 oflf the chart room are four cabins, two on either side, for junior officers, each with 

 two beds. Forward of these cabins there is on the starboard side the steward's cabin, 

 entered by way of the petty officers' mess room, and on the port side a scientific store 

 opening on to the lobby. 



The space below the forward accommodation is arranged with shelves, racks and bins 

 for the storage of provisions, ship's gear and scientific stores. The forward end is 

 partitioned off to form a chain locker. 



Immediately abaft the forward accommodation the fuel bunkers are constructed. 

 These bunkers have a capacity for 145 tons of oil fuel or 120 tons of coal. They are 

 divided into four compartments : a cross bunker forward of the boilers with oiltight 



