82 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



All the davits and small winches for operating scientific gear are placed along the port 

 side of the ship, and all refuse outlets and discharges are led, so far as practicable, to the 

 starboard side to prevent rubbish from fouling the nets. 



On the topgallant forecastle, at the stem head, there is a pedestal for seating a 20-in. 

 searchlight, an alternative position for the searchlight being provided on a steel plat- 

 form fitted at the foot of the fore topmast just beneath the crow's nest. Recently the 

 20-in. searchlight has been superseded by twin lo-in. Admiralty searchlights mounted 

 on the navigating bridge. Twelve feet abaft the stem on the port side of the forecastle 

 is the Lucas sounding machine, driven by a three-cylinder Brotherhood steam engine. 

 This position was found to be satisfactory, as it is sufficiently far removed from the 

 after machine to allow nets to be worked during sounding operations without danger of 

 the wires from the two machines becoming foul. On the starboard side, level with the 

 Lucas machine, is a light harpoon gun, with which some of the smaller species of whale 

 can be captured. It is a small gun, mounted on a swivel and firing larger harpoons than 

 could be carried in a shoulder gun. Just forward of the break of the forecastle is the 

 deep hydrological reel and davit (Plate X, fig. 2), used entirely for obtaining tempera- 

 tures and water samples from depths below 500 m. A full description of these fittings 

 is given below in the section on equipment. The usual bollards and fairleads are pro- 

 vided, and a capstan, worked by a vertical spindle from the windlass below deck, occupies 

 the centre of the forecastle, with a telegraph and speaking tube for communication with 

 the windlass operator. Controls are also provided on the forecastle deck for handling 

 the windlass and capstan. A stout breakwater, V-shaped in plan, and lightly canted 

 forward from its base, is fitted near the after end of the forecastle head : this throws off 

 much of the water shipped over the bows. Abaft this are carried two mooring wire reels, 

 and the spare bower anchor. The forestay is provided with hanks and carries a large 

 fore staysail. 



Beneath the forecastle head, right forward, is a small ready-use deck store. The centre 

 of the space in the forecastle is taken up by the windlass, which is of heavy construction 

 and was made to special design by Messrs Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd. It is used 

 for working the anchors and cables, which are considerably larger than Lloyds' require- 

 ments for the size and service of the ship. The upper end of the hawse pipes open on 

 deck just abaft the bulkhead of the deck store, and patent cable stoppers are fitted be- 

 tween the hawse pipes and the windlass. Abreast the windlass on the starboard side 

 is a paint locker, with the crew's washhouse abaft it. Next to the washhouse are the 

 crew's lavatories, entered direct from the upper deck and having no communication 

 with the forecastle space. These compartments are tiled. On the port side, forward, is 

 a bench and abaft this is a drying room, fitted with steam pipes and racks. Adjoining 

 the drying room and occupying the after end of the port side is the crew's galley, con- 

 taining an oil-fuel range and the usual galley fittings. This galley can be entered either 

 from the forecastle space or from the upper deck. 



The forecastle space is enclosed by a steel bulkhead and entered by teak doors, one on 

 either side. Between these doors, forward of the steel bulkhead, is a companion way 



